The Academy for Scholarship in Education (ASE) seeks to recognize medical students for their commitment to teaching and learning. We do this through naming an Outstanding Student Medical Educator as well as recognizing students through the Commitment to Teaching Honoree distinction. Outstanding Student Medical Educator. This award is given to a third or fourth year medical student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in and commitment to the areas of teaching, community health education, and educational scholarship . To earn this honor, the medical student demonstrates active engagement

Community Support Network The mission of the Community Support Network (CSN) is to meet the mental health needs of individuals with chronic and severe mental illness residing in Springfield. CSN utilizes the service delivery model of Community Support Team. This model combines clinical and case management services, working to help clients manage their physical and mental health with the ultimate goal of recovery. Population Served CSN serves clients who are age 18 and over, reside in Springfield, have a diagnosis of a severe and persistent mental illness, have difficulty functioning

The Department of Neurology has a mission to improve the quality of neurologic care for the population of central and southern Illinois through education, research, clinical practice and community service. Our department includes neurologists, interventional neurologists, physiatrists, gerontologists, neuroscientists, investigational pharmacists and midlevel providers. We provide undergraduate medical education to the students of school of medicine in their core Neurology clerkship. We provide graduate medical education to the residents in the Neurology program as well as to house staff in

Clinical trials offer patients access to cutting edge cancer treatment protocols. Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) strives to be an active participant in the development of these new standards of care. Studies at SCI encompass new approaches to cancer from prevention and screening/diagnostic modalities to advances in treatment strategies. Please contact our Clinical Research Office to determine in you have a patient that may qualify for a study. What is a clinical trial? A clinical trial is a study done to find new ways of helping people with different health care needs. The main goal of a

Medicine Psychiatry is a branch of medicine which provides care to the patients with problems at the interface of adult general medicine and adult psychiatry. Patients for whom we care, are afforded a high level of multidisciplinary care that can encompass primary care delivery, psychiatric care or a combination of both. Our goal is to provide and advance quality health care to patients with psychiatric, medical and combined illness while assisting in the improvement of skill and knowledge of the residents and students we teach. Our Mission: Our goal is to provide and advance quality health

Medical history form to be filled out prior to Mohs Micrographic Surgery.

The Division of Dermatology at SIU Medicine is committed to education, research, and patient care as it relates to the disease of the skin, hair, nails, and mucous membranes. Our division is focused on the education of future physicians and scientists in the field of dermatology, as dermatologists diagnose and treat more than 3,000 different diseases. These diseases include skin cancer, eczema, acne, psoriasis, and nail infections. Click here for patient information

Janet Albers, MD Chair Department of Family & Community Medicine SIU School of Medicine The Department of Family & Community Medicine is the foundation of training in generalist medicine and community healthcare at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Through innovation in curricular development and in clinical practice, the Department is committed to training Family Physicians of the highest quality who become regional leaders in health system development, to the provision of cutting edge healthcare services to the people of southern, central and western Illinois, and to

Maggie Poteau shares the story of her miraculous journey with WICS Health Matters .

Getting screened for head and neck cancer is as simple as opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue. The easy, painless five-minute exam will be offered free at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University Medicine from 4:30 - 6 p.m. on Monday, April 3, and Monday April 24 at SCI, 315 W. Carpenter St., Springfield. Appointments for the free screening can be made by calling 217-545-7493 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Parking for the screenings is available in the parking lot adjacent to Simmons Cancer Institute, which is accessible from W. Carpenter St. Regular check