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. Memorial Health matched the Valas’ $1 million personal donation through the Springfield Memorial Foundation to create The Frank and Linda Vala Endowed Chair of Urology. The inaugural honoree is [...]
Springfield Clinic will break ground on a new 40,000-square-foot pediatrics building on June 8. The two-story building will be constructed on a former farm field at 3500 Conifer Drive on Springfield's west side. "Parents rely on high-quality care from our provider teams delivered with an exceptional patient experience from start to finish,” says Dr. Purvi [...]
Memorial Wellness Center is now offering expanded services in its new downtown Springfield location, including a culinary medicine program that is the first of its kind in central Illinois. The center opened May 9 at 320 E. Carpenter St. “Our program is unique in this region as patients benefit from health care professionals being involved [...]
An open house was held March 25 to kick off the redevelopment of the former Shop ‘n Save property at 200 North Grand Ave. West. In November, Advanced Medical Transport of Springfield, the parent company of Medics First, purchased the building to serve as the new headquarters for the nonprofit ambulance company. In addition, a [...]
By Grace Kinnicutt, Capitol News Illinois As Gov. JB Pritzker continues to promote his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, he outlined his plan for rebuilding the state’s health care workforce during a stop Feb. 15 at a Peoria community college. He joined local leaders at Illinois Central College to talk about the Pipeline [...]
Springfield Clinic has completed a renovation of the fourth floor of the HSHS St. John’s Pavilion at 301 N. Eighth Street in Springfield, bringing multiple service lines into one location. Patients will be able to see Springfield Clinic providers in urology and orthopedics, and the renovated area includes space to perform certain urology procedures so [...]
Memorial Health has acquired the property at 500 N. First St., which previously operated as the Homestyle Inn and Suites. The location at the southwest corner of First Street and Carpenter Street is directly across from the main entrance to the hospital's campus. Demolition on the building is underway. In a written statement, a spokesperson [...]
Signaling a new era in local nursing education, Lincoln Land Community College, in partnership with Memorial Health System, has opened a state-of-the-art facility aimed at addressing the regional nursing shortage. The new Nursing Education Center on the LLCC campus will allow 90 additional students to enroll in LLCC’s nursing program each year, for a total [...]
Springfield Clinic Radiology is expanding to include 26 radiologists and two advanced practice providers who will provide services to Springfield Clinic patients as well as patients of Memorial Medical Center, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Taylorville Memorial Hospital and Passavant Area Hospital. The new providers will offer services in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology and neurointerventional radiology [...]
Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed four new commission members to the Mid-Illinois Medical District, established in 2003 by the Illinois General Assembly to help promote growth in a one-square-mile area just north of downtown Springfield. Dr. Charlene Aaron, chancellor of St. John’s College of Nursing; Dr. Egbe Egiebor, director of the environmental health program and [...]