
COVID-19 Update: Personal protective equipment donations needed for health care workers
At the request of HSHS Illinois (including HSHS St. John’s Hospital and HSHS Medical Group), Memorial Health System, Springfield Clinic and SIU Medicine, Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach will start

Cancer survivors, local businesses advocate for breast reconstruction awareness in Sept. 28 fashion show
SIU Medicine is bringing the New York City catwalk to the cornfields of New Berlin. The Institute for Plastic Surgery at SIU Medicine is teaming up with area businesses to educate women about their

SIU Surgeon Named 'Master Educator in Endoscopy'
SIU surgeon John Mellinger, MD, FACS, is the 2019 recipient of the SAGES Foundation’s Ponsky Master Educator in Endoscopy Award. The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Head and Neck Clinic is Moving October 1st
ENT surgeons, Dr. Arun Sharma and Dr. Pardis Javadi will be relocating their clinics from the Simmons Cancer Institute to the new Ear Nose & Throat Clinic | Hearing & Balance Center at 720 N. Bond

2017 Outstanding Coordinator Award
In order to formally recognize the crucial and expansive role of a program coordinator, the Office of Graduate Medical Education assembles a committee annually to select a GME coordinator for the

General Surgery Residents Take Top Award at National Competition
The SIU Medicine General Surgery Residency Program is the 2017 American College of Surgeons' Surgical Jeopardy Competition champions. Chief Resident Susan Wetzel, MD, and second-year resident Sarah

Dr. John Mellinger exemplifies humanism in medicine
As Vriti Advani, MD, chief resident of general surger y, confidently performs a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Dr. John Mellinger stands on the opposite side of the table and says very little. His

SIU Surgeon to Lead National Surgery Board
Jan Rakinic, MD, FACS , SIU School of Medicine Professor of Surgery, has been named the president-elect for the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ABCRS.) “To earn this recognition from a