Medicine is a family thing in the Wilson family and so is generosity. Dr. Margaret Wilson, a retired pediatrician, knows first-hand of the financial struggles of medical students. “I remember what it was like to struggle with money while trying to complete medical school,” she admits. Scholarships for medical school are sorely lacking, even now. To help future generations of female physicians, Margaret established a scholarship for a female medical student at SIU. Her hope is that this scholarship will help make life a little less worrisome for the student and her family. “These students have
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin held a news conference with Illinois health care leaders Monday, May 22, to release his “Roadmap to Grow Illinois’ Rural Health Workforce.” The partnership with hospitals, community health centers, medical and nursing schools, community colleges, dentists, physicians, and nurses will organize efforts and provide new funding to address health care workforce shortages and staffing crises in rural Illinois.
Senator Dick Durbin held a news conference at SIU's Simmons Cancer Institute to discuss the shortage of life-saving drugs for cancer patients. Last month, Durbin urged the FDA to use the agency’s authority to immediately address the ongoing shortage.
Overview Dr. E. Shannon Stauffer was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 30, 1931. He attended Temple University Medical School, graduating in 1959. He did his orthopedic residency at the University of Pittsburgh and a fellowship in orthopedic rehabilitation at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Downey, California. Dr. Stauffer practiced in Los Angeles until 1975, at which time he came to Springfield to become the Founding Chairman of the Division of Orthopedics as well as the Residency Program Director. For twenty years, he was Director of the Spine Fellowship Program, which he founded
The 41st Annual E. Shannon Stauffer Spring Visiting Professor Lecture will be held Friday, June 21 from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Learning Center Room 2B. This annual event celebrates the legacy of the founding chair of the Division of Orthopedics, Dr. E. Shannon Stauffer and features a visiting professor lecture and resident presentations. This year's visiting professor is Dr. Richard Laughlin, a Foot and Ankle Trauma and Reconstructive surgeon with the University of Connecticut. CME credit is available - see flyer.
