Triple Aim Architect Visits SIU Medicine
written by Karen Carlson | photographed by Jason Johnson “It’s not about health care. It’s about the health of the population. That’s the most important thing.” So said John Whittington, MD, senior
Microbiomes may help improve diagnosis of endometriosis
A new process to identify certain microbes in women could be used to diagnose endometriosis without invasive surgery, possibly even before symptoms start. Our body’s microbes collectively create what
Dr. Kruse & Triple Aim+1
SIU Medicine and its programs hit the marks Written by Karen Carlson | Photographed by Jason Johnson Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, closes nearly every presentation with a particular slide
SIU physician prepared for an Olympic task
David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community
Culinary Medicine Aims to Cook Up Nutritional Solutions
A new collaboration between the Lincoln Land Community College Culinary Institute and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine aims to blend the art of food and cooking with the science of
'Just Medicine' Author to Discuss Racial Bias in Health Care
Implicit bias is the single most important determinant of health and health care disparities, argues author and lawyer Dayna Bowen Matthew. She will address questions of race, inequality and health
Advances in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease is painful, leads to a high incidence of stroke and carries with it a much shorter life expectancy than the average person living in the developed world. Andrew Wilber, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology at SIU School of Medicine, and his team are working to change that.
Radical Change: Y3T a Success
Summer 2017 marked the end of the first year of the new third year curriculum. Dubbed the Year 3 Transformation, (Y3T), it was the first update to the SIU School of Medicine curriculum in more than a dozen years, developed through a $577,000 Macy Foundation grant awarded in 2014.
Moving the Dial
As a pediatrician, Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, ’11, was trained to focus on the children seen in his clinic. Now his task has expanded to healing entire segments of Illinois’ population. It’s a role he has been preparing for most of his life.