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Dr. Adnan Khan warned patients that this warm February could lead to an early allergy season.

Wayne H. Giles is Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining UIC in September of 2017, he was the Director of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He also led the Division of Population Health at CDC, one of CDC’s most diverse divisions with programmatic and research activities in community health promotion, arthritis, aging, health care utilization, and racial and ethnic disparities in health. His

There are many ways to give and many options for your philanthropic support at SIU Medicine. Learn how to make a gift that provides tax benefits and even life income. Giving to our cause can be done directly or through a gift model that can provide tax benefits and even income. Please review our SIU Foundation web page to explore the different options of giving. You will see how you can receive your next tax benefit through bequests, IRA rollovers, charitable gift annuities and many more. Cash Cash is the easiest way to give support to the University. Your gift makes an immediate impact on our

All of us at MEDPREP were heartbroken to hear of the death of one of our own, Dr. Tamara O’Neal, who was a MEDPREP student from 2007-09. After MEDPREP, Tamara went on to complete her MD at the University of Illinois at Chicago, followed by a residency in emergency medicine. She was working as an emergency department physician at Mercy Hospital in Chicago at the time of her passing. Dr. O’Neal, who was affectionately known at “TO” by her colleagues and friends, was beloved for her smile, her kindness, and her generosity of spirit. She had a passion for helping her community and wanted to be a

SIU Medicine’s Chair of Psychiatry Kari Wolf, MD, issued the following statement in response to recent actions in state government and academia. At SIU Medicine, equity is a core value. That means that every day we strive to be a just, fair, unbiased and anti-racist organization that is focused on better health for all. As a specialty, psychiatry has a poor track-record of supporting the communities we serve and embracing equity. There are many historic instances of institutionalized racism and gender bias that have cast a shadow over our profession for generations. Unfortunately, patients and

A 20-year old woman has fluctuating weakness A 20-year old woman with past medical history of hypertension presented with a two-year history of fluctuating muscle weakness. She has increasing difficulty raising her arms to comb her hair and standing up from a chair. Six months ago she started to have intermittent double vision and difficulty chewing at night. She has no numbness or pain. On neurological exam, mild left ptosis and mild bilateral facial weakness. Limb muscle strength is 4/5 in the proximal and 5/5 in the distal muscles. No muscle atrophy. Deep tendon reflexes, sensation, and

Updated 4:00 pm, Jan 6 Due to hazardous weather and road conditions, SIU Medicine clinics in Carbondale will remain closed on Tuesday, Jan 7. All other SIU Medicine clinics will be open with regular hours. Due to inclement weather, the following SIU Medicine locations are affected on Monday, Jan. 6: Area 1 Central Illinois (Springfield, Decatur, Lincoln, Jacksonville, Taylorville): Delayed start - open at 12:00 pm Area 1 Central Illinois (Pittsfield): Closed Area 2 West Central Illinois (Quincy): Delayed start - open at 12:00 pm Area 3 Southern Illinois (Carbondale): Closed Area 4 Metro East