Be sure to tune in to the big game on Sunday, February 2 from 5:15-9:00 p.m. to catch the 30 second SIU Medicine commercial. The commercial is also showing in AMC theaters this winter.

Springfield police officer Tami Russell said she will call upon “a different kind of bravery” when she models intimate apparel at a runway show as part of New York Fashion Week on Sunday, February 9, in Manhattan. Russell, 45, is participating in the fourth annual New York Fashion Week show hosted by AnaOno Intimates , a post-mastectomy apparel brand, and #Cancerland, a breast cancer media platform. The fashion show spotlights women living with breast cancer and raises funds for METAvivor Research and Support, Inc. , a nonprofit organization that funds research to benefit people with stage IV

Family physicians in six Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine throughout January. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program. The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in a clinic setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They will graduate from medical school in May 2021, then pursue advanced training in a specific area of

SIU Medicine & University of Chicago partnering on National Institute on Drug Abuse Project

Applications for the 2020 summer lab internships at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine are being accepted through March 9. Four positions will be awarded on a competitive basis to qualified undergraduate college students who plan a career in medicine or research with a focus on cancer. Established in 2009, the paid internship program provides hands-on experience for college undergraduates. It is funded through Denim & Diamonds, the cancer institute’s annual gala to benefit cancer research, patient programs and needs of SCI’s patient

As part of our continuing mission to provide exceptional patient experience at SIU Medicine, and in tandem with our Forward Together colleague recognition program, we are sharing positive patient experience highlights. Our September 2019 Patient Experience Highlight comes from the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Colorectal Division for creating access and delivering fantastic patient care. Christopher McDowell, MD, saw a patient who was stable on Sept. 17. In collaboration with colorectal surgery, this patient was able to be seen by Prasad Poola, MD, the very