==================== JeffNEWS, April 1995 ==================== NewsBRIEFS JMC Graduates Excel ------------------- Joseph S. Gonnella, MD, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of Jefferson Medical College (JMC), announced the results of the annual survey of directors of residency programs regarding their assessment of the performance of recent JMC graduates. These findings continue to show that JMC graduates exceed their peers on all dimensions of performance in their first postgraduate year. On entry, profiles comparable to national norms were experienced on measures such as science grade-point-average and Medical College Admission Test scores. World Authority on Aids and the Epidemiology of Cancer Delivers Potter Lecture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Blattner, MD, a world-renowned authority and leader in the field of AIDS and the viral epidemiology of cancer and chief of the viral epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), delivered the 1995 Potter lecture. Dr. Blattner spoke on "Chronic Viral Diseases: The Retroviral Paradigm," according to the chairman of the William Potter Lecture Committee, Jonathan E. Gottlieb, MD, associate professor of medicine/division of pulmonary medicine and critical care and associate dean for academic programs, JMC. The Potter Lecture memorializes William Potter, who was elected to Jefferson's Board in 1894, became president in 1897 and served in that capacity until his death in 1926. The lecture was presented in conjunction with Student Research Day, the annual scientific poster competition, sponsored by the Jefferson chapter of Sigma Xi, the national research society, and the College of Graduate Studies (CGS) for JMC and CGS students, as well as area undergraduates. E. Marshall Goldberg, MD, professor of medicine, Eric B. Kmiec, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, and Thomas M. Butler, PhD, professor of physiology, organized Student Research Day. JMC Sponsors `Money Management for Medical School and the Future' ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Office of Student Financial Aid continues its planning seminar series for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital residents and Jefferson Medical College students. "Money Management for Medical School and the Future" provides important information to current and future physicians who face decisions concerning repayment of their educational debt; developing a workable financial plan, including an insurance program; getting the most out of their income, and going into practice. There's still time to register for the Monday, April 17 session, "Factors to Consider When Going Into Practice," Joseph R. Pozzuolo, Esq., Joseph R. Pozzoulo Associates, McClellan Hall, College Registrants will receive supplemental information in the handouts provided at each session. Spouses are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. All sessions will be conducted at the Connelly Conference Center, BLSB, and begin promptly at 7:15 p.m. To register, please call the Office of Student Financial Aid at 5855. Commute From New Jersey? CSO Wants to Hear From You --------------------------------------------------- If you commute to Jefferson from New Jersey, you'd be able to save money under a new program pending with New Jersey Transit. The program would offer significant savings to employees who buy monthly passes for New Jersey Transit trains and buses running from New Jersey to Philadelphia. Monthly fares would vary depending on the zone in which you live, explains Thomas J. D'Alessandro, CSO manager. For example, if you take bus route 406 from Cherry Hill and buy an interstate monthly pass for $74, you would save $27 per month compared to a typical monthly cost of $101 based on a daily roundtrip fare of $4.60. Currently, CSO is gathering information so Jefferson can participate in this program. If you commute to your job from New Jersey and would be interested in learning more about this program, call CSO at 6417. Jefferson, 1199C Settle Early ----------------------------- Members of District 1199C have ratified the agreement reached by their representatives and Jefferson in an early settlement of the collective bargaining agreement that would have expired on June 30, 1995. "This new five-year agreement means services to our patients and to our students will continue without the inconvenience or interruption of a labor dispute," said John P. Sullivan, associate vice president for human resources. Contract highlights include: o Salary increases of 2 percent this year and 3 percent in each of the next two years, with a provision to reopen negotiations on wages for the last two years of the agreement o A one-time, 1.5-percent-of-payroll payment to the union's new city wide Job Security Fund to support education and retraining and to provide supplemental unemployment payments to workers in 1199C whose jobs have been eliminated due to restructuring o Opportunities for 1199C employees to choose between the union- sponsored welfare plan and Jefferson's non-bargaining plan o Effective July 1, l995, an additional personal day, in exchange for the observed Good Friday Holiday "We are pleased that the University and the Union have reached a responsible agreement and that we have been able to continue our history of successful negotiations with District 1199C," Mr. Sullivan said. Jefferson Observes National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, April 16 Through 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------ You're invited to join in the activities celebrating National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, which have been coordinated by Laura Nash, LSW, department of social work. Greet Jefferson's transplant recipients and their families who will staff an information booth in the Gibbon Building's West Atrium Cafeteria, as follows: o Monday, April 17, Wednesday, April 19, and Thursday, April 20, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. o Other activities on Thursday, April 20, all in the West Atrium Cafeteria: o 10:45 to 2 p.m.: Transplant recipient, Charley Parker, returns by popular demand to sketch everyone's favorite dinosaurs. o 11 a.m.: Presentation to Jefferson by the 1995 Challenge Class pupils of the General George G. Meade School of their original diorama-like fairy tale on transplantation. o A booklet, "Words of Thanks," containing letters from Jefferson transplant recipients and their families to donor families, will be available at the information booth. On display all week in the West Atrium Cafeteria: o Transplant quilt, created by 1994 Challenge Class pupils of the Meade School o Transplant mural created by the 1993 Meade Challenge Class, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network o Display of story about Jeffersonians and Jefferson patients who participated in the 1994 transplant games Spotlighting Jeffersonians -------------------------- Here's your chance to enjoy talented performances by fellow Jeffersonians at the Jefferson Talent Show, which will be held on Wednesday, April 26, from noon to 1 p.m., in Jefferson Alumni Hall Cafeteria. The event is free and all are welcome. For more information, call Diane P. Lehman, director of the Activities Office, at 7743. Hypnotist Performs ------------------ Hypnotist Ronny Romm will perform for Jeffersonians on Tuesday, April 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m., in Jefferson Alumni Hall Cafeteria. The event, sponsored by the Activities Office and the Commons, is free and all are welcome. For more information, call Diane P. Lehman, director of the Activities Office, at 7743. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------