==================== JeffNEWS, April 1995 ==================== Jeff Calendar Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793. DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE --------------------------- APRIL is National Alcohol Awareness, Cancer Control, Child Abuse Prevention, National Occupational Therapy and National Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month. APRIL 3 begins Healthcare Access Personnel Week. APRIL 7 begins Alcohol-Free Weekend. APRIL 7 is World Health Day. APRIL 9 begins National Library and National Building Safety Week. APRIL 16 begins National Medical Laboratory and National Organ/Tissue Donor Awareness Week. APRIL 22 begins National Infant Immunization Week. APRIL 23 begins National Volunteer Week. APRIL 24 begins Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technologists Week. APRIL 29 begins March of Dimes WalkAmerica Weekend. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, April 10 o Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Tony or Naomi at 4965. Also May 8. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Tuesday, April 4 o Physiology Research seminar, Experimental Biology Posters. Sunday, April 9 o Molecular Origins of Cancer International Conference, "Opportunities for Intervention Among Populations at High Risk of Occupational and Environmental Cancer Through Detection and Redirection of Cell Changes." For registration, call 410-326-6808 or 202-842-7830. Through April 11. Tuesday, April 11 o Nutrition Seminar Series, Eugene D. Weinberg, PhD, professor emeritus, Indiana University, "Iron Withholding in Prevention of Disease," noon to 1 p.m., DePalma. Lunch provided. Monday, April 17 o Student Financial Aid seminar, Joseph R. Pozzulo, Esquire, Joseph R. Pozzulo Associates, "Factors to Consider When Going Into Practice," 6:45 p.m., refreshments, session begins at 7:15 p.m., McClellan Hall, College. Registrants will receive supplemental information in the handouts provided. To register, call 5855. Tuesday, April 18 o Physiology Research seminar, Steven M. Albelda, MD, University of Pennsylvania, "Leukocyte-endothelial Interactions," 4 p.m., DePalma Auditorium. Friday, April 21 o Radiobiology, George Prendergast, PhD, assistant professor, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, "Role of Rho Protein in Ras Transformation and in the Mechanism of Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors," noon to 1 p.m., G312 Bodine Center. Tuesday, April 25 o Nutrition Seminar Series, Edward A. Fischer, MD, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, pathology and pediatrics, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Apolipoprotein B Degradation in the Liver: The Triple Threat," noon, 9490 Gibbon. Lunch provided. o Physiology Research seminar, Bruce S. Bochner, MD, Johns Hopkins University, "Regulation of Integrin Function in Human Eosinophils," 4 p.m., DePalma Auditorium. o Cytoteleconference: "A Poor Man's Guide to Aspiration Biopsy of Lymph Nodes," Thomas Kardos, MD, director of cytology, Baptist Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, 4 p.m., 1903 Edison. Thursday, April 27 o Multidisciplinary trauma conference, 7 a.m., McClellan Hall, College. o The Edna Kynett Memorial Foundation, "Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician: 1995," 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, 101 BLSB. Call 8363. Friday, April 28 o The Edna Kynett Memorial Foundation, Blase Carabello, MD, FACC, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, "When to Refer Valvular Lesions to a Cardiologist," 11 a.m. to noon, Connelly Conference Hall, 101 BLSB. Call 8363. o Arts and Medicine, program features distinguished speakers from the U.S. and Europe who will discuss the relationship between music, art and medicine. Call 1420. GRAND ROUNDS ------------ Tuesday, April 4 o Radiology, Ellen Shaw Deparedes, MD, professor of radiology, director of breast imaging, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA, "Imaging the Surgical Breast," 5 to 6 p.m., 780L Main. Wednesday, April 5 o Psychiatry, Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, clinical research physician, Eli Lilly and Company, "Depression and Ethnicity," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma Auditorium. Wednesday, April 5 o Pediatrics, 8 a.m., Third Floor Lecture Hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. Call 5236. Thursday, April 6 o Pediatrics, Frank Guttman, MD, professor of surgery, McGill University, director, department of general pediatric surgery, the Montreal Children's Hospital, "Inflammatory Bowel Disease," 8 a.m., 707 College. Tuesday, April 11 o Pediatrics, Joan Marini, MD, acting chief, human genetics branch, NICHD, chief, section on Connective Tissue Disorders, NICHD, "Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Correlation of Genotype and Phenotype and the Effect of Germline Mosaicism," 8 a.m., 707 College. Wednesday, April 12 o Psychiatry, John J. Ratey, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, "The Biology of Intimacy: A View From Attention Deficit Disorder," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma Auditorium. Tuesday, April 18 o Pediatrics, Valerie Armstead, MD, instructor of anesthesiology, department of anesthesiology, JMC, "Acute Pediatric Pain Management," 8 a.m., 707 College. o Radiology, Yuji Numaguchi, MD, professor of radiology, director of division of neuroradiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, "Intraarterial Papaverine Infusion for Cerebral Vasospasm," 5 to 6 p.m., 780L Main. Wednesday, April 19 o Psychiatry, Nicholas Kouretas, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, "The Conflict-Deficit Controversy in Current Psychoanalytic Psychiatry and Its Antecedents," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma Auditorium. Wednesday, April 26 o Psychiatry, Norman Sussman, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, New York University Medical School, "Clinical Distinctions Among Antidepressant Drugs," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma Auditorium. MEETINGS -------- Monday, April 3 o Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 to 11 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall. o Full Board of Trustees, noon to 2 p.m., 636 Scott. Tuesday, April 4 o JMC Executive Council, 2 to 3:30 p.m., 218 Curtis. Wednesday, April 5 o Commons board, 5 p.m., 139 JAH. Thursday, April 6 o General membership meeting of the Volunteer Faculty Association, 6 p.m., Faculty Club lounge, JAH. Monday, April 10 o Executive Committee of the medical staff, 5 p.m., 6th floor Scott. Monday, April 17 o CAHS Executive council meeting, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison. Wednesday, April 26 o Homeopathic Study Group, "Homeopathy in France - A Model for the US," Thierry Montfort, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., 307 JAH. Sponsored by Ars Medica. Call Jonathan Schiffman at 5705. NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, April 3 o 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 145 JAH. Also April 10 and 17. SPECIAL EVENTS -------------- Friday, April 21 o Thomas Jefferson University Choir and Orchestra, 25th annual Spring concert. Program features Anton Bruckner's "Te Deum," Robert T. Sataloff, MD, directs the choir. Concert is free and open to the public, 8 p.m., McClellan Hall. Wednesday, April 26 o Department of Dermatology, 12th Annual Herbert A. Luscombe, MD, Visiting Lectureship. Eugene A. Bauer, MD, professor and chairman, department of dermatology and dean, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, "Cutaneous Tumors: Mechanisms and Clinical Insights," 4 p.m. Solis-Cohen. SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Monday, April 3 o Multiple Sclerosis support group for men and women, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9350 Gibbon. Call Leith Kelley at 8118. Tuesday, April 4 o Lupus, first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College. Free parking available on University lot. Call rheumatology at 1410. Thursday, April 6 o CARE breast cancer, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also April 20. Thursday, April 13 o Caregiver Concerns of Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program, all Caregivers of older adults are invited to attend, 5:30 to 7 p.m., auditorium, Wills Eye Hospital, 900 Walnut Street. Call 928-3084. Wednesday, April 19 o Laryngectomee support group, 4 to 5 p.m., G312 Bodine. Call Barbara Baskin, MS, CCC-SLP/L or Nancy Travers, MA, CCC-SLP/L at 7447. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Tuesday, April 18 o Executive Committee, 10:30 a.m., 636 Scott. Thursday, April 27 o Luncheon and Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show, sponsored by the Maternity and Children's Department of the hospital Women's Board, 11:30 a.m. The event benefits patient care programs. Tickets for benefactors, $60; for patrons, $45. Call 8307. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------