A great place to practice
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, IL opened in 1959 and, with 154 beds, it part of the Southern Illinois Healthcare system and is the largest SIH facility and serves southern Illinois as a regional medical center. The hospital is the regional referral center for the southern sixteen counties of IL serving a population of 257,000.
It is home to Illinois' largest and most spacious birthing center south of Springfield and more women choose to have their babies at Memorial than any other hospital in the region.
It is also home to the leading open heart surgery and cardiac care program in southern Illinois, with outcomes that exceed national standards. The high quality cardiac services are possible through an affiliation with the Prairie Heart Institute at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, a nationally recognized cardiac care provider.
The hospital is also home to a regional cancer treatment center, the only level II Neonatal intensive care unit south of Springfield, and the only pediatric unit in southern Illinois. It also provides neurosurgical services and rehabiliation through and alliance with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
The hospital also features the area's most advanced imaging center with a new filmless, digital picture archiving network that makes all images made at the hospital instantly available on secure computers throughout the SIH system. The hospital is affiliated with Southern Illinois University's Medical School through its Family Practice Residency Program.
The people of Southern Illinois Healthcare, a not-for-profit health care system, are dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of all of the people in the communities we serve. Over 2,000 employees, along with 200 physicians, are working together to meet the healthcare needs of those we serve by treating patients in SIH facilities in order to improve the quality of life in our communities.
A great way of life
The hospital serves the southern Illinois region, which has both a large student and professional population thanks to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and a growing retirement population. Major health issues in the region are heart disease and diabetes II. Because the hospital is growing, there is a great growth opportunity for specialty services.
You will be living in beautiful southern Illinois, a hidden treasure in America’s heartland. The region is bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and dotted with accessible lakes nestled in the great hardwoods in the hills of the Shawnee National Forest. It is rich with state parks, including famous Giant City State Park and Lodge, Garden of the Gods and Little Grand Canyon. There is boating and sailing, fishing, hiking and rock climbing, winding horse trails and miles of cycling paths including Tunnel Hill, the #1 bike ride in Illinois. You can also tee up at over 25 golf-courses or take a trip on the southern Illinois wine trail where you can visit dozens of wineries and bed and breakfasts. Music festivals and local fairs are numerous and there are many historical attractions, unique shops and towns and fine restaurants with local and international cuisine.
Southern Illinois University, located in Carbondale, is a major institution with a medical school. It has top-ranked sports programs, especially in football and basketball, and it offers a full schedule of theater, live music, opera and other events at historic Shryock Auditorium and modern McLeod Theater. John A. Logan Community College is just 10 miles from SIU and is one of the top-ranked community colleges in the country. It also offers many educational and cultural activities.
Local shopping includes many quality, national stores and, in southern Illinois, you are only two hours from St. Louis, three hours from Nashville or Memphis and six hours from Chicago.
It is also a great area for your children with good schools, many of them newly built with above average student assessment scores.
Climate is mild, with an extended and vibrant fall season, mild winters, and long, warm Spring seasons. Average rainfall is 40 inches, snowfall 6 inches, temperature in winter averages 35 degrees and in summer 72 degrees.
All of this quality lifestyle comes at a very pleasant cost. One may purchase a new home on land with room for horses for less than the price of a home in many cities. The average three-bedroom home costs $150,000.
A great hospital, a growing health system, possibilities for specialty medicine, a wonderful place to live and a low cost of living. Come visit us and see for yourself the great advantages of practicing in southern Illinois with Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital and Herrin Hospital: the Southern Illinois Healthcare family.