Quality improvement projects are those that seek to improve a system to improve process efficiency and effectiveness in the hospital and clinic. Examples include developing protocols, order sets, and routines that ultimately result in improvements in patient care. Memorial Medical Center, one of the community hospitals with which SIU Medicine is affiliated, employs a Lean Six Sigma process to quality improvement projects. All residents receive education regarding the Lean Six Sigma process and receive their “white belt” certification through this program. Residents have the opportunity to

Published work highlighting efforts of the Basic Science Lab Daugherty T. Mechanism of Skin Improvement in Radiation Wounds Following Fat Grafting: The Fate of Adipose-derived Stem Cells and Role of Stromal Vascular Fraction . Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Global Open. 2019 August; 7(8s-1):88-89. doi: 10.1097/01.GOX.0000584720.92614.3b. Mendenhall SD, Schmucker RW, Daugherty THF, Kottwitz KM, Reichensperger JD, Koirala J, Cederna PS, Neumeister MW . A Microbiological and Ultrastructural Comparison of Aseptic versus Sterile Acellular Dermal Matrix as a Reconstructive Material and a

1. Heterotopic Ossification: Further Defining Cells of Origin The goal of the project is to better understand the signaling pathways involved in heterotopic ossification formation and how stem cells contribute to this abnormal bone formation. 2. Evaluation of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Effects on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration The goal of this project is to improve outcomes after nerve injuries using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 3. Stem Cell Based Vascularized Bone and Cartilage constructs The goal of the project is to create a stem cell based vascularized bone and cartilage construct to

SIU Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Endocrine Surgeons Brendan C. Stack Jr., MD Arun Sharma, MD, MS Pardis Javadi, MD Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology SIU Endocrinology Specialists Michael G. Jakoby, IV, MD, MA Mariam Murtaza Ali, MD Anis Rehman, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Division Chief of Endocrinology Division of Endocrinology Division of Endocrinology

by Steve Sandstrom On an early Monday morning in March 2018, James Waymack, MD, was on his way to work at Taylorville Memorial Hospital. Waymack is the director of the emergency medicine residency program within SIU’s Department of Emergency Medicine, and on Mondays he accompanies a team of residents on a rural service rotation to a hospital 30 minutes east of Springfield. Nearing his exit, he was suddenly passed by three ambulances. Approaching the hospital, he found the parking lot teeming with police vehicles. Inside, emergency medicine director Rich Jeisy, MD, Waymack’s former SIU School

Medical students will be based, trained in rural regions Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has a 50-year tradition of educating physicians to improve health care in central and southern Illinois. This summer a new Doctor of Medicine track has been introduced to give students the knowledge, skills and perspective to provide care in rural areas. The Lincoln Scholars Program (LSP) has been developed to seed the rural regions of southern Illinois with more doctors. Six students have been accepted to begin training as Lincoln Scholars. They are in addition to the 72 students who will

Medical students will be based, trained in rural regions Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has a 50-year tradition of educating physicians to improve health care in central and southern Illinois. This summer a new Doctor of Medicine track has been introduced to give students the knowledge, skills and perspective to provide care in rural areas. The Lincoln Scholars Program (LSP) has been developed to seed the rural regions of southern Illinois with more doctors. Six students have been accepted to begin training as Lincoln Scholars. They are in addition to the 72 students who will

Considering an educational track? Some residents decide during residency that their future practice may emphasize certain aspects of Family Medicine more than others. For example, a resident might sign a contract in the second year of residency that includes providing OB care, nursing home directorship, or sports team coverage, whereas another might not. Other times, residents simply desire more in depth exposure to certain areas of Family Medicine than is supplied through the traditional curriculum. If desired, residents can design or follow a special interest track during residency. Tracks

Our background The SIU Alton Family Medicine Residency Program is part of the graduate medical education division of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The school was founded to meet the on-going need for physicians in southern/central Illinois and has had, from its inception, an orientation towards primary care in general and Family Medicine in particular. The Department of Family & Community Medicine is responsible for the administration of the academic residency program. The Department operates residency programs in Alton, Carbondale, Decatur, Quincy, and Springfield and a