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J. Roland Folse, MD, Endowed Chair of Surgery J. Roland Folse, MD, has been single-minded in his life's ambition of wanting to serve humanity. He is a visionary who dreamed of building a Department of Surgery for the community. As a pioneer physician of SIU School of Medicine, Dr. Folse has realized his dream and made the Department of Surgery a recognized leader in health care. For nearly three decades, Dr. Folse has shared his professionalism, dedication and expertise with hundreds of students and residents and thousands of patients. He has created an opportunity for community and university

Richard H. Moy, Chair in Medical Education Richard H. Moy, MD, earned both his bachelor’s and medical degrees at the University of Chicago, where he also interned at the University Clinics. After service at the National Cancer Institute, he returned to finish his residency in internal medicine, subsequently serving as chief resident and a U.S. Public Health Service Fellow. By 1969 he had risen to the rank of Associate Professor in Medicine at the University of Chicago and held several administrative assignments. Dr. Moy was appointed Professor of Internal Medicine and founding Dean of Southern

Dr. Rabinovich, a native of Lima, Peru, joined SIU in 1973, shortly after the school was created. He became chairman and residency director of the Department of Medicine in 1974. Dr. Rabinovich retired in 1996, but he contributed to the school through various committees and consulting activities in addition to his generous financial contributions. During his career, Dr. Rabinovich was active in more than ten professional associations and published dozens of articles and abstracts. With his wife, Nelly, he raised four children, who all have entered health care-related fields. Despite his busy

Exercise rooms Exercise rooms are available for residents and fellows at both hospitals. The Springfield Memorial exercise room is located on the 8th floor. The HSHS St. John's exercise room is located on the 12th floor. Trainees are also permitted to utilize the HSHS/Prairie Heart Institute’s Cardiac Rehab exercise room during hours when patients are not utilizing the facility. Residents/Fellows interested in utilizing the facility must attend an initial 5-10 minutes orientation at the facility. Orientation is held every Thursday at 4:00pm, no appointment needed, residents/fellows can attend

The residency program in Springfield is affiliated with two large community hospitals: Memorial Health and St John’s Hospital. Their patient populations are well-balanced, diverse and are drawn from Springfield and a large 30 county referral area. With a combined total of over 1,200 beds, both Memorial and St Johns are acute care centers with active Emergency Departments and Outpatient departments. Both are designed Trauma Centers for central and southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is in the center of Springfield, only a few blocks from both Memorial and St John

Dear Alumni: Remember your last year of medical school? You may recall a time of juggling academic schedules, struggling with the transition from medical school to a residency program and wondering which program was best suited to your unique talents. Interviewing for residency can be physically and emotionally stressful. Further, the unknowns of the community you may spend the next several years of your life can be extremely unnerving. We believe we can help. The HOSTS program (Helping Our Students To Succeed) was created to address these challenges. The HOSTS program will match SIU School of

Would you like to help out a student who will visit your area for his or her residency interview by providing a place to stay? The Helping Our Students To Succeed (HOSTS) program matches SOM alumni volunteers across the country with SIU School of Medicine fourth-year medical students who are in need of complimentary overnight accommodations while attending their residency interviews. Residency travel dates typically occur during the months September through January. The program strives to foster mentoring relationships between SOM students and alumni. sign up or get more information here.

Letter from Dean and Provost, Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH