Type | Public |
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Established | 1970 |
Provost | Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH |
Dean | Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH |
Academic staff | 325[1] |
Administrative staff | 262[1] |
Students | 285[1] |
Location | , , USA 39°48′36″N 89°39′28″W / 39.810096°N 89.657652°W |
Residents | 325 |
Website | www.siumed.edu |
SIU programs are located in 23 buildings in Springfield; 5 buildings in Carbondale; and Family Medicine Centers in Carbondale, Decatur, Quincy, Springfield and West Frankfort. |
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is a medical school located in Springfield, the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois. It is part of the Southern Illinois University system, which includes a campus in Edwardsville as well as the flagship in Carbondale. The medical school was founded in 1970 and achieved full accreditation in 1972.[2] It was founded to relieve a chronic shortage of physicians in downstate Illinois.