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SIU audiologist Anna Bussing’s passion provides a better understanding of her patients Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Aspects Magazine 39-3 Summer 2016 The year was 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, and a little girl’s lie set in motion a series of events that affected many people. That little girl was Tootie, played by 9-year-old Anna Bussing in the Springfield Muni production of "Meet Me in St. Louis.” Though the 9-year-old Tootie doesn’t know all will be set right when she’s caught in the lie, the story does end happily. For Anna Bussing, an audiologist in the Department

Neurons are the cells responsible for communicating important information to different areas of the brain. They use various chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, to pass information to one another. The most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain is glutamate, a chemical on-switch that allows neurons to generate activity in other neurons. The brain needs glutamate for many different functions, including learning and memory. Still, too much of a good thing can become harmful— as is the case with this neurotransmitter. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the brain accumulates too much glutamate

Between birth and age 3, a child’s brain undergoes an impressive amount of change. The brain doubles in size in its first year, and by three, it reaches 80 percent of its adult volume. This period of a child’s life is the most important for brain development—and it’s inspired a new project from SIU Medicine’s Office of Population Science and Policy. Hillsboro Area Hospital serves as a community center, routinely hosts community events, houses a gym and has a day center within the confines of the hospital walls. Partnering with physicians, academics, early childhood workers, educators and

Dear Colleagues: On a quarterly basis, I will provide a written or video description of some of the recent activities, accomplishments, and upcoming events at SIU Medicine. I will keep you appraised of the various opportunities and challenges that are before us. These updates certainly will not include all of the important activities at SIU Medicine, but I will try to represent things that fulfill our mission and strategies, and that I will also bring to the attention of the leaders of the SIU System. This communication is a type of “News and Views” delivered right to your desktop. I will

My name is Wes McNeese. I am a 1982 graduate of the MEDPREP program and a retired emergency physician, currently serving part time as SIU System Executive Director of Diversity Initiatives, after serving many years as SIU School of Medicine’s (my alma mater) Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. I came to MEDPREP from East St. Louis, Illinois, the product of a socioeconomic and academically deprived background. Experiences as a military medic and hospital orderly had convinced me to become a physician, but there were glaring deficits in my past education, especially the sciences. Plus, I

If SIU School of Medicine is known for one thing, it is innovation in medical education. At the time SIU School of Medicine was created, medical instruction was fundamentally lecture-based. Led by the Dean, Dr. Richard Moy, the SIU faculty chose a different tack, one that emphasized solving real-world health problems rather than memorizing facts. The model that evolved provided medical students with early exposure to patient care, and it demanded they master a subject before progressing to the next level of training. The school’s medical education curriculum received provisional accreditation

​In the U.S., giving life can be a matter of death. By Steve Sandstrom The current generation of new moms in America face a higher risk of dying during childbirth than their mothers did 25 years ago. About 700 American women die each year from pregnancy complications and about 70 percent of these deaths are preventable. Maternal morbidity (severe pregnancy complications) and mortality (death) are indicators of the overall health of a country, state or community. Among developed nations, the U.S. is one of 13 countries headed in the wrong direction, with a mortality rate comparable to Iraq and

Peanut butter and bananas aren’t the usual therapy tools for patients with cochlear implants. But for 4-year-old David Heady, they whet his appetite to listen. . . and speak. Aspects Volume 39 No. 3 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Caroline Montgomery holds up two bananas and David’s face lights up with a wide smile. He clearly likes bananas. "Do you like to eat bananas plain or with peanut butter?" asks Montgomery. While most children David’s age would respond with a quick shout, "peanut butter!" David politely articulates, "I like to eat bananas with peanut butter."

Dale Buck Hales, Ph.D., finds a new home at SIU School of Medicine Written by Karen Carlson | Photographs by Jim Hawker Published in Aspects. Autumn 2008 (32-4) Dale Buck Hales, Ph.D., stood amid the towering grandeur of Giant City State Park and was in awe. The park was the first stop during his visit to Carbondale to interview for the position of chair of physiology at SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Hales was ready to hit the SIU campus, but former chairman Rick Steger, Ph,D., first took him to Giant City, a captivating introduction to the region and a profound change from Dr. Hales’ home in

Internal Medicine Presentations "A Open Access Scheduling for Routine and Urgent Appointments to Cardiology Clinic" Authors: Ibrahim A, Al-Akchar M, Bhandari B, Mahmaljy H, Al-Bast B, Ali M, Koester C, Kulkarni A. National ACP: Internal Medicine 2019, Philadelphia, PA. April 2019