Medical students and residents have determined the recipients of the 2021 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards. Nick Tadros, MD, MCR, was named the "Outstanding Educator of the Year." Emily Serafin, MD, was the recipient of the "Community Faculty Teacher of the Year" award. Samuel Grampsas, MD, and Melanie Barnard, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Resident Teaching" awards. Norman Otsuka, MD, and Gordon Allan, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Student Teaching" awards. Philipos Gebremedhin, MD, received the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award.

Medical students and residents have determined the recipients of the 2021 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards. Nick Tadros, MD, MCR, was named the "Outstanding Educator of the Year." Emily Serafin, MD, was the recipient of the "Community Faculty Teacher of the Year" award. Samuel Grampsas, MD, and Melanie Barnard, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Resident Teaching" awards. Norman Otsuka, MD, and Gordon Allan, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Student Teaching" awards. Philipos Gebremedhin, MD, received the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award.

Medical students and residents have determined the recipients of the 2021 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards. Nick Tadros, MD, MCR, was named the "Outstanding Educator of the Year." Emily Serafin, MD, was the recipient of the "Community Faculty Teacher of the Year" award. Samuel Grampsas, MD, and Melanie Barnard, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Resident Teaching" awards. Norman Otsuka, MD, and Gordon Allan, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Student Teaching" awards. Philipos Gebremedhin, MD, received the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award.

Medical students and residents have determined the recipients of the 2021 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards. Nick Tadros, MD, MCR, was named the "Outstanding Educator of the Year." Emily Serafin, MD, was the recipient of the "Community Faculty Teacher of the Year" award. Samuel Grampsas, MD, and Melanie Barnard, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Resident Teaching" awards. Norman Otsuka, MD, and Gordon Allan, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Student Teaching" awards. Philipos Gebremedhin, MD, received the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award.

Medical students and residents have determined the recipients of the 2021 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards. Nick Tadros, MD, MCR, was named the "Outstanding Educator of the Year." Emily Serafin, MD, was the recipient of the "Community Faculty Teacher of the Year" award. Samuel Grampsas, MD, and Melanie Barnard, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Resident Teaching" awards. Norman Otsuka, MD, and Gordon Allan, MD, received the "Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Student Teaching" awards. Philipos Gebremedhin, MD, received the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award.

SPRINGFIELD, IL – A new report dissects the impact of COVID-19 on the rural health workforce and identifies methods the state can utilize current health workers more efficiently while committing to long-term rural health workforce recruitment strategies. “Pre-pandemic, rural regions suffered from significant healthcare provider shortages, which often required rural residents to travel long distances or wait longer for appointments,” said Dr. Sameer Vohra, Chair, SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy. “Despite rural health workers’ heroic efforts during the pandemic, job

The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program, Carbondale offers its residents an unopposed (6-6-6), Osteopathically Recognized residency staffed by full-time medical faculty at the SIU Center for Family Medicine Clinic. Our graduates obtain exposure and are well trained to practice primary care in a multitude of settings: critical care, obstetrical care, newborn care, assisting in general surgery, and managing in a humane and competent manner a range of family medicine pathology. The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program, Carbondale, sponsored by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

612 N 11th Street Quincy, IL 217-224-9484 If you have questions about our residency program, email Stacy Miller our Residency Coordinator.

Opportunities for medical students with the SIU Family Medicine Residency Program Alton Did you know that the word “doctor” is derived from the Latin, docco, which means “to teach?” Physicians certainly are teachers, in many ways, from the interactions they have with their patients and communities, to the interactions they have with each other and also those experiences with other medical learners. At our program, residents work with 3rd and 4th year medical students doing rotations in Family Medicine. Experiences may include, but are not limited to: Medical student Family Medicine clerkships