SIU Decatur Family Medicine Residency Program

Happy National Graduate Medical Education (GME) Professionals Day! A heartfelt thank you and appreciation to Tina Hartwig & Karla Campbell for your hard work and dedication that make graduate medical education possible! ☺️🫶

SIU Decatur would like to congratulate Dr. Ethan Berg and Dr. Nicole Tenegra as they both have won SIU Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Excellence Awards. These awards were awards given at Grand Rounds yesterday.

Dr. Ethan Berg DO, residency program and medical director, won the 2026 Exemplary Educator Award for excellence in education through activities and accomplishments, including breadth of educational activities, innovations in curriculum development, and peer education.

Dr. Nicole Tenegra MD, curriculum director of community outreach, won the 2026 Exemplary Community Advocate Award for dedication to community health and advocacy through activities including community health care initiatives, health advocacy, partnership with community agencies or boards, and a dedication to health equity.

Huge congratulations to both of them! Thank you for contributing your time, talents, and achievements to our training program.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by and chatted with us at We had a wonderful time meeting everyone and sharing what we love about our program. Stay tuned for more opportunities to get to know us if you weren’t able to make it.

Walking a mile in our patients’ shoes (and riding the bus, too)! 🚌
Today, our SIU Family Medicine residents hit the streets for an SDOH simulation—using Decatur public transit to experience the real-world hustle of getting to food pantries and pharmacies! 
We also hosted our Community Partners Fair right at the clinic so our team could connect with the incredible local resources supporting our patients every day. 💙🩺
Huge thanks to our local partners for helping us build a stronger, healthier Decatur! ✨