=========================== JeffNEWS, December 13, 1994 =========================== JeffCALENDAR Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793. Commuter Services Office (CSO) will be closed Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26. CSO will also be closed Saturday, December 31 and Monday, January 1, 1995. DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE --------------------------- DECEMBER is Safe Toys and Gifts Month. 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. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, December 19 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 9. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Friday, December 16 o Radiobiology, Jeffrey L. Benovic, PhD, associate professor, Member of Jefferson Cancer Institute, JMC, "Regulation of G-Protein Coupled Receptors," noon, Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment, G312, The Simon Kramer Conference Room. o Gynecology pathology disposition conference, every Friday, 2 to 3 p.m., 283 Main. Also December 23. Tuesday, December 13 o Physiology seminar, Meeta Chatterjee, PhD, associate director of vascular biology, Schering Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, "Role of Cyclic GMP and PDE Inhibitors on Inhibition of Vascular Proliferative Lesions," 3:30 p.m., 427 JAH. o CAHS Cytoteleconference, Edward G. Bernacki Jr., MD, associate director of anatomic pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oaks, MI, "Diagnostic Problems in Fine Needle Aspiration of the Head and Neck," 4 p.m., 1903 Edison. Tuesday, December 20 o Physiology seminar, Robert Schwartz, MD, associate professor of medicine, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, "The Role of Adventitia and Matrix Protein Following Vascular Injury," 4 p.m., DePalma. Wednesday, December 28 o Homeopathic Study Group of Metropolitan Philadelphia, "Physical and Emotional First Aid with Homeopathy," 7:30 to 9:15 p.m., 307 JAH. Sponsored by Ars Medica. For more information, call Alan Schmukler at 925-5705. GRAND ROUNDS ------------ Wednesday, December 14 o Pediatrics, Robert Brent, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Louis and Bess Stein professor of pediatrics, chairman, department of pediatrics, JMC, head, Clinical and Environmental Teratology Laboratory, department of medical cell biology, Alfred I. duPont Institute, "Frequently Missed Dermatologic Diagnoses," 8 a.m., 707 College. o Psychiatry, Joseph Rogers, MD, deputy executive director Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Thomas Leibfried, program coordinator, Philadelphia SHARE, "The Role of the Consumer in Mental Health Programs, Program Development and Policy," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, December 15 o Pediatrics, R. Bruce Filmer, MD, associate professor of urology, JMC, chief, division of urology, department of surgery, Alfred I. duPont Institute, "Cryptorchidism," 8 a.m., 707 College. o Orthopaedic Surgery, Timothy Flock, F&A Fellow, " Diabetic Foot," 7 p.m., DePalma. Wednesday, December 21 o Pediatrics, Jeffrey Hyams, MD, professor of pediatrics, University of Connecticut, director, pediatric gastroenterology, Hartford Hospital, "Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children," 8 a.m., Third Floor Lecture Hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. Wednesday, January 4 o Pediatrics, Michael Kaliner, MD, PhD, clinical professor of medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, medical director, Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Washington Hospital Center, "The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Asthma," 8 a.m., Third Floor Lecture Hall, Alfred I. duPont Institute. o Psychiatry, E. Marshall Goldberg, MD, professor of medicine, JMC, "TV is the Opium of the Masses: Medicine and the Media," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, January 5 o Pediatrics, Peter Kollros, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics, division of child neurology and development, department of pediatrics, JMC, "Some Atypical Cases of Meningitis," 8 a.m., 707 College. 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., 707 College. o Psychiatry, Risa Lavizzo-Mourcy, MD, MBA, class of 1970 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. MEETINGS -------- Wednesday, December 14 o Commons board, 5 to 6 p.m., 145 JAH. o TJU Choir rehearsal, open to Jefferson faculty, staff, students and family members, 7 to 8:30 p.m., McClellan Hall. No audition required. For additional information, call Robert Sataloff, MD, Peggy Baroody or Kate Emerich at 545-3322. Monday, December 19 o CAHS executive council meeting, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison. Wednesday, December 21 o General medical staff, 4 p.m., McClellan Hall. Tuesday, January 3 o Jefferson Medical College executive council, 2 to 3:30 p.m., 218 Curtis. Wednesday, January 4 o Start the new year with music by joining the TJU Choir, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall at 1025 Walnut Street as they begin rehearsals for their spring concert. Featured will be Anton Bruckner's "Te Deum," to be performed with full orchestra on Friday, April 21. All subsequent rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in McClellan Hall. No audition is required. For additional information, call Robert Sataloff, MD, Peggy Baroody or Kate Emerich at 545-3322. Thursday, January 5 o General membership meeting of the Volunteer Faculty Association, 6 p.m., Faculty Club lounge, JAH. Monday, January 9 o Executive Committee of the medical staff, 5 p.m., 6 Scott. Wednesday, January 11 o Commons board, 5 to 6 p.m., 145 JAH. NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, December 19 o 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Monday, January 9 o Nursing program, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ------------------ Wednesday, December 14 o Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Barbara Scott at 7789 or Hyacinth Williams at 8620. Also December 21, 28, January 4 and 11. SPECIAL EVENTS -------------- Friday, December 16 o Thomas Jefferson University Choir and Orchestra, Annual holiday concert. Program features the Christmas portion of G. F. Handel's Messiah, Robert T. Sataloff, MD, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, directs the choir. This concert is free and open to the public, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church on the corner of 17th and Sansom, Philadelphia. For further information, call 215-545-3322. Wednesday, December 21 o Jefferson's choir, under the direction of Robert T. Sataloff, MD, will present a free holiday concert for the Jefferson community, 6:30 p.m., East Atrium. SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Wednesday, December 21 o Laryngectomee, is held the third Wednesday of every month, 4 to 5 p.m., G312 Bodine Cancer Center, Simon Kramer Conference Room. Call Nancy Travers or Barbara Baskin at 7447. Monday, December 19 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. Also January 16. Thursday, December 15 o CARE breast cancer, is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also January 5 and 19. Tuesday, January 3 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, 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. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Tuesday, December 13 o Jewelry Sale, Martha Jefferson department, 11th Street Atrium, Gibbon. Also Wednesday, December 14. Thursday, December 15 o Holiday Boutique, social service department, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 11th Street Lobby, Gibbon. Sunday, January 1 o Patients' trays will have a special touch - holiday flowers, courtesy of the hospital Women's Board. Tuesday, January 17 o Executive committee meeting of the Women's Board, 9:30 a.m., 636 Scott. WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES --------------------- Tuesday, December 13 o Registration for Department of General Studies, Spring 1995 classes continues through December 21, 711 Edison, call 8893. Friday, December 16 o CAHS Admissions CLEP Exams and General Studies Challenge Exams, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 101 BLSB. A JEFFERSON TRADITION CONTINUES ... COME TO THE HOLIDAY CONCERT ON FRIDAY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Jefferson University Choir and Orchestra's annual holiday concert will be held this Friday, December16 at 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on the corner of 17th and Sansom streets. Bring your family and join Jeffersonians for the program, which features the Christmas portion of G.F. Handel's Messiah. Robert T. Sataloff, MD, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, directs the choir, which is composed of Jefferson physicians, nurses, students, employees, alumni and spouses. The concert, a Jefferson holiday tradition, is free and open to the public. 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