Thank you for taking a look at what SIU Emergency Medicine has to offer. Our mission is to develop great emergency physicians. We accomplish this mission through a robust clinical experience and educational innovation. With a combined volume of over 130,000 ED visits in the last year our residents are exposed to a large breadth of the critically ill and injured. Patient encounters are focused towards high acuity presentations. As a group we continually strive to advance the way we teach Emergency Medicine. Our residents: Use the Foundations of Emergency Medicine in our didactic curriculum

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These are the memories submitted by members of the Class of 2003. This document will be updated weekly.

The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Opioids (including prescription opioids and heroin) killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, more than any year on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription pain reliever. More Illinoisans die from opioid drug overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents or all gun-related causes. An educational conference will address issues surrounding the opioid prescription drug and heroin epidemic, starting at 8:30 a.m. on June 6 at the Mount Vernon

After winning its third consecutive Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants State Medical Challenge Bowl in April, on May 17, the SIU Physician Assistant Program Medical Challenge Bowl team won the national championship held at the American Academy of Physician Assistants conference in Las Vegas. The SIU team competed against 82 other universities in the tournament. The SIU team is coached by Don Diemer, DHSc, PA-C, PA program director. Teammates include Erin Browne, Morgan Rakers, and Joeli Diemer, as well as alternate Alexandra Spillman. Joe Mork also attended as a backup Challenge Bowl

Institute for Plastic Surgery Physical Address: Baylis Medical Building, 747 North Rutledge Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, IL 62702 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 19653, Springfield, IL 62794-9653 Administrative Phone : 217- 545-2588 Patient Appointment: 217-545-6314 Clinical Fax: 217-545-7011 Email : plastics@siumed.edu

Mission The long-term goal of The Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine and Applied Sciences is to develop a functional hybrid graft to heal full thickness skin defects and explore the potential of epithelial derived stem cells (LGR5+ and LGR6+) for burns, neuropathic ulcers, and hair regeneration. We are also exploring the potential of merging TRAIL therapy with conventional breast reconstruction procedures to eliminate breast cancer recurrence after mastectomy. Current Research Projects Bioengineered Skin: An Approach To Heal Full Thickness Skin Defects Goal: To develop a three dimensional (3

The Institute for Plastic Surgery maintains its own Office for Clinical Research. This office supports the division’s efforts to conduct clinical studies and clinical trials initiated by an industry sponsor or by the division’s faculty. Ongoing studies include the following: Patients with Raynaud’s Syndrome Sought for SIU Clinical Trial Patients suffering with finger pain caused by Raynaud’s Syndrome are needed to participate in a clinical trial at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Institute for Plastic Surgery. The randomized, double-blind clinical trial examines the effect of