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Dr. Andrew J. Varney, AAIM Grant Recipient 2019
2019 AAIM Innovation Grant Recipients Named: Dr. Andrew J. Varney, 1 of 8 recipients nation wide AAIM fosters educational innovations in academic internal medicine through our grant program. The
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2019 ACP Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
Highlights from the 2019 Annual ACP Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. *2019 ACP Young Achiever. Dr. Abdisamad Ibrahim. PGY2 *Dr. Andrew J. Varney hooded as Master American College of Physicians
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29th Annual Trainee Research Symposium
Department of Medicine Faculty, Fellows and Residents: Congratulations to our residents and fellows who represented the Department of Medicine extremely well today, April 23rd, 2019, at the SIU SOM
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EM Residents Present at the 29th Annual Trainee Research Symposium
SIU Emergency Medicine residents had scholarly projects accepted at the 29th Annual Southern Illinois University Trainee Research Symposium. Dr. Rebecca Tracy (PGY-1) presented Posterior Reversible
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Medical students lobby DC for health care needs
SIU medical students Alexandria Wellman, Matthew Riley and Leighton Kraft traveled to Washington, DC, to advocate for policies on behalf of Southern Illinois University as a part of the AMA MSS
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McDowell Named First Recipient of New Endowed Chair for Emergency Medicine Named after Dr. David Griffen
Dr. Christopher McDowell, an emergency medicine physician with SIU Medicine and the medical director of the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, will be the first recipient of a newly created
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Scope magazine showcases medical school’s artistic side
Since its founding in 1970, SIU School of Medicine has included instruction in the medical humanities to balance the focus placed on the applied sciences. In 1992 a pair of medical students initiated
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Not Another Meeting! 5 Steps to Better, More Effective Meetings
Well-thought-out meetings can be productive, and leave you feeling accomplished and connected with others in the room. On the other hand, some meetings make you want to check your phone and update
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Mellinger Receives St. John's Recognition
SIU would like to congratulate department of Surgery's Dr. John Mellinger on being selected as a HSHS St. John's Hospital Physican of the Year . This award honors a physician who consistently reflects