Uma Maduekwe, MD Undergrad: The University of Texas at Dallas Medical School: Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine Residency: Loyola University - General Surgery Loyola University - Plastic Surgery Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University/Shock Trauma Center at The University of Maryland - Craniofacial Surgery Why did you choose SIU Hand Fellowship? The main draw was the faculty with their reputation for being excellent 1-on-1 teachers and the camaraderie and esprit de corps that the program is known for. Also, the program makes available to the Hand Fellow a variety of resources

Mission To support education and research at SIU School of Medicine/Department of Surgery/Institute for Plastic Surgery in a meaningful way that drives learners to contribute to advancing science as learners become experts. The research laboratories in the Institute for Plastic Surgery are dedicated to providing research support including grant acquisition, project execution, and data synthesis for publication/presentation. We also provide microsurgical education to SIU School of Medicine medical students and residents. Research Staff Nicole Z. Sommer, MD Associate Professor, Residency Program

Quality improvement projects are those that seek to improve a system to improve process efficiency and effectiveness in the hospital and clinic. Examples include developing protocols, order sets, and routines that ultimately result in improvements in patient care. Memorial Medical Center, one of the community hospitals with which SIU Medicine is affiliated, employs a Lean Six Sigma process to quality improvement projects. All residents receive education regarding the Lean Six Sigma process and receive their “white belt” certification through this program. Residents have the opportunity to

Published work highlighting efforts of the Basic Science Lab Daugherty T. Mechanism of Skin Improvement in Radiation Wounds Following Fat Grafting: The Fate of Adipose-derived Stem Cells and Role of Stromal Vascular Fraction . Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Global Open. 2019 August; 7(8s-1):88-89. doi: 10.1097/01.GOX.0000584720.92614.3b. Mendenhall SD, Schmucker RW, Daugherty THF, Kottwitz KM, Reichensperger JD, Koirala J, Cederna PS, Neumeister MW . A Microbiological and Ultrastructural Comparison of Aseptic versus Sterile Acellular Dermal Matrix as a Reconstructive Material and a

1. Heterotopic Ossification: Further Defining Cells of Origin The goal of the project is to better understand the signaling pathways involved in heterotopic ossification formation and how stem cells contribute to this abnormal bone formation. 2. Evaluation of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Effects on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration The goal of this project is to improve outcomes after nerve injuries using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 3. Stem Cell Based Vascularized Bone and Cartilage constructs The goal of the project is to create a stem cell based vascularized bone and cartilage construct to

SIU Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Endocrine Surgeons Brendan C. Stack Jr., MD Arun Sharma, MD, MS Pardis Javadi, MD Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology SIU Endocrinology Specialists Michael G. Jakoby, IV, MD, MA Mariam Murtaza Ali, MD Anis Rehman, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Division Chief of Endocrinology Division of Endocrinology Division of Endocrinology

by Steve Sandstrom On an early Monday morning in March 2018, James Waymack, MD, was on his way to work at Taylorville Memorial Hospital. Waymack is the director of the emergency medicine residency program within SIU’s Department of Emergency Medicine, and on Mondays he accompanies a team of residents on a rural service rotation to a hospital 30 minutes east of Springfield. Nearing his exit, he was suddenly passed by three ambulances. Approaching the hospital, he found the parking lot teeming with police vehicles. Inside, emergency medicine director Rich Jeisy, MD, Waymack’s former SIU School