======================== JeffNEWS, August 1, 1995 ======================== JeffCalendar Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793. DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE --------------------------- AUGUST 16 is National Medical Dosimetrist Day. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, August 14 o Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 2578. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Tuesday, August 1 o CAHS Cytoteleconference, Linda Pleotis Howell, MD, associate professor of pathology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, "Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pediatric Masses," 4 p.m., 1903 Edison. Thursday, August 3 o Family Medicine, Charles Pohl, MD, clinical assistant professor, pediatrics, "Well Child Care: Infancy and the Early Childhood Years," 9:15 to 11:15 a.m.; Robert Perkel, MD, clinical associate professor and Marla Hervada-Page, MSS, community resource specialist and instructor, "The Home Visit Program, 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB. Thursday, August 10 o Family Medicine, Howard Rabinowitz, MD, professor, "Pediatrics On Call," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Robert Perkel, MD, clinical associate professor, "Approach to Geriatrics," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; Carla Rodgers, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, consultation liaison division, "Managing Psychiatric Crisis in the Outpatient Office," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB. Thursday, August 17 o Family Medicine, Karen Novielli, MD, clinical associate professor, "Cancer Screening," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Charles Pohl, MD, clinical assistant professor, pediatrics, "Well Child Care: Late Childhood and Early Adolescent Years," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; James Plumb, MD, assistant professor, "Substance Abuse," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB. Thursday, August 24 o Family Medicine, Richard Wender, MD, clinical associate professor, "Cancer Screening, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Hospital Service Review, Drs. Chambers, Plumb, Chiaramonte, and Parks, 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; Janice Nevin, MD, clinical associate professor and Mira Gohel, MD, instructor, "Introduction to Community Oriented Primary Care/Maternal Child Health," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB. o Multidisciplinary trauma conference, 7 a.m., DePalma Auditorium Thursday, August 27 o Family Medicine, Peter Amadio, Jr, MD, professor, "Use of Peripherally Acting Analgesics and Approach to Pain Control," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; W. Fred Markham, MD, clinical assistant professor, "Diet and Exercise," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Karen Glaser, PhD, clinical assistant professor, "Office Counseling," 11:15 to noon, Eakins Lounge, JAH. GRAND ROUND ----------- Tuesday, August 1 o Pediatrics, Stephen Baumgart, MD, professor, division of neonatology, JMC, "Fluid Balance in Premature Infants," 8 a.m., 707 College. Wednesday, August 2 o Pediatrics, Allan Arbeter, MD, chairman, Albert Einstein Medical Center, "Varicelli - Zoster Infections and Varicella Vaccines," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI. Tuesday, August 8 o Pediatrics, Vinod Bhutani, MD, associate professor , JMC, newborn pediatrics, Pennsylvania Hospital," Slaying the Yellow Dragon: The Heebie Jeebies," 8 a.m., 707 College. Wednesday, August 9 o Pediatrics, Jorge Baluarte, MD, chief of nephrology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, and professor of pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, "Nephritic Syndrome," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI. Tuesday, August 15 o Pediatrics, Stuart Septimus, MD, clinical assistant professor, JMC, "Long QT Syndrome," 8 a.m., 707 College. Wednesday, August 16 o Pediatrics, Robert Vannucci, MD, professor and chief, division of pediatric neurology, Hershey Medical Center, "Potentially New Management Strategies for the Treatment of Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI. Tuesday, August 22 o Pediatrics grand rounds will not be held. Wednesday, August 23 o Pediatrics, Ted Chronister, MD, division of neurology, AIDI, "Non- Epileptic Episodic Disorders" 8 a.m., 707 College Tuesday, August 29 o Pediatrics, Harry Sacks, MD, assistant professor, critical care medicine, department of pediatrics, JMC, "Conscious Sedation in the Child," 8 a.m., 707 College. Wednesday, August 30 o Pediatrics, Alan R. Spitzer, MD, professor and chairman, TJU, pediatrician-in-chief, AIDI, "SIDS and Sleep Position - Who's Correct, the AAP or Grandma?" 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI. NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, August 7 o Nursing program, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Also August 24 and 28. Monday, August 17 o Nursing assistant program, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ------------------ Wednesday, August 2 o Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also August 9, 16 and 23 and 30. Thursday, August 3 o Pastoral care education, "Prayer and Reflection: An Interfaith Gathering." A brief 10 to 15 minute time for interested patients, family, staff and employees, 12:30 p.m., 9th floor Gibbon. Also, August 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 and 31. SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Tuesday, August 1 o Lupus, no meetings scheduled in August. Thursday, August 3 o CARE, breast cancer, is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also August 17. Monday, August 7 o Multiple Sclerosis support group for men and women is held the first Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9350 Gibbon. Call Leith Kelley at 8118. Wednesday, August 9 o Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is held the second and last Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Free parking or bus tokens. Call Regina at 1400. Also August 30. Thursday, August 10 o Caregiver Concerns of Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program meets the second Thursday of every month, 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, August 16 o Laryngectomee support group is held the third Wednesday of every month, 4 to 5 p.m., Simon Kramer Conference Room, G312 Bodine. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 7447. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Wednesday, August 30 o Penny Wise Thrift Shop - Consignor reopening (see story on Page 2). WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES --------------------- Tuesday, August 1 o CAHS , Department of General Studies, fall semester registration for evening classes continues through Friday, August 18. Tuesday, August 29 o The Basics of Diabetes Management, Joslin Center for Diabetes, 211 S. 9th Street. For information, call Gary Scheiner, MS, 215 928-3147. Wednesday, August 30 o CAHS New Student Registration, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., JAH. Thursday, August 31 o CAHS New Student Orientation, 9 to 5 p.m., JAH. Wednesday, September 6 o Choir rehearsal for the 26th season of the TJU choir begins at 7 p.m., McClellan Hall. The choir is open to all members of the Jefferson community without audition. Refreshments will be served following the first rehearsal. For information, call Robert Sataloff, MD, Peggy Baroody or Kate Emerich at 215-545-3322. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------