{"id":1339,"date":"2018-12-04T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:36:54","slug":"dual-donations-medicine-and-generosity-in-the-wilson-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1339","title":{"rendered":"Dual Donations: Medicine and generosity in the Wilson Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Margaret Wilson and Dr. Charles Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Rebecca Budde<\/p>\n

Dr. Margaret Wilson, a retired pediatrician, knows firsthand of the financial struggles of medical students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember what it was like to struggle with money while trying to complete medical school,\u201d she said. \u201cScholarships for medical school are sorely lacking, even now.\u201d<\/p>\n

While cost of tuition at SIU School of Medicine remains one of the most affordable among public universities, medical students graduate with some of the highest debt \u2013 more than $210,000 on average \u2013 according to Erik Constance, MD, associate dean of medical student affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cScholarships are imperative for fulfilling our mission of sending well-trained providers in our central and southern Illinois communities,\u201d Dr. Constance said.<\/p>\n

To help future generations of female physicians, Margaret established a scholarship for female medical students at SIU. Her hope is that this scholarship will help make life a little less worrisome for the student and her family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese students have families, and they\u2019re graduating from medical school with these huge debts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While his wife\u2019s generosity was bestowed on the medical students, Dr. Charles Wilson, a retired professor in SIU\u2019s Division of Urology, wanted his gift to impact the work of his chosen specialty.<\/p>\n

The SIU School of Medicine\u2019s Founders Urology Care Scholars Program will support new investigators\u2019 research and educational projects that benefit patients with urologic diseases. The funding will be used for basic, translational or clinical research in urologic diseases. The endowment is open to any donors who wish to support urologic research.<\/p>\n

As Drs. Margaret and Charles Wilson enjoy their retirement, their son, Morgan Wilson, MD, \u201905, is enjoying his career at SIU Medicine\u2019s Division of Dermatology. Not only has Morgan generously supported the scholarship his mother began, but he also supports the Student Resource Fund and the SIU Dermatology Alumni Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have enjoyed seeing the educational yield of the SIU Dermatology Alumni Fund, which helps to offset the costs of books, meetings, courses and equipment for our dermatology residency program,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cIt is fun to witness the consequent learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the Jacksonville-based couple and their son chose different medical specialties and different areas to give, all agree that they\u2019d like to help support the mission of the medical school and keep quality physicians in Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always appreciated and benefited from the SIU School of Medicine\u2019s commitment to educational quality, and I\u2019d like to support the continuation of this emphasis,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cAs a native of the area, I also believe in the mission of educating physicians who will consider coming back to downstate Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By Rebecca Budde Dr. Margaret Wilson, a retired pediatrician, knows firsthand of the financial struggles of medical students. \u201cI remember what it was like to struggle with money while trying to complete medical school,\u201d she said. \u201cScholarships for medical school are sorely lacking, even now.\u201d While cost of tuition at SIU School of Medicine remains … Continue reading Dual Donations: Medicine and generosity in the Wilson Family<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1351,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}