========================== JeffNEWS, January 10, 1995 ========================== JeffCalendar Blood donors will receive a key ring with Pen Light for the month of January. Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793. DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE --------------------------- JANUARY is March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention, National Eye Care and Thyroid Disease Awareness Month. JANUARY 8 begins National Patient Representation and Consumer Affairs Week. JANUARY 22 begins National Glaucoma Awareness Week. JANUARY 23 begins National Back Health Week. JANUARY 25 is National IV Nurse and School Nurse Day. JANUARY 27 is National Activity Professionals' Day. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, January 16 o Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 2578. Also January 23 and 30. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Saturday, January 21 o The 3rd Annual Update on Pediatric Orthopaedics, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 101 Connelly Center, BLSB. Thursday, January 26 o Multidisciplinary Trauma Conference, 7 p.m., 101 Connelly Center, BLSB. GRAND ROUNDS ------------ Wednesday, January 11 o Pediatrics, Peter Kwiterovich Jr, MD, professor of pediatrics and medicine, director, Lipid Research-Atherosclerosis Unit, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "Lowering Cholesterol Levels in Children," 8 a.m., Third Floor Lecture Hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. o Psychiatry, Risa Lavizzo-Mourcy, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine and health care systems, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, associate executive vice president for health policy, associate dean for health services research, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, "Practicing and Teaching Psychiatry After Health Care Reform," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, January 12 o Ob/Gyn, John J. Gartland, MD, professor Emeritus, orthopaedic surgery, University medical editor, "Medical Communications," 7 a.m., 311 College. o Pediatrics, B. David Horn, MD, clinical assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, division of pediatric orthopaedic surgery, department of orthopaedic surgery, JMC, "Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis in Infants and Children," 8 a.m., 707 College o Family Medicine, Linda Tomko, MD, Family Medicine resident, third-year, "Primary Care Approach to Myasthenia Gravis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Drs. Everts, Rosenthal, Valko, Pharr and J. Lazar, "Hospital Service Review," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; Mira Gohel, MD, and Patrick McManus, MD, faculty development fellows, "Nonviolent Conflict Resolution," 11:15 to noon, 105-107, BLSB. Wednesday, January 18 o Pediatrics, Patrick Jarvis, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, and Terriann Shell, IBClC, lactation specialist, "Human Infant, Human Milk: Uncompromised Advocacy," 8 a.m., third-floor lecture hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. o Psychiatry, Katherine A. Phillips, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine, "The Ugly Duckling Revisited: Data on Imagined Ugliness," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, January 19 o Ob/Gyn, Norman Rosenblum, MD, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, department of ob/gyn, division of gynecologic oncology. Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Oncology Division, "Familial Ovarian Cancer," 7 a.m., 311 College. o Pediatrics, Arthuro Hervada, MD, professor emeritus of pediatrics, department of pediatrics, JMC, "Nutrition in the First Two Years of Life," 8 a.m., 707 College. o Family Medicine, Corina Nahmias, MD, family medicine resident, third-year, "Endometriosis," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Charles Dunton, MD, associate professor of ob/gyn, department of ob/gyn, "Introduction to Office Colposcopy," 10:25 to noon, 105-107, BLSB. Wednesday, January 25 o Pediatrics, Susan Stine, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Institute, and Susan Epps, PhD, pediatric psychologist, division of psychology, department of pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Institute, "Behavior Problems in Young Children," 8 a.m., third-floor lecture hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. o Psychiatry, Philip J. Escoll, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, supervising and training analyst, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, "Is Youth Wasted on the Young? Psychotherapy of Young Adults," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, January 26 o Ob/Gyn, F. Susan Cowchock, MD, professor of ob/gyn, TJUH, "Update on Immunotherapy of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, 7 a.m., 311 College. o Pediatrics, Eshagh Eshaghpour, MD, professor of pediatrics, head, section of pediatric cardiology, JMC, "The High Cost of Infective Endocarditis," 8 a.m., 707 College. o Family Medicine, Deborah Witt, MD, family medicine resident, second-year, "The Many Faces of Hypothyroidism," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; James Diamond, PhD, research professor of family medicine, "Statistical Control of Variables," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; Arthur Bartolozzi, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, "Evaluation of Ligamentous Injuries to the Knee," 11:15 a.m. to noon, 105-107, BLSB. MEETINGS -------- Wednesday, January 11 o Commons board, 5 to 6 p.m., 145 JAH. Thursday, January 19 o Professorial Faculty, 3:30 to 5 p.m., McClellan Hall. o JMC Alumni Executive Committee, 6 p.m., 218 Curtis, snow date January 26. Tuesday, January 31 o JMC Executive Council, 2 to 3:30 p.m., 218 Curtis. NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, January 9 o Nursing Program, 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Monday, January 16 o Nursing Assistant, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Monday, January 23 o 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Also January 30. Saturday, January 30 o 9 a.m. to noon, 231 Martin. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ------------------ Wednesday, January 11 o Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Barbara Scott at 7789 or Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also January 18 and 25. SPECIAL EVENTS -------------- Wednesday, January 18, o The Long Road to Memphis, a show depicting the personal side of Martin Luther King Jr., written and performed by, Craig Alan Edwards, directed by, Cheryl Katz, sponsored by TJU Office of Residence Life and the JMC Office of Student Affairs, tickets, $3., 7 to 8:30 p.m., McClellan Hall SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Wednesday, January 11 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 Building. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 1400. Thursday, January 12 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. For information or to register, call 928-3084. Monday, January 16 o Multiple Sclerosis, for women only is held the third Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9350 Gibbon. Call Kathy Sisco at 6332 or Leith Kelley at 8118. Wednesday, January 18 o Laryngectomee support group is held the third Wednesday of every month, 4 to 5 p.m., Simon Kramer conference room, G312 Bodine. Thursday, January 19 o CARE breast cancer, is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Tuesday, January 17 o Executive committee meeting of the Women's Board, 9:30 a.m., 636 Scott. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------