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Each quarter, a traveling trophy will be awarded to a clinical department to recognize the most improvement in patient experience scores from the previous quarter. Designed to encourage teams to work together to improve the patient experience across SIU Medicine, the first award was presented to the team that improved patient satisfaction scores the most when comparing Q4 2018 to Q1 2019. The first award was presented to the obstetrics and gynecology department, which includes general OB, uro-gynecology, gyn-oncology, and reproductive endocrinology, recognizing the team’s efforts in improving

The first year begins with a 1-2 week orientation. Call system emphasizes the initial assessment and management of medical problems through a longitudinal emergency medicine experience. Taken from home and is done with a senior resident During the week during the evenings 5:30pm-10pm and averages every 6 th evening Every other weekend call is 6am-10pm Total average 5 call days a month Clinic is two half-days a week at SIU Quincy Family Practice The first-year rotations are all required rotations and involved mostly inpatient care. 3 blocks on the Family Practice inpatient service 2 blocks

Tell me about your childhood, what’s your family like? Both of my parents are immigrants and hustlers. My parents grew up in India and immigrated to California and started their own business. I grew up watching them live out the American dream. They were always telling me as a kid that I could grow up to live out any dream I imagined. What made you decide to go into medicine? It’s funny because one of my friends recently told me that in sixth grade, our teacher asked us to write on the board what we wanted to be when we grow up. He said I wrote “doctor” on the board and he congratulated me by

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Surrounded by faculty, family and friends, five Southern Illinois University School of Medicine graduate students received their diplomas at a summer commencement ceremony on September 22 at the South Auditorium at SIU School of Medicine. The students were recognized by speakers Donald S. Torry, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology (MMICB), and Yueh-Ting Lee, Ph.D., professor and graduate school dean of SIU Carbondale. Rana Alfardan received a doctorate degree in Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology. Mark Schroeder

The Awards Committee of the American College of Physicians recently announced that the orgnization's Board of Regents selected John M. Flack, MD, MPH, MACP, and Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, MACP, to receive masterships. Masters of the ACP are selected due to their "integrity, positions of honor, eminence in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine. Masters must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating eminence in practice, leadership, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors such as

Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) Allows the employee to save tax dollars on health care expenses, such as eyeglasses, crowns and bridgework, and medical deductibles, that are not fully covered by the state-paid health and dental plans. Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) Provides for coverage of child or elder care expenses with tax-free dollars. MCAP allows for payroll deductions from $240 to $2550 per year. DCAP allows for payroll deductions from $240 to $5000 per year. The plan year runs from July 1 through June 30. Employees may enroll in the MCAP/DCAP program during the Benefit

Welcome to the SIU Medicine Flow Cytometry Facility. We provide acquisition, analysis, and sorting of cells, as well as training and expert consultation for project/experiment planning. We serve SIUM faculty as well as outside customers. The facility has 2 analyzers, 1 sorter, and a multiplex analyzer. To get started, please contact our staff for an appointment or to schedule a consultation. What is Flow Cytometry? Flow cytometry is a method of measuring multiple physical and chemical characteristics of single cells or particles as they travel in suspension one by one past a sensing point