Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine.

Join SIU Medicine and Memorial Health for a free skin cancer screening event. The event will be at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital at 1600 W Walnut Street. * Participants should not currently be under the care of a dermatologist. Registration is required for this event. Please call 217-479-3928 to register.

Join us for an after-hours mixer on Wednesday, July 20, to celebrate women in medicine and science. We're highlighting accomplished women throughout the Mid-Illinois Medical District including SIU Medicine, Springfield Clinic, HSHS & Memorial Health. Members and friends of the medical community, both men and women, are welcome and encouraged to attend this free event. Registration is required by Monday, July 18.

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.