CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS – Seventy-six medical students from the Class of 2023 have begun their academic medical training at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. The students participated in a White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 16, in Shryock Auditorium. (Editor’s note: See list below for a list of students from your hometown.) SIU Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Admissions Erik Constance, MD, welcomed the students. Wendi El-Amin, MD, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, and Elizabeth Cavanagh, MD

8.6.19. Springfield Moms . SIU Center for Family Medicine is rooted in our community. 8.15.19. WICS . Dr. Kari Wolf, Neuroscience Institute. SIU, Memorial host free opioid crisis seminar. 8.17.19. The Southern . Dean and Provost Dr. Jerry Kruse; Don Diemer, DHSc, Physician Assistant Program; Destiny Petrowich, Class of 2020, Physician Assistant Program; and Dr. Sohaib Sajjad, chief resident, Dr. Quincy Scott, both of Carbondale Family Medicine. Related: https://dailyegyptian.com/94935/news/siu-sih-open-new-facility-for-siu-… , https://news.wsiu.org/post/ribbon-cutting-siu

The employee of the month for August is Lori Miedwig , Senior Clinical Research Coordinator in the Center for Clinical Research. Her nominator said: “Lori is a very experienced senior coordinator who manages the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Research Teams. She communicates very well and is a great representative of the Center for Clinical Research. She takes her job seriously and can be counted on to assist with anything that needs to be done. She is a great resource for industry-sponsored study issues and has stepped up to analyze the industry-sponsored billings and budgets to make sure

CARBONDALE, IL - SIU Medicine is welcoming patients, residents and students to a new state-of-the-art clinic and teaching facility at 300 W. Oak Street. The 40,000-square-foot space will be the home to SIU Center for FamilyMedicine–Carbondale and SIU Medicine’s Physician Assistant Program. Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) funded the new facility and is leasing the building to SIU Medicine. The construction plan was developed as SIU’s family medicine clinic began to outgrow its space in the professional office building connected to SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. The Physician Assistant