Kyle Palazzolo, JD was the featured speaker for the annual Theodore R. LeBlang Distinguished Lecture titled "Insuring Equality: Removing Barriers to Health Care for the LGBT Community and People Living with HIV" held on March 1, 2016. Mr. Palazzolo is "a Staff and HIV Project Attorney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest organization dedicated to advancing the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and individuals living with HIV. He is also a lead strategist of Lambda Legal’s Health Care Fairness program work." "Palazzolo’s work has
A low-income family living in rental property discovers peeling lead paint. They could have health problems as a result. But many families don’t know how to get help for either their medical problems or legal questions. Medical-legal partnerships allow doctors to “prescribe” a lawyer to encourage the landlord to comply with housing laws before irreversible damage occurs. A new medical-legal partnership (MLP) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has been formed with the SIU Center for Family Medicine and the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation. This partnership will help
A low-income family living in rental property discovers peeling lead paint. They could have health problems as a result. But many families don’t know how to get help for either their medical problems or legal questions. Medical-legal partnerships allow doctors to “prescribe” a lawyer to encourage the landlord to comply with housing laws before irreversible damage occurs. A new medical-legal partnership (MLP) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has been formed with the SIU Center for Family Medicine and the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation. This partnership will help
A new partnership between Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield and Litchfield Oncology Institute will expand area cancer patients’ access to cancer care. Sherjeel Sana, MD, assistant professor of hematology/oncology at SCI, will hold clinic hours every Tuesday at the clinic located at 1201 East Union in Litchfield. Appointments can be made by calling 217-545-8000. Sana said SCI physicians also travel to Staunton and Jacksonville. “This is a continuation of our efforts to provide oncology services to patients closer to their homes.”
Dale Smith, Chair Kari Wolf, MD, Vice Chair Sheref Unal, MD Beau Batton, MD Jerry Kruse, MD, Dean, CEO John Flack, MD, MPH Jan Rakinic, MD Aziz Khan, MD Ricardo Loret de Mola, MD Sarah Phalen John Simmons Lucy Stafford
