Southern Illinois University School of Medicine: Kenniebrew Events to Promote Progress, Equity in Health Care Access
February 05, 2026
February 05, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Feb. 5 -- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Kenniebrew events to promote progress, equity in health care access
Each winter SIU School of Medicine hosts events honoring the first Black physician in the United States to build and operate a private surgical hospital. The son of a formerly enslaved person, Alonzo Kenniebrew, MD, was educated at Tuskegee University and was a friend, colleague . . .
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Kenniebrew events to promote progress, equity in health care access
Each winter SIU School of Medicine hosts events honoring the first Black physician in the United States to build and operate a private surgical hospital. The son of a formerly enslaved person, Alonzo Kenniebrew, MD, was educated at Tuskegee University and was a friend, colleague . . .