"I'm on a mission to plug our community of Southern Illinois physicians and connect them with the students so years down the road, they can take care of all of us," said Dr. Kelli Webb.

She's worked with SIU School of Medicine to put on a medical student career exploration event for the past three years. 70 first-year medical students got the chance to interact and ask questions  of 41 physicians from over 23 specialties.

The following doctors took part in the event:

  • Dr. Dennis Asamoah - Anesthesia
  • Dr. Edgar Bello - Anesthesia
  • Dr. Anne Hardy-Henry - Bariatric and General Surgery
  • Dr. Vadzim Chyzhyk - Cardiology
  • Dr. Alex Anoka - Emergency Medicine
  • Dr. Barbie Gatton - Emergency Medicine
  • Dr. Joshua Miksanek - Emergency Medicine
  • Dr. Daniel Schuh - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Charelle Smith - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Clare Williams - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Tasmeer Hassan - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Matt Winkleman - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Shannon Rider - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Pamela Hunter- Reach - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Mark Korte - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Andrea Miller - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Deedra McLain - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Jeff Ripperda - Family Medicine
  • Dr. Brahm Jyot - General Surgery
  • Dr. Adrian Martin - General Surgery
  • Dr. Cyril Kamya - General and Bariatric Surgery
  • Dr. Hammad Shafqat - Hematology/Oncology
  • Dr. William Gray - Internal Medicine & Hospitalist
  • Dr. Vineet Kumar - Internal Medicine & Hospitalist
  • Dr. Abdelhameed Nawwar - Infectious Disease
  • Dr. Tennyson Lee - Interventional Spine & Pain Management
  • Dr. Treg Brown - Orthopedic Surgery
  • Dr. Mike Davis - Orthopedic Surgery
  • Dr. Yasser Youssef - Pain Management
  • Dr. Gerson Criste - Pain Management
  • Dr. Zahra Alsultan - Palliative Medicine
  • Dr. Lukasz Dabrowski - Pediatrics
  • Dr. Kelli Webb - Plastic Surgery
  • Dr. Naeem Qureshi - Psychiatry
  • Dr. Suven Shankar - Surgical Oncology
  • Dr. Awni Shahait - Trauma & General Surgery
  • Dr. Abbas Badami - Trauma & General Surgery
  • Dr. Kilali Iyalla - Trauma & General Surgery
  • Dr. Amar Rawal - Urology
  • Dr. Amanda Mulch - Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Dr. Jen Rose - Family Medicine and Academic Medicine