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Last fall, SIU Medicine hosted a fashion show for Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day. The patients modeled designs of Dana Donofree, who creates bras and clothing for women who have had breast cancer surgery. At our SIU Medicine fashion show featuring local breast cancer survivors, Tami Russell was among the women who showcased the bras from Dana’s line of clothing called AnaOno. This year at New York Fashion Week, Dana has selected breast cancer survivors from across the country to be part of group of models wearing her clothing line. SIU Medicine is sponsoring Tami to be part of this show

Mentorship model SIU Plastic Surgery utilizes a mentorship model. There are five full-time plastic surgery faculty and one clinical part-time faculty. The resident is assigned to a faculty member monthly. That resident is responsible for keeping the same schedule as the attending, including attending all cases, outpatient procedures in the office, rounds, orders, and notes from PGY1-6. This may also mean additional multidisciplinary boards for any patients for that month (VPI clinic, Head and neck tumor board, Melanoma clinic and tumor board, Breast tumor board). This model allows for a

Adults and children needing ear, nose and throat care will benefit from a new, state-of-the-art facility at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. The Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery has opened a renovated, 22,000 square-foot clinic at 720 Bond Street in Springfield.

1. Heterotopic Ossification: Further Defining Cells of Origin The goal of the project is to better understand the signaling pathways involved in heterotopic ossification formation and how stem cells contribute to this abnormal bone formation. 2. Evaluation of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Effects on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration The goal of this project is to improve outcomes after nerve injuries using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 3. Stem Cell Based Vascularized Bone and Cartilage constructs The goal of the project is to create a stem cell based vascularized bone and cartilage construct to

Within an operating room, surgeons sometimes notice little things that they wish they could do better. A change that could improve the medical outcome or the patient’s post-op convalescence is not to be ignored.

According to research from the National Institutes for Health, members of the LGBTQIA community seek care less often due to a variety of socioeconomic factors, discrimination or simply because of fear or feeling not accepted by the medical community.

The human nose is much more than a distinct facial feature. Your nose is the passage to many important structures such as the turbinates, septum, and sinuses. As one of the main components of the respiratory system, your nose plays an important role in filtering, moistening and warming air as you breathe in and out. Your nose contains special nerve cells that respond to odor molecules in the air. Once activated, these "olfactory" cells send signals to the brain, which controls your sense of smell. Research even shows that breathing through your nose can trigger a "relaxation response" inside

For parents, being told your child is sick may be a scary situation. For families who need care from a specialist, a doctor who trained in a particular field of study, it may be even scarier unless they are confident in that physician’s recommendations and treatment of their child. When your child needs help, your pediatrician or family medicine physician may refer you to a pediatric specialist. A pediatric specialist can offer further evaluation and treatment, as they have more extensive training in that area of medicine. If your child has a rare condition, chronic illness, developmental

Breast reconstruction involves recreating a breast after a mastectomy with expanders, implants or using the patient's own skin/fat. Breast reconstruction also involves treating breast deformity/asymmetry. Before you begin breast cancer treatment, consider your breast reconstruction options. Your general surgeon should discuss the option of breast reconstructive surgery with you and offer you a consultation with a plastic surgeon to discuss your options more in-depth. Patients can choose to undergo breast reconstruction immediately, that is, at the time of mastectomy, or delayed, at a second