The Department of Internal Medicine at SIU Medicine is dedicated to providing quality patient care to central and southern Illinois. As an academic medical center, we have unique advantages. Our students, residents, and fellows challenge our physicians to be up to date on the latest in disease management. Our research activities give us access to new developments on the horizon. Internal Medicine covers many specialties including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general internal medicine, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, medicine psychiatry, nephrology, pulmonary medicine, and rheumatology.