Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
TypePublic
Established1970 (1970)
ProvostJerry Kruse, MD, MSPH
DeanJerry Kruse, MD, MSPH
Academic staff
325
Administrative staff
262
Students285
Location, ,
USA

39°48′36″N 89°39′28″W / 39.810096°N 89.657652°W / 39.810096; -89.657652
Residents325
Websitewww.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. It was founded to relieve a chronic shortage of physicians in downstate Illinois.