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The Department of Medicine exists within
The University of Illinois College of Medicine (UICOM), the nation’s
largest medical school. The college is distributed among four
locations across the state: Chicago, Peoria, Champaign-Urbana,
and Rockford, with regional medical school campuses at each site
providing medical student and residency training.
The Department of Medicine at UICOM-Peoria provides patient care and
clinical training at OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center
(OSF-SFMC), a 550-bed tertiary care academic medical center
which is the largest and most comprehensive facility outside of
Chicago. It is the 6th largest hospital in the state, providing
almost every service for patients in need of internal medicine
expertise. As one of the College of Medicine’s four main
campuses, we enjoy the advantages of the University’s resources
while teaching and practicing at OSF-SFMC, one of the country’s
best healthcare organizations.
The Department has 19 full-time faculty members in general
internal medicine, infectious diseases, and rheumatology, whose
primary focus is patient care and clinical education of
residents and medical students. One hundred volunteer clinical
faculty members supplement the core faculty by sharing their
collective expertise in patient care and teaching in each of the
medical subspecialties. We take pride in the fact that patient
care and teaching are provided by physicians who are first and
foremost clinicians.
Ten years ago, the Department of Medicine set the following goal
for itself:
“By the year 2010, the Department of Medicine will be known for
innovative educational programs, research, and scholarly
activities that produce high quality physicians and patient
care, leading to national reputation and recognition.”
We are proud to say that, because of the dedicated efforts of
our faculty, residents, students, and partner organizations, we
have achieved this goal.
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Serving
Downstate Illinois from Peoria
We serve the medical needs of Peoria and a
referral population of over one million downstate Illinois residents.
Located halfway between Chicago and
St. Louis on the shores of the Illinois River, Peoria
combines the advantages of big city living with the charm of a
small town.
The metro area includes nearly 350,000 residents and is the
cultural, medical and retail center
of downstate Illinois. It is
the worldwide headquarters of
Caterpillar,
Inc.,
and home to
Bradley University.
Peoria makes a good base for this campus
of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Peoria offers
many of the
amenities you find in large cities, including cultural events,
professional sports, and a civic center, where national acts
perform nearly every week.
But Peoria is also notable for what
you won't
find. Like long commutes, high crime rates, or
a high cost of living.
All this, along with solid Midwestern values, makes Peoria a
family-friendly place to live.
It's also a great place
to learn and practice medicine...
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