E. Shannon Stauffer, MD Spring Lectureship

Overview

Dr. E. Shannon Stauffer was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 30, 1931. He attended Temple University Medical School, graduating in 1959. He did his orthopedic residency at the University of Pittsburgh and a fellowship in orthopedic rehabilitation at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Downey, California.

Dr. Stauffer practiced in Los Angeles until 1975, at which time he came to Springfield to become the Founding Chairman of the Division of Orthopedics as well as the Residency Program Director. For twenty years, he was Director of the Spine Fellowship Program, which he founded in 1978.

Among other activities, he held memberships with the Association of Orthopaedic Chairmen, where he served as President in 1989, and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, where he participated as a Board Examiner. Dr. Stauffer was also a founding member of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association and the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association. In addition, he developed the Risky Business Program and was Medical Director for the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Stauffer has also published extensively, largely on conditions of the spine.

Dr. Stauffer retired from medical practice in 1998. His contributions to the field of orthopedics and, in particular, to the Division of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine are greatly appreciated. Dr. Stauffer passed away on May 16, 2002. We honor him with the Spring Visiting Professor lectureship which bears his name.

Orthopedic Research Symposium

To carry on the tradition of academic excellence held by the Division of Orthopedics we began holding an Orthopedic Research Symposium as a part of the Stauffer Visiting Professor in 2019. We highlight the hard work and quality research the SIU Orthopedic residents do year round. Residents are given the opportunity to submit abstracts which are then reviewed and selected for poster and podium presentations. A panel of judges from our university and community teaching faculty, led by the visiting professor, select and announce the winning podium & poster presentation at the completion of the lecture.

E. Shannon Stauffer, MD Visiting Professors 1976-Today

42nd Annual E. Shannon Stauffer, MD Spring Lectureship

Kevin Renfree, MD on June 21, 2025, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

Kevin J. Renfree, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, with specialty interests in hand, wrist, and elbow disorders. His clinical focus includes:

• Expertise in management of sports injuries, including arthroscopy, fractures, and ligament injuries.
• Special interest in complex elbow reconstruction, including elbow replacement arthroplasty, fractures, and ligamentous injuries.
• Conducting clinical research and participating in trials of novel treatments for finger, thumb, and wrist arthritis.
• Providing care in Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Program, offering personalized and time-effective evaluations catered to the unique needs of professional and collegiate athletes.
• Extensive experience with complex tendon and nerve injuries.