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Understanding the effects of racism and other inequities within the health care system is the focus of a lecture and forum on February 9 and 10 in Springfield. Dr. Joia Adele Crear-Perry, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, will present the keynote address, “A New Legacy: Trust, Truth and Anti-racism in Medicine” via WebEx. It is scheduled to begin at 5 pm, Tuesday, February 9. The morning after Dr. Crear-Perry’s presentation, SIU School of Medicine will host a virtual forum starting at 9 am, Wednesday, February 10, via Zoom. Dr. Ann-Gel Palermo, senior associate

Melanie Barnard, MD, assistant professor for General Surgery, has been named program director for the SIU General Surgery residency. Barnard is a graduate of the program, with a successful practice that focuses on the care of breast diseases. She has demonstrated a commitment to surgical education, having been instrumental in updating the General Surgery residency curriculum. She took a lead role in developing mock oral examinations involving both the use of simulation and researching new simulation tools. For the latter, Barnard recently shared in a multiple-investigator extramurally funded

The SIU Graduate Medical Education Committee recently presented the 4th Annual SIU SOM Quality Improvement Poster Symposium and Competition. The event showcases residents’ and fellows’ quality improvement projects. Originally scheduled for April 8, the 2019-20 SIU QI: Poster Symposium and Competition was held online this year. Monetary awards were given to the top three Quality Improvement projects: First place = $250 Second place = $150 Third place = $100 Submitted projects had to show initiative and commitment to improving systems and processes that directly and indirectly improve patient

The SIU Graduate Medical Education Committee in collaboration with the 2025 Research Symposia, is proud to present the SIU SOM Quality Improvement Poster Symposium and Competition. This event will publicly recognize the quality improvement projects that are being done by SIU SOM residents and fellows. Monetary awards will be given for the top three Quality Improvement projects: First place = $250 Second place = $150 Third place = $100 An additional "Innovation Award", may be given for the project that most demonstrates "out of the box thinking" or creative approach to successfully implement

Rajaram Kshetri, a PhD student in the Richardson Lab at SIU School of Medicine, successfully completed a trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp in December 2023.

When it comes to anatomy, everyone has a favorite part. Each year, graduate students from the SIU School of Medicine’s Neuroscience and Pharmacology concentration show some love to their top choice during Brain Awareness Week . Brain Awareness Week aims to increase public understanding of brain research. As part of this mission, the group coordinates a fun Brain Awareness Day for 8th graders at Franklin Middle School . This year’s event took place on March 27. SIU graduate students Emmanuel Ojo, Savannah Brannan, Iqra Ahmed , Monika Poudel, John Johnson, Sujata Pandey, Olusegun Jimoh

Harald Lausen, DO, MA, the chief medical officer of SIU HealthCare and assistant dean for clinical education at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, has been appointed chair of the Bureau of Osteopathic Education for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Education studies the full continuum of osteopathic medical education and makes recommendations to the AOA board on ways to improve osteopathic medical education and policies that support educational accreditation and certification programs. Lausen, a professor of clinical family & community

Patients of SIU HealthCare now have easy, free and secure access to their personal health information online, allowing them to request appointments, refill prescriptions, view lab results and receive updates to changes in their health record. Launched Oct. 1, the password-protected patient portal, available at SIUHealthCare.org , “allows patients to directly communicate with their doctors’ offices, manage their health and their family’s health online and request prescription refills anywhere using a computer, smartphone or tablet,” said Harald Lausen, DO, MA, chief medical officer of SIU

March 15-27, 2019 3.27.19. The Wall Street Journal . Andrzej Bartke, PhD, Internal Medicine. This old mouse: ‘Golden girls’ unlock the mysteries of aging. 3.25.19. Canton Daily Ledger . SIU Medicine’s Office of Regional Programs sponsors career expo at Canton High. 3.22.19. The State Journal-Register . Memorial’s Ed Curtis named to SIU board of trustees. 3.17.19. Herald-Whig . Tawnya Sidwell and Billie Wilkens, CFM Quincy. Sidwell, Wilkens named Employees of the Month. 3.16.19. News Channel 20 . Tyler Agnew, Class of 2019. SIU medical students secure residency positions on Match Day. 3.15.19

8.6.19. Springfield Moms . SIU Center for Family Medicine is rooted in our community. 8.15.19. WICS . Dr. Kari Wolf, Neuroscience Institute. SIU, Memorial host free opioid crisis seminar. 8.17.19. The Southern . Dean and Provost Dr. Jerry Kruse; Don Diemer, DHSc, Physician Assistant Program; Destiny Petrowich, Class of 2020, Physician Assistant Program; and Dr. Sohaib Sajjad, chief resident, Dr. Quincy Scott, both of Carbondale Family Medicine. Related: https://dailyegyptian.com/94935/news/siu-sih-open-new-facility-for-siu-… , https://news.wsiu.org/post/ribbon-cutting-siu