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FEATURED ALUMNI 1970s
Delia Garcia, MD ’79
Dr. Garcia is currently working part-time at Creating Health, LLC in St. Louis, MO. "Making a difference as a Health Coach of diet and lifestyle is tremendously gratifying. Reversing disease, especially diabetes, changes lives!"
FEATURED ALUMNI 1980s
Amber Barnhart, MD ’81
Dr. Barnhart was just awarded the University of Illinois' Max Beberman Award for Distinguished Alumni! In her role as a teacher and mentor, Barnhart has been frequently recognized for excelling in mentoring students to enter the medical field as patient partners working to make medical care responsive, inclusive and accessible. She was named the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year, was chosen by her students as a guest speaker and honored faculty for graduation ceremonies and was also twice honored as the SIU School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Teacher of the Year. Barnhart was also named an SIU School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni of the Year in 2011.
FEATURED ALUMNI 1990s
Travis Webb, MD '99
Dr. Webb is the new Medical Director of Regional One Health's Firefighters Burn Center in Memphis, TN.
As the only full-service burn center verified by the American Burn Association in a 400-mile radius of Memphis, Dr. Webb leads a specialized team that provides comprehensive care for burn patients from across the Mid-South, seeing them through their entire treatment journey from critical care to rehabilitation to continuing outpatient recovery.
Ted Clark, MD '06
Dr. Ted Clark has been named Memorial Health's senior vice president and chief clinical officer!
Dr. Clark will oversee Memorial Medical Group, Memorial Behavioral Health, and the health system's quality and safety teams and its home health services. Dr. Clark has been Decatur Memorial Hospital's chief medical officer since 2020 and previously led the hospital's emergency department from 2017 to 2020.
FEATURED ALUMNI 2010s
Matthew Soltys, MD '18
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that Matthew Soltys, MD, MME, received the David M. Worthen Award! This award recognizes exceptional champions for their contributions in enhancing health professions trainee education and is one of VA’s highest honors for health professions education.
Dr. Soltys was awarded the Worthen Rising Star Award, which recognizes an early career champion of health professions eduction. Dr. Soltys is a recognized local, regional, and national VA education leader whose dedication to health professions education and improving the care of Veterans has inspired and motivated both his mentees and peers in the field.
FEATURED ALUMNI 2020s
Brody Stewart, MD '20
Dr. Stewart is the newest general surgeon with OSF HealthCare for Galesburg and surrounding communities. Dr. Stewart brings expertise and aims to improve access to surgical services for local patients. After SIU SOM, he completed residency at Mayo Clinic’s General Surgery Residency program in Rochester, MN.
In Memoriam
Beth Strow, MD '84 passed away on September 23, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Mrs. Cris Milliken, longtime SIU SOM employee, passed away on August 25, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Terry Travis, MD, beloved SIU SOM professor, passed away on August 14, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Glen Aylward, MD, beloved SIU SOM professor, passed away on July 26, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Sarah Aydt, MD '84 passed away on July 22, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Marcel Hoffman, MD '94 passed away on June 27, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Scott Lintner, MD '89 passed away on May 20, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Wayne Manson, MD '75 passed away on January 15, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Ellis Schwied, MD '81 passed away on January 16, 2025. Read the obituary here.
Robert Mitrione, MD '87, passed away on November 18, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Terence Robert "Terry" Anthoney, MD and founding professor of SIU SOM, passed away on November 5, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Richard A. Norden, MD '80, passed away on March 14, 2021. Unfortunately this notice is delayed. Read the obituary here.
Deborah Lynn Fairchild Harding, MD '83, passed away on October 14, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Linda E. Hungerford, MD '82, passed away on August 22, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Sergio Rabinovich, MD and beloved Professor of Medicine at SIU SOM, passed away on May 26, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Todd Allyn Baxter, MD '90, passed away on April 15, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Mark E. Weaver, MD ’80, passed away on March 1, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Larry Charles Alexander, MD '81, passed away on February 4, 2024. Read the obituary here.
Paul Allen Salmon, MD '00, passed away on December 19, 2023. Read the obituary here.
Wesley Robinson-McNeese, MD '86, passed away on September 18, 2023. Read the SOM tribute here. Read the obituary here.
Nathaniel Horn, MD '82, passed away on August 18, 2023. Read the obituary here.
Steven Kenneth Reich, MD ’82, passed away on May 24, 2023. Read the obituary here.
Benjamin Mathis, MD ’13, passed away on April 3, 2023. Read the obituary here.
Abner Satterthwaite-Phillips, MD ’12, passed away on March 29, 2023. Read the obituary here
Antonio Barajas, MD '89, passed away on March 17, 2020. Unfortunately, this notice is delayed and we do not have an obituary to share.
Susan L. Redmond, ’83, passed away (date unknown).
David Sizemore, MD '79, passed away on February 4, 2019. Unfortunately, this notice is delayed and we do not have an obituary to share.
*Our in memoriam information has moved to an online format. That means you will only find our most recent updates from 2023 and moving forward.
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