Chair of Surgery and Professor Chancellor Michael Neumeister was the highest-earning individual at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 2016, with total compensation reaching $750,000 according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.
The 100 highest-earning administrators and faculty members were paid a total of $30,325,425.96 in 2016.
Professor Khaled Saleh was the second-highest earning individual, with $707,779 in 2016, followed by Chair of Internal Medicine and Professor John Flack ($560,000), Professor of Clinical Surgery Jeffrey Cozzens ($549,999), and Chair of OB/Gyn and Professor J. Ricardo Loret de Mola ($533,000).
The following table list the top 100 salary earners at SIU School of Medicine.
| Name | Title | Position | Base Salary | Additional Salary | Total Compensation |
| Michael W. Neumeister | Chair. Surgery & Professor | Professor | $750,000.00 | $0.00 | $750,000.00 |
| Khaled J. Saleh | Professor | $150,000.00 | $557,779.54 | $707,779.54 | |
| John M. Flack | Chair, Internal Medicine & Professor | Professor | $560,000.04 | $0.00 | $560,000.04 |
| Jeffrey W. Cozzens | Professor of Clinical Surgery | Professor | $549,999.96 | $0.00 | $549,999.96 |
| J Ricardo Loret de Mola | Chair, OB/Gyn & Professor | Professor | $533,000.04 | $0.00 | $533,000.04 |
| Robert M. Abrams | Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gyn | Associate Professor | $500,000.04 | $13,387.00 | $513,387.04 |
| Stephen R. Hazelrigg | Professor | $500,000.04 | $7,662.50 | $507,662.54 | |
| Kim John Hodgson | Professor | $500,000.04 | $875.00 | $500,875.04 | |
| John D. Mellinger | Professor | $500,000.04 | $0.00 | $500,000.04 | |
| Kevin T. McVary | Professor | $500,000.04 | $0.00 | $500,000.04 | |
| Aziz Khan | Executive Director, Simmons Cancer Institute | Senior Officer | $467,718.00 | $4,175.00 | $471,893.00 |
| Carol A. Bauer | Professor | $469,999.92 | $0.00 | $469,999.92 | |
| Ron M. Oren | Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Professor | $425,000.04 | $0.00 | $425,000.04 |
| Douglas W. Carlson | Chair, Pediatrics & Professor | Professor | $425,000.04 | $0.00 | $425,000.04 |
| Laurent Brard | Associate Professor | $390,720.12 | $12,637.54 | $403,357.66 | |
| Daniel M. Couri | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | $399,999.96 | $0.00 | $399,999.96 |
| Jerry E. Kruse | Dean and Provost | Vice Chancellor | $395,575.20 | $0.00 | $395,575.20 |
| Traves Crabtree | Professor of Clinical Surgery | Professor | $375,000.00 | $0.00 | $375,000.00 |
| Janet Regine Albers | Chair, Family & Community Medicine & Professor | Professor | $344,330.04 | $29,063.45 | $373,393.49 |
| James M. Gilchrist | Chair, Neurology & Professor | Professor | $362,000.04 | $0.00 | $362,000.04 |
| Devin Amin | Assistant Professor | $350,000.04 | $0.00 | $350,000.04 | |
| Sangita Basnet | Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | Associate Professor | $350,000.04 | $0.00 | $350,000.04 |
| David L. Griffen | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $332,647.32 | $11,625.00 | $344,272.32 |
| Susan Thompson Hingle | Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Professor | $335,000.04 | $0.00 | $335,000.04 |
| Stephen M. Soltys | Chair, Psychiatry & Professor | Professor | $333,066.00 | $0.00 | $333,066.00 |
| Peter White | Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Professor | $325,000.08 | $7,035.23 | $332,035.31 |
| Assaad Y. Semaan | Assistant Professor | $330,002.28 | $0.00 | $330,002.28 | |
| Tamer Abdelhak | Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology | Associate Professor | $330,000.00 | $0.00 | $330,000.00 |
| Ramzi T. Nicolas | Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | Associate Professor | $325,000.08 | $0.00 | $325,000.08 |
| John Kevin Dorsey | Professor | $321,000.00 | $0.00 | $321,000.00 | |
| David S. Resch | Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Professor | $307,000.08 | $3,581.25 | $310,581.33 |
| David Ernest Steward | Associate Dean for Community Health and Service & Professor | Senior Officer | $308,471.07 | $0.00 | $308,471.07 |
| Christopher M. McDowell | Associate Professor | $306,322.68 | $0.00 | $306,322.68 | |
| Thomas H. Miller | Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Associate Professor | $256,510.20 | $46,548.93 | $303,059.13 |
| Saadiq F. El-Amin | Assistant Professor | $300,000.00 | $699.58 | $300,699.58 | |
| Brandt D. Whitehurst | Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery | Assistant Professor | $300,000.00 | $0.00 | $300,000.00 |
| Michael Thomas | Assistant Professor | $300,000.00 | $0.00 | $300,000.00 | |
| Elizabeth Ramsey Unal | Clinical Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor | $300,000.00 | $0.00 | $300,000.00 |
| Funminiyi A. Taylor | Clinical Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor | $300,000.00 | $0.00 | $300,000.00 |
| Careyana M. Brenham | Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Associate Professor | $235,000.08 | $48,186.82 | $283,186.90 |
| Debra L. Klamen | Associate Dean for Education and Curriculum | Senior Officer | $280,663.85 | $0.00 | $280,663.85 |
| Gwyneth A. Thompson | Clinical Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor | $280,000.06 | $0.00 | $280,000.06 |
| Ranjiv I. Mathews | Professor | $279,999.96 | $0.00 | $279,999.96 | |
| James M. Daniels | Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Professor | $235,020.00 | $43,629.00 | $278,649.00 |
| Harald Lausen | Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Professor | $245,000.04 | $31,953.72 | $276,953.76 |
| Sajjad Mueed | Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology | Assistant Professor | $249,999.96 | $11,760.75 | $261,760.71 |
| Christina M. Vassileva | Associate Professor | $260,000.04 | $1,000.00 | $261,000.04 | |
| William G. Pyle | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $257,329.68 | $0.00 | $257,329.68 |
| Joseph Quinn Henkle | Professor | $254,796.72 | $2,028.98 | $256,825.70 | |
| Robert S. Mocharnuk | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | $245,000.04 | $10,919.60 | $255,919.64 |
| William S. Stevens | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $255,630.72 | $0.00 | $255,630.72 |
| Mei C. Huang | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | $250,000.08 | $3,750.00 | $253,750.08 |
| Mehrdad Saliminejad | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | $250,000.08 | $3,750.00 | $253,750.08 |
| Michal Dynda | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $218,250.00 | $34,865.06 | $253,115.06 |
| James R. Waymack | Assistant Professor | $252,602.16 | $0.00 | $252,602.16 | |
| Jonathan E. Dela Cruz | Assistant Professor | $252,602.16 | $0.00 | $252,602.16 | |
| Jose Espinosa | Associate Professor | $249,326.16 | $1,031.25 | $250,357.41 | |
| Giovanna M. Caprirolo | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | Assistant Professor | $249,999.96 | $0.00 | $249,999.96 |
| John Peter Sutyak | Associate Professor | $249,999.96 | $0.00 | $249,999.96 | |
| Nicole Z. Sommer | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $249,999.96 | $0.00 | $249,999.96 |
| Sandra L. Ettema | Assistant Professor | $249,999.96 | $0.00 | $249,999.96 | |
| Ryan M. Majcina | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | Assistant Professor | $249,999.96 | $0.00 | $249,999.96 |
| William H. Dixon | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $195,750.00 | $52,090.25 | $247,840.25 |
| Christopher L. Gleason | Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Associate Professor | $198,000.24 | $49,272.12 | $247,272.36 |
| Robert A. Buzzell | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | $245,000.04 | $0.00 | $245,000.04 |
| John F. Kreckman | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $220,000.08 | $23,685.84 | $243,685.92 |
| Donald S. Torry | Chair, Medical Microbiology & Immunology & Professor | Professor | $208,073.28 | $33,999.96 | $242,073.24 |
| Jarrod CH Wall | Associate Professor | $234,999.96 | $5,325.00 | $240,324.96 | |
| Jason A. Kegg | Assistant Professor | $232,639.20 | $0.00 | $232,639.20 | |
| Kevin A. Calder | Assistant Professor | $231,999.96 | $0.00 | $231,999.96 | |
| Wendy R. Cox-Largent | Associate Provost for Finance and Administration | Senior Officer | $231,795.00 | $0.00 | $231,795.00 |
| Linda A. Toth | Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs | Senior Officer | $230,046.74 | $0.00 | $230,046.74 |
| Bradley F. Schwartz | Professor | $228,511.20 | $0.00 | $228,511.20 | |
| Christopher D. Wohltmann | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $225,000.00 | $2,812.50 | $227,812.50 |
| Erik James Constance | Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Admissions | Senior Officer | $227,109.64 | $0.00 | $227,109.64 |
| Zachariah Gurnsey | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | $213,454.08 | $11,694.94 | $225,149.02 |
| Adam J. Reid | Assistant Professor | $225,000.00 | $0.00 | $225,000.00 | |
| Franziska Huettner | Assistant Professor | $225,000.00 | $0.00 | $225,000.00 | |
| Pardis Javadi | Assistant Professor | $225,000.00 | $0.00 | $225,000.00 | |
| Brian A. Mailey | Assistant Professor | $225,000.00 | $0.00 | $225,000.00 | |
| Nada N. Berry | Assistant Professor | $225,000.00 | $0.00 | $225,000.00 | |
| Marc R. Garfinkel | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery | Associate Professor | $224,999.76 | $0.00 | $224,999.76 |
| Nichole J. Mirocha | Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Associate Professor | $196,939.08 | $26,316.31 | $223,255.39 |
| Dale B. Hales | Chair, Physiology & Professor | Professor | $222,267.72 | $0.00 | $222,267.72 |
| Pamela A. Campbell | Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry | Associate Professor | $221,000.04 | $0.00 | $221,000.04 |
| Jeffrey I. Bennett | Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry | Associate Professor | $210,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $220,000.00 |
| Quincy O'Neal Scott | Professor Family and Community Medicine | Professor | $219,250.08 | $0.00 | $219,250.08 |
| Alan J. Deckard | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | $195,454.08 | $23,708.00 | $219,162.08 |
| Erica Elizabeth Nelson | Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gyn | Associate Professor | $216,877.92 | $0.00 | $216,877.92 |
| Masaya Higuchi | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $185,750.16 | $30,783.92 | $216,534.08 |
| Michael IV Jakoby | Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | $215,000.04 | $0.00 | $215,000.04 |
| Malcolm D. Findlater | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $188,250.00 | $26,312.50 | $214,562.50 |
| Tracy K. Lower | Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | Professor | $211,000.08 | $2,125.00 | $213,125.08 |
| Rachel L. Rahman | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $184,404.00 | $28,429.95 | $212,833.95 |
| Tobias S. Kohler | Associate Professor | $210,000.00 | $1,968.75 | $211,968.75 | |
| Meghna R. Desai | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | $200,000.04 | $10,869.60 | $210,869.64 |
| Timothy T. Ott | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $184,571.16 | $26,159.82 | $210,730.98 |
| Merle H. Muller | Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor | $185,520.48 | $25,060.50 | $210,580.98 |
| Manuel A. Amaris | Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | $210,000.00 | $0.00 | $210,000.00 |
| Carl L. Faingold | Chair, Pharmacology & Professor | Professor | $208,616.64 | $0.00 | $208,616.64 |
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