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Rhonda, age 58, spent years in silence, struggling with pain she felt was too personal to discuss. It was easier to endure the discomfort than bring it up—even with her husband of 38 years. Despite seeing multiple health care providers, she often left appointments with more questions than answers, hesitant to share the deeply personal issues affecting her quality of life. And then, Rhonda met Team SIU. What started as an itchy scalp turned into painful sores and hair loss. SIU dermatologist Dr. Rebecca Larsen diagnosed Rhonda with lichens planus, a painful, inflammatory autoimmune condition

For Sohail Siddique, MD, time in the military taught him how to be a good doctor. Written by Courtney Hall | Photography by Jason Johnson Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2017 (40-4) The role of ship doctor on a naval vessel is more involved than on land. “On some ships, you’re the dentist,” says Sohail Siddique, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at SIU School of Medicine. “You’re the food inspector. I was on the damage control training team.” Dr. Siddique also underwent firefighter training and helicopter crash training. “When helicopters go upside

Internal Medicine Presentations "Fulminant Necrotizing Myositis with Concurrent Streptococcus Bovis Bacteremia" Authors: Liao H-I, Izaguirre-Anariba D, Tandan N, Mir T. SCCM. Februrary 18, 2019. https://oce.ovid.com/article/00003246-201901001-00590/HTML

Since 2017, Eve Fischberg has led Stepping Up, a program to help those with memory loss and their care partners develop better balance. Now retired from SIU Medicine, Maggie Schaver was also instrumental in developing the program.

Sam McFadden’s curiosity and passion for studying neurodegenerative diseases will live on through the recently established Samuel A. McFadden Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Fund. McFadden, the lab manager for the Smith Alzheimer’s Center Hascup Labs at SIU Medicine, has been battling a brain tumor for nearly a decade. In June 2023, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor that currently does not have a cure. The fund will support graduate student research in aging and neurodegenerative disease, an area dear to McFadden’s heart. “I was very

The SIU Division of Gastroenterology has obtained ACGME accreditation for a new Fellowship program. The achievement has been reached after decades of development. A fellowship is advanced training a physician can pursue following his/her residency. Individuals receive the opportunity to spend 2-3 years studying a specific branch of medicine in depth. These additional years of education allow them to specialize and become an expert in a particular field. Abdul Swied, MD, will serve as program director for the new fellowship. Shaylee Sullivan, APRN, will be its coordinator. Division Chief Zafar

Happiness, worry, and how to use PBL to raise your kids Gene Brodland was one of the founding psychiatry faculty at SIU School of Medicine. He passed away on September 7, 2020, at the age of 85. This article originally appeared in the summer 2010 issue of Aspects. Written by Karen Carlson * photography by Jim Hawker Gene Brodland hasn’t worried for 30 years. He’s an esteemed counselor, an accomplished tenor, a farmer’s son who has renewed his love of growing things. A husband, father, and grandfather, life is good for Brodland. So what’s he angry about? “If I’m angry about anything, it’s

Congratulations to our Internal Medicine Residents and Cardiology doctors on their recently published retrospective study from their Memorial data . Corresponding Author: Bishal Bhandari, MD, PGY2, along with Manjari Regmi, MD, PGY1, Abdisamad Ibrahim, MD, PGY2, Basma Al-Bast, MD, PGY2, Cameron Koester, DO, PGY2, Priyanka Parajuli, MD, PGY1, Mohammad Al-Akchar, MD, Chief Resident, Michael Buhnerkempe, MD, Alexander Worix, MD, and Abhishek Kulkarni, MD Published in Interventional Cardiology Journal. Click on the link below to view. https://www.openaccessjournals.com/articles/general-anesthesia

The SIU Medicine General Surgery Residency Program is the 2017 American College of Surgeons' Surgical Jeopardy Competition champions. Chief Resident Susan Wetzel, MD, and second-year resident Sarah Fedeli, MD, led the team to victory on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Annual American College of Surgeons meeting in San Diego. Twenty-four teams from around the country competed in the competition. Pictured: Sarah Fedeli, MD, (left) and Susan Wetzel, MD (right)

Geoff Pettys has been named the director of SIU School of Medicine's Medical Library.