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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

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

In light of our recent accreditation, we put together a short newsletter. Click here for a PDF version of the text below. After months of planning, and much hard work on the part of many people, we applied for and have received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We were notified of our official approval on May 4, 2020. The program will now begin recruiting resident physicians who spend the next three years as part of the Alton Family Medicine Residency and the Alton community. Applications will be accepted through the Electronic Res-idency

The Alliance for Women and Medicine and Science and Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosted the second annual Women in Medicine and Science Professional Development conference on Friday, June 14 in the MCLI. Dean and Provost Dr. Jerry Kruse kicked off the conference with an uplifting speech on the importance of groups such as AWIMS in an institution. With a focus on the timely and important theme of wellness, speakers addressed topics such as an organizational approach to reducing burnout, personal resilience through gratitude, nutrition and improving well-being through coaching

Seniors learn results from National Resident Matching Program

Medical students will be based, trained in rural regions Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has a 50-year tradition of educating physicians to improve health care in central and southern Illinois. This summer a new Doctor of Medicine track has been introduced to give students the knowledge, skills and perspective to provide care in rural areas. The Lincoln Scholars Program (LSP) has been developed to seed the rural regions of southern Illinois with more doctors. Six students have been accepted to begin training as Lincoln Scholars. They are in addition to the 72 students who will

Stylish new gym shoes, notebooks with the most popular theme and the oh-so-important back-to-school outfit top the to-do list for most kids heading back to school. But as the time draws near, some health-related items need to be checked off parents’ lists, too. Here are some reminders from the experts in SIU Medicine's Department of Pediatrics . Physical: Students entering kindergarten, 6th or 9th grade or who are starting at a new school must have a physical. Immunizations: Kindergarteners must have the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (or Tdap) their final polio, their final measles or

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – SIU Medicine invites golfers to form teams for the annual charity golf outing benefiting the Camp COCO Children’s Cancer Fund. A shotgun start will begin the game at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, June 7, at The Rail Golf Course, 1400 S. Club House Dr., Springfield. H.D. Smith is the presenting sponsor of the four-person scramble. HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital is a double eagle sponsor. Eagle sponsors are Bunn and LRS. An entry fee of $125 per player includes greens fees, golf cart, lunch by Twyford BBQ, dinner by Robert’s Seafood Market, on-course beverages, games and

Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine will host “The ABC’s of HPV” at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 21. The roundtable discussion will provide parents and guardians with an opportunity to discuss human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations with medical professionals from Southern Illinois University Medicine. The event will also stream live at facebook.com/SimmonsCancerInstitute . HPV is a viral infection that can cause various types of cancer. The virus is passed between people through skin-to-skin contact. Approximately 12,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, while