Janet Albers

Janet Albers serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at SIU Center for Family Medicine, overseeing a network of 17 federally qualified health center sites since January 2022. Additionally, Janet has been a professor and chair of the SIU Department of Family and Community Medicine since 2000, managing four residency sites and various educational programs. Janet's prior roles include program director at SIU Springfield, faculty positions at Mayo Clinic and Springfield Clinic, and leadership roles at SIU CFM, including Chief Executive Officer during its transition to a federally qualified health center. Janet holds an M.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and completed a Family Medicine Residency at Mayo Clinic Graduate School. Educational background also includes degrees in Biology and German from Illinois Wesleyan University.