Southern Illinois University medical students are hosting a Halloween-theme trivia night at 6 p.m. Saturday, October 21, at Ace Sign Company, 2540 S 1st St, Springfield. In addition to trivia, teams can compete for best group costumes and most money raised. All proceeds will benefit St. John’s Children Hospital, part of the Children's Miracle Network. SIU Pediatrics is sponsoring the evening. To register, visit helpmakemiracles.org/event/siusom4cmn23 .

Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine will host its 23rd annual Denim & Diamonds Gala at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, at the Crowne Plaza Springfield.

Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine will host its 23rd annual Denim & Diamonds Gala at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, at the Crowne Plaza Springfield.

Matthew Mannion, MD ’22 is currently a second-year emergency medicine resident at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. He was recently selected as Ohio ACEP Outstanding Emergency Medicine Resident of the Year and will be a chief resident next year. Additionally, he matched anesthesia critical care fellowship at WashU. (pictured left) Ben Hauter, MD ’20, writes a monthly health article for Adventure Sports Outdoors magazine! You can read through his current article, along with past issues, here . Dr. Hauter started his own practice, Salt and Light DPC, in Petersburg, IL, after completing his

Victoria Johnson, MD, MPH, '10, had a Perspective published in the 6/29/24 issue of "The New England Journal of Medicine". Entitled " To Forgive, Divine ," it chronicles an act that triggered a flood of doubt and the route she found towards healing. Abstract: "When a resident misses a contraindication and makes a potentially serious error, her attending consoles her with the story of an early mistake of his own. Such healing conversations are still too rare." (pictured left) Drs. Evyn Neumeister, MD ’17 and Austin Beason, MD ’17, "We just welcomed our second child, Vera, to the world on May

SIU Medicine, Salvation Army partner for clinic On a cold December day, a man staying at the winter warming shelter found out from a friend that free walk-in health services were available at SIU Medicine. Homeless, just recently returned to central Illinois from Oregon and in need of a primary care physician to help with ADD, he ventured over to SIU Medicine’s recently established clinic at the Salvation Army on Clear Lake. After a walk-in visit and another two follow-up appointments, it’s helped steady his life. “He's been doing so well since then,” said Lauren Harbison, a program services

SIU Medicine, Salvation Army partner for clinic On a cold December day, a man staying at the winter warming shelter found out from a friend that free walk-in health services were available at SIU Medicine. Homeless, just recently returned to central Illinois from Oregon and in need of a primary care physician to help with ADD, he ventured over to SIU Medicine’s recently established clinic at the Salvation Army on Clear Lake. After a walk-in visit and another two follow-up appointments, it’s helped steady his life. “He's been doing so well since then,” said Lauren Harbison, a program services

SIU Medicine, Salvation Army partner for clinic On a cold December day, a man staying at the winter warming shelter found out from a friend that free walk-in health services were available at SIU Medicine. Homeless, just recently returned to central Illinois from Oregon and in need of a primary care physician to help with ADD, he ventured over to SIU Medicine’s recently established clinic at the Salvation Army on Clear Lake. After a walk-in visit and another two follow-up appointments, it’s helped steady his life. “He's been doing so well since then,” said Lauren Harbison, a program services

Veling Tsai, MD, JD ’02, has been appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the Physician Assistant Board of California. Tsai has been an Attending Physician at Caring ENT since 2016. He has been Clinical Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine since 2008 and an Attending Surgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles Olive View Medical Center since 2012. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the American College of Legal Medicine. Read more here . Nathan Jones, MD '09, returned on July 6, 2024 from a

Kristen Green, MD ’97, "We are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary by taking a cruise in Greece." Robert Oliver, MD '95, was elected the Chair of the Illinois State Medical Society's Board of Trustees! He has been active with ISMS since 1991 when he joined as a medical student. Specialty: Board certified in Internal Medicine and currently practicing at Premier Suburban Medical Group His Why: "I enjoy caring for entire families and getting to know not only their medical histories, but also their social histories. Since I am able to care for patients starting at birth, and following them