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Telehealth Patient Story - Maternal Fetal Medicine Spring 2020
August 25, 2020
Autumn Bohac of Effingham was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when she was 16 years old. Now a 29-year-old mother of four, her health care journey reveals the everyday anxiety and pain that rural patients feel.
Telehealth Patient Story - Ears, Nose and Throat Clinic Summer 2020
August 25, 2020
Instead of renting a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, driving two hours and risking exposure to COVID-19, the Hall family from Tuscola, Illinois jumped at the chance to have a telehealth visit with an SIU Medicine surgeon.
SIU School of Medicine Receives Top International Award
August 25, 2020
An international medical education organization has selected Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to receive one of its inaugural awards for institutional excellence.
Class of 2024 Welcomed to Carbondale Campus
August 21, 2020
Seventy-four medical students from the Class of 2024 have begun their academic medical training at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The students are starting four years of intensive education to become physicians.
Healthcare organizations remind visitors: Masks required at hospitals, clinics
August 12, 2020
SPRINGFIELD – Local healthcare organizations on Friday emphasized that anyone visiting a hospital or clinic must wear a mask at all times, saying that the public’s compliance is critical to reduce the community spread of COVID-19.
SIU Medicine Announces New COVID-19 Testing Times
August 5, 2020
August 5, 2020 – SIU Medicine, in coordination with the Sangamon County Department of Public Health (SCDPH) and the Office of the Mayor, recently relaunched a testing site at SCDPH to meet the immediate need for expanded testing in Sangamon County.
Mellinger named chair of American Board of Surgery
August 4, 2020
The American Board of Surgery (ABS), the national certifying body for general surgeons and related specialists, has named John D. Mellinger, MD, as chair for 2020-21.
SIU Medicine to Relaunch COVID-19 Testing Site
July 27, 2020
SIU Medicine, in coordination with the Sangamon County Department of Public Health (SCDPH) and the Office of the Mayor, is relaunching a testing site at SCDPH to meet the immediate need for expanded testing in Sangamon County.
SIU Medicine opens new thyroid clinic - July
July 23, 2020
SIU Medicine is now offering multidisciplinary care for thyroid or parathyroid conditions through the SIU Thyroid Clinic. Specialists at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery’s Division of Endocrinology will offer care and treatments for this vital gland in the neck.