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AWIMS Mentorship Mixer October 2018, MCLI Kudos to Dr. Abbot and Dr. Waqar for their hard work in making this energizing and fun-filled event possible.

Brenna Westlake was born in December 2011 with Harlequin Ichthyosis (HI), a very rare and sometimes fatal skin disease. Babies born with HI lack a protein that moves fats to the skin’s surface layer to create a strong barrier.

For more than two years, Frank Vala endured excruciating back pain that interrupted his life, making even simple activities feel impossible. After two surgeries and multiple injections that failed to bring him relief, his hope was dwindling. But Vala’s journey took a positive turn when he found SIU Medicine and surgeon Dr. Bruce Frankel, whose advanced techniques offered a new path to recovery.

The Harbinger Society saluted professor Andrzej Bartke, PhD, for his record of 'longevity,' giving back to the school of medicine for 37 years.

SIU Medicine Professor and Chair of the Division of Otolaryngology Carol Bauer, MD, has been elected the 2018-19 president of the American Otological Society, the second oldest medical society in America. Founded in 1868, the American Otological Society provides education to promote the understanding and management of ontological and neurotological disorders. Bauer is the third female to be named president in the organization’s 151-year history. As president, Bauer will preside over the society’s 152 nd Annual Spring Meeting, to be held May 3-5, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Bauer joined SIU

Each year, the month of May is set aside to focus on increasing mental health awareness. Throughout the month, efforts to champion combating and eliminating stigma.

At a recent meeting I had the privilege of spending some time with a colleague from a large health care institution. She is a highly accomplished and impactful individual where she works, possesses a PhD, and is an excellent pragmatic thinker. As we discussed issues that were on our minds, she mentioned that her most pressing concern was the fact that when she was with her significant other or close friends, their time frequently defaulted to relatively frivolous activity on their smart phones. She recognized that the cost of this ‘convenience’ was great in terms of the richness and depth of

CORRECTIONS, SIU MEDICINE PARTNER TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN STATE FACILITIES by Lauren Crocks More than 76,000 Illinoisans live behind bars, and nearly 41,000 of those individuals call state prisons home. Like the more than 2.2 million justice-involved individuals in the United States, many suffer from a complex combination of anxiety, post-traumatic stress and a range of chronic health conditions, including hypertension and arthritis. In an effort to improve health care delivery in correctional facilities and meet its mission, SIU School of Medicine is partnering with the Illinois

Community health worker programs are improving lives in Illinois neighborhoods On a gray February afternoon, Tami Langford is interviewing a new client in a busy office space at the Third Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Verlon Melton had been released from prison the previous spring and is now working in retail and raising his 3-year-old daughter as a single parent. He’d hoped to move into an apartment in the Enos Park neighborhood, where Langford serves as one of SIU Medicine’s community health workers. The man politely answers questions on a range of subjects. Eventually, Langford asks,

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