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Dr. Sameer Vohra Recognized as Leader in Public Health by the de Beaumont Foundation
Springfield, IL – Dr. Sameer Vohra, Founding Chair of SIU School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, was recently recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation as one of the inaugural
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Sangamon County Resource Guide
Identify food, housing, transportation, medication and legal resources available in Sangamon County
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SIU Medicine Grants Medical Degrees at 45th Commencement
Sixty-five physicians and three graduate students at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine received their diplomas Saturday, May 18, in the Sangamon Auditorium at University of Illinois
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Patient Experience Highlight | Quincy Family Medicine lab team
Our April 2019 celebrated patient experience highlight comes from the Quincy Center for Family Medicine and goes to the clinic’s laboratory team for the outstanding value they provide to the clinic
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Camp COCO Golf Outing Raffle Tickets on Sale Now
Get your raffle tickets before we sell out! Seven items will be raffled off at the Golf Outing on June 7, 2019. Need not be present to win. Purchase your raffle tickets at the SIU Foundation office at
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SIU Resident, Nnenna Ezeilo, MD wins best poster award
Dr. Nnenna Ezeilo, SIU’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Resident, was awarded the Best Poster in the Endocrine Category at the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) meeting that was held during the
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Sandra Ettema inducted into the Triological Society
Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Ettema, SIU's Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeon, for the distinguished honor of being inducted into the Triological Society on May 3, 2019 at the Combined
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SIU in the News
4.30.19. Effingham Daily News . Effingham native in Miss USA Pageant on Thursday. 5.1.19. NPR Illinois . Can cannabis help patients avoid opioids? 5.2.19. Becker Hospital Review . Passavant Area
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AOA Medical Society Honorees
The following individuals were elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society by the ETA Chapter of Illinois. Students - Class of 2019: Margaret Armstrong, Mary Brandt, Jeffrey