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Q. What degree does your program offer? We offer a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPA). We also offer a Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) for those wishing to continue their education after earning their MSPA and becoming NCCPA certified. Q. How long is the program? 26 months or 7 semesters Q. How many students do you accept each year? 40 Q. When do students start the program? Late May or early June each year. Q. Can I start at a later date? No. All students begin the program on the same date. Q. Does the SIU PA Program require me to take the GRE? No the GRE is not currently

2019 Lecture Daniel E. Dawes, J.D. , was the 2019 Theodore R. LeBlang Distinguished Lecturer . His presentation was entitled: The Future of Health Equity in America . Dawes is a nationally recognized leader in the movement to advance health equity among under-resourced, vulnerable, and marginalized communities. An attorney, scholar, and health policy expert, Dawes serves as the Senior Advisor and General Counsel to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and as an Associate Professor of Complex Health Systems at the H. Wayne Huizenga College

Written by Karen Carlson Published in Aspects 39-1, Winter 2016 Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, was perfectly at home standing before a crowd of 200 at the Citizens Club of Springfield meeting in October. Poised on the stage at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, the newly named fourth dean and provost of SIU School of Medicine gave his take on "The Future of Health Care" to a rapt audience. "I thought I might be asked to speak about the fate of the universe," Dr. Kruse joked. Intermixing a whirlwind of facts and humor, Dr. Kruse brought insights to the Citizens Club meeting that reflect

As a pediatrician, Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, ’11, was trained to focus on the children seen in his clinic. Now his task has expanded to healing entire segments of Illinois’ population. It’s a role he has been preparing for most of his life.

SIU physicians lead efforts with American Nepal Medical Foundation to help earthquake victims Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson and Janak Koirala "When there’s an earthquake, health care is what people need," says Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, professor and chair of the division of infectious disease who saw first-hand the devastating effects that the April 25 earthquake had on the people of Nepal. Though thousands of miles apart, Dr. Koirala and his wife, Sangita Basnet, MD, were two leaders in the efforts to help the people of Nepal through the American Nepal Medical

by Steve Sandstrom On an early Monday morning in March 2018, James Waymack, MD, was on his way to work at Taylorville Memorial Hospital. Waymack is the director of the emergency medicine residency program within SIU’s Department of Emergency Medicine, and on Mondays he accompanies a team of residents on a rural service rotation to a hospital 30 minutes east of Springfield. Nearing his exit, he was suddenly passed by three ambulances. Approaching the hospital, he found the parking lot teeming with police vehicles. Inside, emergency medicine director Rich Jeisy, MD, Waymack’s former SIU School

SIU’s medical student curriculum to get first major reform since 2000 Written by Karen Carlson | Photographs by Jason Johnson Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2014 (37-4) Karen Bertels remembers the most memorable moment of her third year — assisting in the delivery of a baby during her OB rotation. “It was an amazing moment to be part of a new life,” she says. An amazing moment, but Bertels doesn’t plan to become an obstetrician. She fondly remembers the clerkships that she completed last spring. “I liked them, but I spent weeks on rotations I had no interest in. But I loved both

Spreading the word about HPV’s Highly Protective Vaccine Written by Steve Sandstrom Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2017 (40-4) The human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. It can cause genital warts, anal cancer and cancer of the mouth and throat (oropharyngeal cancer)regardless of gender. It can also cause cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina and of the penis. In 2012, about 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths occurred from cervical cancer worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all sexually

Members of the Classes of 2005-2015 secured residency training positions at the following institutions. For information on the Match results by residency type, see NRMP Results . Anesthesiology Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO Indiana University School of Med, Indianapolis , IN Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY Northwestern University McGaw Center, Chicago, IL Ohio State University Medical Center

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