Community health worker programs are improving lives in Illinois neighborhoods On a gray February afternoon, Tami Langford is interviewing a new client in a busy office space at the Third Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Verlon Melton had been released from prison the previous spring and is now working in retail and raising his 3-year-old daughter as a single parent. He’d hoped to move into an apartment in the Enos Park neighborhood, where Langford serves as one of SIU Medicine’s community health workers. The man politely answers questions on a range of subjects. Eventually, Langford asks,

Community health worker programs are improving lives in Illinois neighborhoods On a gray February afternoon, Tami Langford is interviewing a new client in a busy office space at the Third Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Verlon Melton had been released from prison the previous spring and is now working in retail and raising his 3-year-old daughter as a single parent. He’d hoped to move into an apartment in the Enos Park neighborhood, where Langford serves as one of SIU Medicine’s community health workers. The man politely answers questions on a range of subjects. Eventually, Langford asks,

Community health worker programs are improving lives in Illinois neighborhoods On a gray February afternoon, Tami Langford is interviewing a new client in a busy office space at the Third Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Verlon Melton had been released from prison the previous spring and is now working in retail and raising his 3-year-old daughter as a single parent. He’d hoped to move into an apartment in the Enos Park neighborhood, where Langford serves as one of SIU Medicine’s community health workers. The man politely answers questions on a range of subjects. Eventually, Langford asks,

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. These physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), and may be subspecialty certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, and/or Sports Medicine.

With few exceptions, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the American Medical Association and other organizations recommend all individuals 6 months and older to get a flu shot every year. Here's why: Flu shots have been shown to reduce the likelihood of getting sick with the flu by as much as 40% to 60%. Flu vaccines also reduce the risk of severe symptoms, hospitalization or death if a person becomes infected with the influenza virus. To help raise awareness about the flu shot and the benefits of getting vaccinated, SIU Medicine is celebrating National Influenza

With few exceptions, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the American Medical Association and other organizations recommend all individuals 6 months and older to get a flu shot every year. Here's why: Flu shots have been shown to reduce the likelihood of getting sick with the flu by as much as 40% to 60%. Flu vaccines also reduce the risk of severe symptoms, hospitalization or death if a person becomes infected with the influenza virus. To help raise awareness about the flu shot and the benefits of getting vaccinated, SIU Medicine is celebrating National Influenza

Mother, Mentor & Medical Leader Sangita Basnet, MD, is a physician, a fighter, and a champion for those in need, both here and abroad. As professor and chief of pediatric critical care at SIU School of Medicine and medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield, she was recently honored with the inaugural AWIMS Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Women in Medicine and Science. Dr. Basnet exemplifies the core tenets of the Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science: promoting positive change toward gender equity

Mother, Mentor & Medical Leader Sangita Basnet, MD, is a physician, a fighter, and a champion for those in need, both here and abroad. As professor and chief of pediatric critical care at SIU School of Medicine and medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield, she was recently honored with the inaugural AWIMS Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Women in Medicine and Science. Dr. Basnet exemplifies the core tenets of the Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science: promoting positive change toward gender equity

Preparing tomorrow’s physicians has been the central focus of SIU School of Medicine since its founding in 1970. Our progressive educational philosophy has helped to distinguish us from the other U.S. medical schools that also began in that era, and it is one of the features that continues to attract learners and academic leaders to the institution. As SIU School of Medicine turns 50 in 2020, it is becoming more common to have second-generation students come through the system and train in some of the same spaces that their parent did. In this expanded ‘Aspects of a Learner’ profile, we

Preparing tomorrow’s physicians has been the central focus of SIU School of Medicine since its founding in 1970. Our progressive educational philosophy has helped to distinguish us from the other U.S. medical schools that also began in that era, and it is one of the features that continues to attract learners and academic leaders to the institution. As SIU School of Medicine turns 50 in 2020, it is becoming more common to have second-generation students come through the system and train in some of the same spaces that their parent did. In this expanded ‘Aspects of a Learner’ profile, we