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Innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs from across the Southern Illinois University System will be on hand next month in St. Louis when the university plays host to an event aimed at bringing together research and enterprise.

Partnership with Logan County Health Department, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital March 8, 2017 — A new family medicine clinic in Logan County will integrate medical, behavioral and dental services. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (ALMH), and the Logan County Department of Public Health have partnered to develop SIU Center for Family Medicine-Lincoln. The 1,500 square-foot clinic is slated to open Monday, April 3, inside Logan County Department of Public Health, 109 Third St. This is the first SIU site to integrate medical, behavioral and

SIU Urology welcomes Dr. M Francesca Monn. Dr. Monn is an Assistant Professor of Urology at SIU Medicine. She is a fellowship-trained Reconstructive Urologist and is passionate about treating urethral and ureteral strictures, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, neurogenic bladder, and genital anomalies. Dr. Monn earned her medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine. She received a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health where she received concentrations in Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research and Health as a Human Right. She

SIU Urology welcomes Dr. Nicholas Tadros to the faculty. Dr. Tadros joins us most recently from the Cleveland Clinic, where he completed specialized training in reproductive medicine. Dr. Tadros earned his medical degree from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. He then completed a general surgery and urology residency at Oregon Health and Science University as well. During that time, he also completed a research fellowship and received a master of clinical research. He finished a Male Infertility and Men's Health Fellow at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute

SIU Urology welcomes Dr. Kara Babaian to the faculty. Dr. Babaian is an Assistant Professor in Urology and the Director of Urologic Oncology at SIU School of Medicine. She provides comprehensive urologic oncology clinical care for men and women diagnosed with urologic malignancies. Dr. Babaian performs open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery, individually tailored for the needs of patients with cancers of the kidney, bladder, and prostate. Dr. Babaian earned her medical degree from The University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She then went on to complete a Urology

Dr. Khalil Qato has been named program director of the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency at SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Qato recently joined the SIU Vascular Surgery faculty as an assistant professor of surgery. Dr. Qato previously practiced at Lenox Hill Hospital/Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University in New York where he has demonstrated a strong commitment to vascular surgery education while serving as the associate program director of the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency and as site director of 3rd-year rotations and 4th-year sub-internships. He has previously received

Seventy-four medical students began their medical training last week at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. The students participated in a “White Coat Ceremony” on Friday, August 11, in Shryock Auditorium. During the ceremony, Debra Klamen, MD, MHPE, senior associate dean for education and curriculum and chair of the Department of Medical Education, welcomed the students and read the Hippocratic Oath. Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, presented the medical students. Elizabeth Cavanagh, MD, an anesthesiologist in St. Louis

SIU School of Medicine has 23 clinics and health service facilities in a 40,000 square mile expanse. It’s a distinctly rural area with more than 2.5 million people living in small urban areas, towns and farms. The SIU System Board of Trustees wants to develop a coordinated plan to unify the health services within this region and provide better rural health care to its residents. Its long-term goal is to position SIU as the nation’s leader in rural health care assessment, education and delivery. To aid the effort, a Rural Healthcare Work Group has been established to gather information and make

Auditory Researchers in the Department of Pharmacology gave 11 presentations at the 41st Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology held February 10-14 in San Diego, CA. Oral and poster presentations were given by members of Drs. Don Caspary, Brandon Cox, and Vic Ramkumar’s laboratories. The Association for Research in Otolaryngology was founded in 1973 and aims to encourage and promote research related to hearing loss, tinnitus, balance dysfunction, and basic science of the middle and inner ear.

SIU Emergency Medicine was proud to host the 4th Annual Alumni Day June 22nd, 2017 at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation. Eleven alumni from the four graduated classes shared cases, work experiences and advice with SIUEM residents, including the soon to be class of 2017, and SIU SOM students. While many SIUEM graduates practice in central Illinois we were fortunate to have alumni return from Indiana, Iowa and California this year. Dr June Brown also joined in via teleconference from Valparaiso, Indiana. Many thanks to Dr Jon dela Cruz for coordinating another great Alumni Day