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Melanie Barnard, MD, assistant professor for General Surgery, has been named program director for the SIU General Surgery residency. Barnard is a graduate of the program, with a successful practice that focuses on the care of breast diseases. She has demonstrated a commitment to surgical education, having been instrumental in updating the General Surgery residency curriculum. She took a lead role in developing mock oral examinations involving both the use of simulation and researching new simulation tools. For the latter, Barnard recently shared in a multiple-investigator extramurally funded

The SIU Graduate Medical Education Committee recently presented the 4th Annual SIU SOM Quality Improvement Poster Symposium and Competition. The event showcases residents’ and fellows’ quality improvement projects. Originally scheduled for April 8, the 2019-20 SIU QI: Poster Symposium and Competition was held online this year. Monetary awards were given to the top three Quality Improvement projects: First place = $250 Second place = $150 Third place = $100 Submitted projects had to show initiative and commitment to improving systems and processes that directly and indirectly improve patient

Rajaram Kshetri, a PhD student in the Richardson Lab at SIU School of Medicine, successfully completed a trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp in December 2023.

When it comes to anatomy, everyone has a favorite part. Each year, graduate students from the SIU School of Medicine’s Neuroscience and Pharmacology concentration show some love to their top choice during Brain Awareness Week . Brain Awareness Week aims to increase public understanding of brain research. As part of this mission, the group coordinates a fun Brain Awareness Day for 8th graders at Franklin Middle School . This year’s event took place on March 27. SIU graduate students Emmanuel Ojo, Savannah Brannan, Iqra Ahmed , Monika Poudel, John Johnson, Sujata Pandey, Olusegun Jimoh

Harald Lausen, DO, MA, the chief medical officer of SIU HealthCare and assistant dean for clinical education at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, has been appointed chair of the Bureau of Osteopathic Education for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Education studies the full continuum of osteopathic medical education and makes recommendations to the AOA board on ways to improve osteopathic medical education and policies that support educational accreditation and certification programs. Lausen, a professor of clinical family & community

Patients of SIU HealthCare now have easy, free and secure access to their personal health information online, allowing them to request appointments, refill prescriptions, view lab results and receive updates to changes in their health record. Launched Oct. 1, the password-protected patient portal, available at SIUHealthCare.org , “allows patients to directly communicate with their doctors’ offices, manage their health and their family’s health online and request prescription refills anywhere using a computer, smartphone or tablet,” said Harald Lausen, DO, MA, chief medical officer of SIU

8.6.19. Springfield Moms . SIU Center for Family Medicine is rooted in our community. 8.15.19. WICS . Dr. Kari Wolf, Neuroscience Institute. SIU, Memorial host free opioid crisis seminar. 8.17.19. The Southern . Dean and Provost Dr. Jerry Kruse; Don Diemer, DHSc, Physician Assistant Program; Destiny Petrowich, Class of 2020, Physician Assistant Program; and Dr. Sohaib Sajjad, chief resident, Dr. Quincy Scott, both of Carbondale Family Medicine. Related: https://dailyegyptian.com/94935/news/siu-sih-open-new-facility-for-siu-… , https://news.wsiu.org/post/ribbon-cutting-siu

8.27.19. News Channel 20 . Rebecca Howard, Center for Family Medicine – Springfield. SIU Medicine offers mobile health care to District 186 students. 9.3.19. WAND . Dr. Stephen Hazelrigg, Surgery. Specialty lung surgery at MMC recertified. 9.10.10. WSIU . SIU Medicine, mental health partners create suicide awareness at first suicide prevention conference. 9.12.19. The Southern . SIU offers free medical care to vets at first-ever Veterans Summit. 9.18.19. WCIA . Dr. Marc Garfinkel, Surgery. Memorial, SIU transplant 1,000 th kidney.

5.15.19. Healio . Dr. Stephen Hazelrigg , Surgery. Lung volume reduction surgery improves outcomes in advanced emphysema. 5.15.19. WAND . SIU, HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital open renovated behavioral health facility. 5.15.19. WTAX . Dr. Tracy Aldridge , Center for Family Medicine-Springfield. SIU Medicine on National Prevention Week. 5.16.19. The Telegraph . SIU School of Medicine, area groups partner for well attended trauma care conference. 5.17.19. WSIU . SIU School of Medicine holds commencement. 5.18.19. State Journal-Register . Dr. Christopher McDowell , Surgery. McDowell named first recipient

5.25.19. Herald News . Logan County Veterans Assistance Commission, SIU Medicine partner to provide behavioral health program for veterans. 5.25.19. News Channel 20 . Allison Frey , Class of 2020. SIU, Springfield pools team up to promote sun safety. 5.30.19. WAND . Memorial Medical Center Foundation awards 11 grants to SIU School of Medicine. 6.1.19. Journal Gazette & Times Courier . Dr. Mehul Trivedi , NSI. Tips from the latest research on Alzheimer’s and dementia. 6.3.19. River Bender . SIU Medicine receives grant to develop a data-driven strategic plan to reduce opioid overdoses, morbidity