Keep Kids in School Coalition Offers Student Physicals Pre-K, Kindergarten, sixth, ninth graders need checkups
Springfield Public School District 186 students who have difficulty accessing medical care have more opportunities to get needed physicals and immunizations this summer, thanks to a coalition of area
Medical Innovators Video Features Dr. Andrew Wilber
The Sangamon County Medical Society has released the seventh video in a series that highlights the innovation and research achievements within the local medical community. Each video profiles a 2013
Dr. Dorsey to Step Down as Dean
Dr. Kevin Dorsey steps down as SIU School of Medicine dean and provost after 14 years of service.
SIU Med School Is Exclusive Site for Bladder Cancer Clinical Trial
Combined Drug Therapies May Prevent Need for Surgery A new clinical trial for bladder cancer has opened exclusively at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. The trial will
Medical School Again Earns Maximum Accreditation
Citation-Free for Second Consecutive Term The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has received full accreditation for another eight years from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Deliberate Practice
SIU’s medical student curriculum to get first major reform since 2000 Written by Karen Carlson | Photographs by Jason Johnson Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2014 (37-4) Karen Bertels remembers
SIU Medical Education Programs Receive Three International Awards
An international organization has recognized Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for its medical education programs. SIU was the only medical school to be recognized in all three areas by
MEDPREP: Doors to Opportunity
Written by Rebecca Budde | Photographs by Jim Hawker Published in Aspects Magazine Autumn 2012; 35-4 The first floor classroom of Wheeler Hall in Carbondale is alive with learning as biology
Toward the goal
As a father of six, Donald Torry, PhD, has some experience with pregnancy. Helping women who develop preeclampsia has become his life’s work. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late second or third trimester). Preeclampsia develops in 5-10 percent of pregnancies and, aside from anti-hypertensives to try to control spiraling blood pressure, the only “cure” is delivery.