Dr. Haneme Idrizi
News

Haneme Idrizi named Associate Dean of Student Affairs

Published Date:

Haneme Idrizi, MD, has been named associate dean of student affairs and admissions at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She will assume her new role on July 1.

The Office of Student Affairs provides a variety of services for SIU learners: career education, mentoring, debt counseling, and more, as its staff seeks opportunities to improve the learning environment for students.
 
Idrizi brings experience as an SIU School of Medicine alumna, practicing physician and award-winning educator. She has served the school in a variety of roles since 2018. Idrizi is a pediatric hospitalist in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and is the Year 4 curriculum director, chair of the Year 4 Curriculum Advisory Committee, and director of the Pediatric Personalized Educational Plan. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the Latino Medical Student Association.
 
Idrizi succeeds Erik Constance, MD, who served as associate dean for 27 years. Idrizi will work closely with Amanda Mulch, MD, assistant dean of student affairs (Carbondale), and Jennifer Rose, MD, executive director of the Lincoln Scholars Program, to assure that SIU’s medical students continue to receive an exceptional education.

SIU School of Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, said, “Dr. Idrizi is devoted to making SIU an institution that gives our learners the resources and advantages they will need for their chosen medical fields.”

“It is an honor and privilege to assume this role from my mentor, Dr. Constance,” Idrizi said. “I will serve as a strong advocate for our learners and build upon our efforts to graduate diverse and compassionate physicians through a medical education that values the importance of wellness.”

A native of Chicago, Idrizi has been a member of the SIU Department of Pediatrics in Springfield since 2018. She previously worked at the University of Texas Health San Antonio as a pediatric hospitalist and assumed numerous leadership roles in undergraduate medical education. She is a first-generation college graduate, having earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Loyola University of Chicago in 1998. Idrizi earned her medical degree at SIU School of Medicine in 2003 and completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Health San Antonio in 2006.
 
When not at work, she enjoys spending time with her three sons, Juanito, Adam and Daniel, and husband of nearly 20 years, Juan Galvan. If not in her garden, she’s most likely cycling, reading or watching anything related to Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel or Harry Potter.

Established in 1970, SIU School of Medicine is based in Springfield and Carbondale and focused on the health care needs of downstate Illinois. It educates physicians to practice in Illinois communities and has graduated 3,163 physicians since the first class in 1975.

 

 

More from SIU News

Blue bins for Enos items

Blue bin locations on SIU Medicine campus

Please use this guide to locate drop-off spots for seasonal item drives.
Sophia Ran, PhD funding story

Science, scrutiny and staying power: Dr. Sophia Ran’s two decades of cancer research

The rules of scientific research have changed dramatically over the past two decades. Grants are more competitive. Expectations for rigor, repeatability and transparency are higher. And researchers
Iris Wesley

A heart for the mission, a mind for the work: Iris Wesley’s vision broadens care in Illinois

Over more than 40 years at SIU Medicine, Iris Wesley played a key role in expanding access to care across Illinois. Her collaborative leadership helped guide the growth of SIU’s Federally Qualified Health Center network, now one of the largest university-affiliated systems in the country.