By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

SIU Pediatrics in Decatur is moving locations from 441 West Hay to 2 Memorial Drive suite 305, next to Decatur Memorial Hospital, as of May 1, 2023. The location will be temporary until their new space at 2 Memorial Drive - Physicians Plaza West is completed. Below are all of the pediatricians moving to this location. Avani Ganta will also be moving but is not listed below.

SIU Pediatrics in Decatur is moving locations from 441 West Hay to 2 Memorial Drive suite 305, next to Decatur Memorial Hospital, as of May 1, 2023. The location will be temporary until their new space at 2 Memorial Drive - Physicians Plaza West is completed. Below are all of the pediatricians moving to this location. Avani Ganta will also be moving but is not listed below.

May is Trauma Awareness Month. Accidents and unintentional injuries remain the leading cause of death among people age 1 - 44 . With decades of intensive training, education, research and direct clinical experience, the trauma team at SIU Medicine works tirelessly to treat and prevent injuries, keeping our communities safer. You’ve heard the saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We asked our trauma experts: What are some of the most common and dangerous ways people get hurt? Keep reading to learn the answers—and to find out five things these professionals would never do. 1

May is Trauma Awareness Month. Accidents and unintentional injuries remain the leading cause of death among people age 1 - 44 . With decades of intensive training, education, research and direct clinical experience, the trauma team at SIU Medicine works tirelessly to treat and prevent injuries, keeping our communities safer. You’ve heard the saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We asked our trauma experts: What are some of the most common and dangerous ways people get hurt? Keep reading to learn the answers—and to find out five things these professionals would never do. 1