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Residency Match Results List for SIU School of Medicine March 20, 2020, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Senior medical students in the graduating Class of 2020 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) on Friday, March 20, at the same time other U.S. medical students learned their matches to postgraduate training programs. Sixty-one SIU students have secured residency positions. Ten students (16%) will specialize in family medicine and 10 in emergency medicine. Pediatrics drew nine new residents (15%). Six students (10%) will

SIU Med Students, Residency Programs Meet Their Match Seniors learn the results of the National Resident Matching Program March 16, 2018 – Senior medical students in the graduating Class of 2018 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) on Friday, March 16, at the same time other U.S. medical students learned their matches to postgraduate training programs. Sixty-eight SIU seniors have secured residency positions. Read the match list for details. Thirteen students (19%) will specialize in family medicine, and thirteen

Students swap summer break for science

Southern Illinois University Medicine students will sponsor the 6th Annual Junaia P. Carter, MD 5k Run/Walk at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, at Washington Park in Springfield. Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. The event is dedicated to Dr. Junaia P. Carter. Carter was a member of the Class of 2010, who died in November 2010 after a battle with breast cancer. The SIU student chapter of the American Medical Association sponsors the race. All race proceeds benefit M.E.R.C.Y. Communities in Springfield, which provides homeless and at-risk families with transitional living and comprehensive

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine students will sponsor the Annual Junaia P. Carter, MD 5k Run/Walk at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 14, at Washington Park in Springfield. Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. Originally known as the annual American Medical Association 5k, the event was renamed in honor of Dr. Junaia P. Carter, a member of the Class of 2010. Carter died in November 2010 after a battle with breast cancer. The SIU student chapter of the American Medical Association sponsors the 5k, which is now its 24 th year. All race proceeds benefit M.E.R.C.Y. Communities in

An international organization has recognized Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for its medical education programs. SIU was the only medical school to be recognized in all three areas by the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). AMEE is a worldwide organization with members in 90 countries on five continents. Members include educators, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students in medicine and the health-care professions. The awards given were part of the ASPIRE program, which, according to its website, “aims to recognize and promote

About one in 4,000 children are born with a deficiency of one or more pituitary hormones that results in a wide variety of health issues. Dr. Buffy Ellsworth at SIU School of Medicine in Carbondale is part of an extensive $2.77 million multi-university grant-funded research project to unravel the mystery of how congenital hypopituitarism (CH) occurs.

Medical students at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield have been elected to leadership positions as officers, representatives and committee members for the 2016-17 school year. Established in 1970, SIU School of Medicine assists the people of central and southern Illinois in meeting their health needs through education, patient care, research and community service. Its main number is 217-545-8000. SIU School of Medicine Class of 2017 Officers Sean Murray, son of John Murray of Round Lake and Kelly Murray of Lake Villa, was elected chair of the fourth-year class

Third-year medical student Taylor Badger has embarked upon a unique learning opportunity that adds a year of intensive research experience to her medical school curriculum at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. This spring she was awarded a position in the National Institutes of Health’s Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) class of 2022-23. She moved from her home in Springfield to the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, to begin a year-long mentored research experience. The prestigious training is awarded to 50 candidates selected from among the top U.S. medical schools. The

SIU medical students provided athletic shoes to area elementary students to put spring in their steps this winter.