The Invisible Weight: Why caring for Healthcare Workers Means Caring for Everyone Presented by the SIU School of Medicine Office of Correctional Medicine WebEx Link Password: SIU123 Benjamin Montgomery, MD Dr. Montgomery is a board-certified family physician and a proud graduate of both the SIU School of Medicine and the SIU Family Medicine Residency in Springfield. After completing his residency, Dr. Montgomery served his country for five years in the Air Force as a primary care physician. He then dedicated many years to practicing family medicine in the Jacksonville area, providing care to

"It's Just a UTI ... Or Is It?" 2021 CDC STI Guidelines Presented by the SIU School of Medicine Office of Correctional Medicine WebEx Link Password: SIU123 Valerie Griffin, DNP, PPCNP-BC, FNP-BC, PMHS, FAANP Dr. Valerie Griffin is an Associate Professor and the Director of NP Specializations at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She maintains dual certification as a Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and has her Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialization. She has been faculty with SIUE SON for twenty years and practices in pediatric primary care with Dr. David Norman and

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As a father of six, Donald Torry, PhD, has some experience with pregnancy. Helping women who develop preeclampsia has become his life’s work. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late second or third trimester). Preeclampsia develops in 5-10 percent of pregnancies and, aside from anti-hypertensives to try to control spiraling blood pressure, the only “cure” is delivery.

As a father of six, Donald Torry, PhD, has some experience with pregnancy. Helping women who develop preeclampsia has become his life’s work. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late second or third trimester). Preeclampsia develops in 5-10 percent of pregnancies and, aside from anti-hypertensives to try to control spiraling blood pressure, the only “cure” is delivery.

As a father of six, Donald Torry, PhD, has some experience with pregnancy. Helping women who develop preeclampsia has become his life’s work. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late second or third trimester). Preeclampsia develops in 5-10 percent of pregnancies and, aside from anti-hypertensives to try to control spiraling blood pressure, the only “cure” is delivery.