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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

4.30.19. Effingham Daily News . Effingham native in Miss USA Pageant on Thursday. 5.1.19. NPR Illinois . Can cannabis help patients avoid opioids? 5.2.19. Becker Hospital Review . Passavant Area Hospital selects Dr. Scott Boston as CEO: 4 things to know. Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Ill., appointed Scott Boston, MD, president and CEO, effective June 3. 5.2.19. Student Doctor. Don’t Let Your Goals Steal Your Sould: Dr. John Mellinger Discusses Balance and Self-Care in Medicine. 5.4.19. State Journal Register . Bernard Schoenburg: Carlson out at DNR, in at Senate GOP (H. Smith). 5.6

Breast cancer survivor and SIU Institute for Plastic Surgery patient Susan Danenberger will have the opportunity to show what life can look like after breast cancer while at New York Fashion Week. Danenberger, owner of Danenberger Family Vineyards in New Berlin, will walk the runway for AnaOno Intimates, a designer who specializes in apparel for breast cancer patients and survivors. Danenberger is one of 24 models, all of whom are living with or in remission from stage IV, metastatic breast cancer. Danenberger hopes to raise awareness not only about metastatic breast cancer and breast

"Perspecitves and Urgency" by Yasmina Arroyo, MD, PGY2. January 2018. http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2678524/annals-story-slam-perspective…

"Life Lessons" by Megan Miner, Internal Medicine Medical Education Program Coordinator January 2018 http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2678523/annals-story-slam-life-lessons

A new microscope at SIU School of Medicine can quickly make the invisible visible. The THUNDER Imager TM , a highly advanced technology now in use at SIU’s Core Research Facilities, lets scientists capture vivid 3D images of cells, tissues and organs in seconds. The new capability opens the door to faster medical discoveries and groundbreaking visuals. Scientists say the THUNDER Imager TM could accelerate progress in areas like cancer, hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease by helping scientists understand the body at the molecular level. SIU’s facility is now one of the few in downstate

The Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Southern Illinois University Medicine has earned a new status: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Accredited. The recognition, awarded by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine , signifies that the practice has demonstrated a commitment to providing patients with the highest quality care. AIUM ultrasound practice accreditation is a peer review process that allows our practice to prove that we meet or exceed nationally recognized standards in the performance and interpretation of diagnostic ultrasound examinations. AIUM

24th annual edition of SCOPE published

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has named five new board members to the school’s Alumni Society Board of Governors. The new board members include: Milton Armstrong, MD, FACS; Richard Austin, MD; Careyana Brenham, MD; Kelli Webb, MD; and Tabatha Wells, MD. The new board members’ three-year term will begin at the April board meeting. Armstrong, a member of the class of 1982, is the division chief in the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery and serves as the plastic surgery residency program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Austin, a