Springfield Stipends for FY 2019-2020 PGY I $57,352 PGY II $57,909 PGY III $59,045 PGY IV $60,060 PGY V $61,261 PGY VI $62,817 PGY VII $64,974 Benefits Residents and fellows are employed by either Memorial Medical Center or HSHS St. John’s Hospital and are provided benefits through their employing hospital. Health insurance is provided at a minimal charge; an optional family plan can be purchased. Dental insurance is provided for the resident/fellow and family for a small fee. A Vision Plan is offered. Group Term Life insurance is provided at no cost; additional coverage may be purchased. Long

Applicants should follow our program social media pages for information on daily occurrences here at SIU. Instagram – SIUplasticsurgeryresidents | this is a resident-run page with the goal of showing prospective applicants what life is like as a resident. Instagram – SIUPlasticSurgery Facebook – SIU Plastic Surgery

SIU Institute for Plastic Surgery offers a one-year Hand Surgery Fellowship. Within this program, fellows will see a large variety and volume of hand pathologies and surgical procedures including fracture treatment, nerve injury and treatment, local, regional, and free flaps for hand wound care. Fellows will learn and practice the principles of plastic surgery as it applies to hand surgery.

January and February of 3 rd Year If you haven’t already, contact one or several of the plastic surgery faculty members regarding your interest in plastic surgery. They will be able to help you build your preparation for plastic surgery residency. Connect with faculty and/or residents regarding research opportunities to help improve your knowledge of the fields of plastic surgery and research. It also helps you get to know the faculty and residents. Consider where you might do your away rotations. Faculty can help with this decision-making process. Look at each of these schools’ web pages and

Plastic Surgery is a diverse surgical specialty which combines the use of key surgical principles with creativity to solve problems. Here at SIU, the Plastic Surgery team performs a broad range of procedures from head to toe including both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. The American Society of Plastic Surgery writes a brief overview of how the field of Plastic Surgery originated and what it entails, which can be found here . If you are a medical student who believes you might be interested in Plastic Surgery, we encourage you to reach out to our program coordinator, Naya Jackson, our

Social Media Instagram – SIUPlasticSurgery Facebook – SIU Plastic Surgery Additionally, applicants can follow our program social media pages. Instagram – SIUplasticsurgeryresidents - this is a resident-run page with the goal of showing prospective applicants what life is like as a resident. Interview dates Tuesday, December 19, 2023 (social) & Wednesday, December 20, 2023 (interview) Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (social) & Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (interview) American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) website If you haven’t done so already, familiarize yourself with the American

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