SIU Vascular Surgery is known nationally and internationally for its cutting-edge treatment of diseases of the arteries and veins throughout the body to prevent stroke, death, limb loss, and disability. The members of the Division of Vascular Surgery are SIU’s only surgeons who are Board-Certified to treat vascular disease and the only SIU surgeons treating vascular disease who can offer both traditional surgical repair and minimally-invasive treatment of aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, varicose veins, and dialysis access. This distinction allows us to

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Mailing address: Southern Illinois Trauma Center at Springfield Memorial Hospital Box 19663 Springfield, IL 62794-9663 Informational Phone Number: 217-545-5183 E-mail: For general questions trauma@siumed.edu

James, E., & Samson, E. (2017, April) Medical-legal partnership: A hands-on education tool for social determinants of health. Poster presented at the SIU Medicine Symposium for Teaching and Learning annual medical education conference in Springfield, IL. James, E., & Samson, E. (2015, November) Why do we screen who we screen? BRCA mutation genetic risks and guidelines for Latina and African-American women. Poster presented at the 2015 American Public Health Association annual conference in Chicago, IL.

SIU Family and Community Medicine, Medical-legal partnership: Investigating Medical-legal Partnership As Medical Education 2016-Present Students Involved: Emily Samson and Emma James SIU Mentors: Carolyn Pointer, JD Emily and Emma, under the direction of Rachel Miller, JD, and Carolyn Pointer, JD, designed and implemented a novel inpatient medical-legal partnership screening process using second year medical students. We are going to investigate the efficacy of the program as a social determinants of health education tool through qualitative analysis with the first cohort. We also plan to