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Champion of Research, Shelley Tischkau SIU Medicine scientist wants to open our eyes to the effects of disrupted sleep We all know the negative consequences we carry into the day after a poor night’s

SIU School of Medicine will host the first use of the newest edition of the Advanced Trauma Life Support course in the United States on April 29–30. The Southern Illinois Trauma Center (SITC) at Springfield Memorial Hospital and the Memorial Learning Center are piloting the training.

This milestone reflects the combined academic strength of the SIU campuses in Springfield and Carbondale and affirms the university’s national leadership in discovery and innovation.

When it comes to anatomy, everyone has a favorite part. Each year, graduate students from the SIU School of Medicine’s Neuroscience and Pharmacology concentration show some love to their top choice

SIU medical students learned crucial information about their futures on March 21. The graduating Class of 2025, along with 4th-year students nationwide at other U.S. medical schools, received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) revealing their postgraduate training destinations.

Here are the residency training destinations for SIU's physicians graduating in May 2025. Name Hometown Specialty Hospital Ian Alberts Smithton Medicine-Preliminary SSM Health/St Louis Univ SOM-MO

Kaylan Kandra, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at SIU School of Medicine, has earned the Illinois Psychiatric Society's 2024 Educator of the Year award. "Dr. Kandra is passionate about

SIU oncologist Dr. Waqas Azar and his wife, Dr. Noor Khalid, joined 76 other guests from around the world this spring at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum to take the U.S. Oath of Citizenship.

No one ever said medical school was easy. The prevalence of mental health struggles in medical school is well-known, and studies show that medical students experience disproportionately higher rates