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Visiting Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Theodore Ganley, MD, presented the 35th Annual Mimi Covert Cameo Memorial Lectureship on Nov. 22, 2021. Ganley is an attending orthopedic surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the Perman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He co-founded the publication "Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee," or ROCK. Ganley's areas of expertise include ACL reconstruction in elite athletes, arthroscopic meniscus repair and athletic injuries of the knee and shoulder

Cath Lab Digest spoke with Tony DeMartini, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, SIU Heart & Vascular Center about low-dose imaging in chronic total occlusions. Read the article here

SIU oncologist Dr. Waqas Azar and his wife, Dr. Noor Khalid, joined 76 other guests from around the world this spring at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum to take the U.S. Oath of Citizenship.

Dr. William Robinson, Professor and Division Chief of Vascular Surgery at SIU Medicine, has been appointed as the Chair for the Committee for Post Graduate Education of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). The Post Graduate Education Committee solicits proposed content from SVS members to provide relevant education to advance the practice, curricula, and scope of practice in vascular surgery. Dr. Robinson will lead the Committee in identifying and developing post-graduate educational content for the SVS Annual Meeting in June. The mission of the Society for Vascular Surgery “seeks to

The Springfield Business Journal celebrates 40 young professionals under 40 in our local community each year. As part of the 2024 class, SIU Medicine’s Dr. Clare Zimmerman and Dr. Aida Adlimoghaddam have been honored for their outstanding contributions. Aida Adlimoghaddam, PhD, joined SIU Medicine as an assistant professor at the Smith Alzheimer's Center in 2023. Previously, she served St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre in Winnipeg, Canada as a senior research associate and clinical scientist. Her passion for Alzheimer's research ignited during her undergraduate studies in biological

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin held a news conference with Illinois health care leaders Monday, May 22, to release his “Roadmap to Grow Illinois’ Rural Health Workforce.” The partnership with hospitals, community health centers, medical and nursing schools, community colleges, dentists, physicians, and nurses will organize efforts and provide new funding to address health care workforce shortages and staffing crises in rural Illinois.

Senator Dick Durbin held a news conference at SIU's Simmons Cancer Institute to discuss the shortage of life-saving drugs for cancer patients. Last month, Durbin urged the FDA to use the agency’s authority to immediately address the ongoing shortage.

The 41st Annual E. Shannon Stauffer Spring Visiting Professor Lecture will be held Friday, June 21 from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Learning Center Room 2B. This annual event celebrates the legacy of the founding chair of the Division of Orthopedics, Dr. E. Shannon Stauffer and features a visiting professor lecture and resident presentations. This year's visiting professor is Dr. Richard Laughlin, a Foot and Ankle Trauma and Reconstructive surgeon with the University of Connecticut. CME credit is available - see flyer.

The Division of Orthopedic Surgery hosts the 39th Annual E. Shannon Stauffer Spring Visiting Professor Lectureship. This year's distinguished guest is Daniel Oakes, MD. Click here for more details.

Over a summer lunch hour, a group of health care providers and caseworkers from across Illinois have gathered to both talk and listen.