========================= JeffNEWS, August 16, 1994 ========================= JeffCALENDAR Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793. DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE --------------------------- SEPTEMBER is National Sickle Cell, Women In Medicine, Baby Safety Awareness, Children's Eye Health and Safety, Leukemia Society, National Cholesterol Education month. SEPTEMBER 15 is Yom Kippur. SEPTEMBER 18 to 24 is National Rehabilitation Week. SEPTEMBER 25 to OCTOBER 1 is National Allied Health Week. OCTOBER 1 to 31 is Auto Battery Safety, Child Health, Family Health, Lupus Awareness, National Dental Hygiene, National Liver Awareness, National Physical Therapy and Talk About Prescriptions month. OCTOBER 2 to 8 is National Health Care Food Service, National Material Management, National Mental Illness and National Respiratory Care week. OCTOBER 3 to 9 is Nuclear Medicine week. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, September 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 September 26 and October 3. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Tuesday, September 13 o Physiology seminar, Paul Kubes, PhD, assistant professor, department of medical physiology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "The Effect of Nitric Oxide on Leukocyte Function in Vivo and In Vitro," DePalma. Thursday, September 15 o Family Medicine seminar, Jennifer Naticchia, MD, family medicine resident, third-year, "Eating Disorders," 9:15 a.m.; Edmund Pribitkin, MD, assistant professor of otolarynology - head and neck surgery, "Obstructive Sleep Apnea." 10:25 a.m.; James Plumb, MD, assistant professor of family medicine, "Hospice and Terminal Care," 11:15 a.m., BLSB. Friday, September 16 o Comprehensive Rectal Cancer Center patient care management conference, case presentations, 7:30 a.m., G-312 Bodine. Also September 23 and 30 and October 7. o Gynecology pathology disposition conference, every Friday, 2 to 3 p.m., 283 Main. Also September 23 and 30 and October 7. Tuesday, September 20 o Physiology seminar, Zofia Zukowska-Grojec, MD, PhD, associate professor, department of physiology and biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, "Neuropeptide Y Regulation of Vascular Function," 4 p.m., DePalma. Wednesday, September 21 o Jefferson's Business Health Services, "Health Reform and Managed Care - Gazing into the Future," 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., 107 Bluemle Life Sciences Building. For additional information, call Kathy Flanagan at 2187. Thursday, September 22 o Family medicine seminar, Joel Lazar, MD, family medicine resident, second-year, "The Out-Patient Management of End-Stage Liver Disease," 9:15 a.m.; Hospital Service Review, Drs. Sifri, Valko, Tomko, and Thakur, 10:25 a.m.; Maria Pharr, MD, family medicine resident, third year, "Psychosocial Case Presentation," 11:15 a.m., 207 JAH. Tuesday, September 27 o Academic Information Services and Research, "Elements of Effective Scientific Presentations," 10 a.m. to noon, 200B Scott. Also Thursday, September 29, 2 to 4 p.m. To register, call 6391. o Physiology seminar, Tapan B. Vyas, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, department of pathology, TJU, "Regulation of cloned human potassium channel by phosphory-lation," DePalma. Wednesday, September 28 o Homeopathic Study Group of Metropolitan Philadelphia, Joyce Frye, DO, FACOG, "Homeopathy for What Ails You," sponsored by ArsMedica, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., 307 JAH. For more information, call Alan Schmukler at 925- 5705. Thursday, September 29 o Multidisciplinary trauma conference, 7 a.m., 101 BLSB. o Family Medicine seminar, Corina Nahmias, MD, family medicine resident, third-year, "Developmental Delay," 9:15 a.m.; Arturo Hervada, MD, professor of pediatrics, "Infant Nutrition and Brain Development," 10:25 a.m.; Robert Perkel, MD, clinical associate professor of family medicine, "Approach to the Geriatric Patient," 11:15 a.m., BLSB. Tuesday, October 4 o Physiology seminar, Jonathan A. Lee, PhD, department of macromolecular sciences, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pa., "Defining the Ligend Binding Sites of Endothelin Receptors," noon, DePalma. GRAND ROUNDS ------------ Wednesday, September 14 o Psychiatry, Judith Feher-Gurewich, PhD, Center for Cultural and Literary Studies, Harvard University, "Oedipus Revisited: A Lacanian Perspective," 10:30 to noon, DePalma. Tuesday, September 20 o Radiology, George W. Gross, MD, JMC, "Liquid Ventilation: Use in Pediatrics," 5 to 6 p.m., 780L Main. Wednesday, September 21 o Psychiatry, Victoria Conn, RN, MN, MA, chairperson, curriculum and training network national alliance for the mentally ill, "New Roles for Psychiatrists with Members of Patients' Families: Parents, Spouses and Siblings," 10:30 to noon, DePalma. Thursday, September 22 o Obstetrics/Gynecology, George Davis, DO, assistant professor, Ob/Gyn, "Cervical Cerclage," 7 a.m., 311 College. o Orthopaedic Surgery, W. Chao, MD, and R. Cautilli Sr., MD, "Pelvic Fractures," 7 p.m., DePalma. Wednesday, September 28 o Psychiatry, Karl Rickels, MD, Stuart and Emily Mudd Professor of Human Behavior, professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "New Approaches to the Management of Chronic Depression," 10:30 a.m. to noon, ground floor, Herbut Auditorium. Thursday, September 29 o Obstetrics/Gynecology, James Wheeler, MD, professor, department of pathology and laboratory medicine and ob/gyn, HUP, "Gynecologic Pathology: Interesting Cases," 7 a.m., 311 College. o Orthopaedic Surgery, S. Lin, MD and W. DeLong, MD, visiting professor, Francis Denis, MD, "Sacral Fractures," 7 p.m., DePalma. MEETINGS -------- Monday, September 12 o Full Board of Trustees, noon to 2 p.m., 636 Scott. o Executive Committee of the medical staff, 5 p.m., 6 Scott. Monday, September 19 o CAHS executive council, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison. Thursday, September 22 o JMC Alumni Association Executive Committee, 6 p.m., Alumni Hall. Thursday, September 28 o Medical Staff Affairs, 4 p.m., McClellan Hall. NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, September 12 o 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Also September 12, 26 and October 3. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ------------------ Wednesday, September 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 September 21, 28. SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Monday, September 12 o Multiple Sclerosis, for men and women is held the first Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9350 Gibbon. Call Kathy Sisco at 922-1992 or 6332 or Leith Kelley at 8118. Also October 3. Thursday, September 15 o CARE breast cancer support group, is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Monday, September 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 922-1992 or 6332 or Leith Kelley at 8118. Tuesday, October 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. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Tuesday, September 20 o Finance Committee, 10 a.m., 636 Scott. o Executive Committee, 10:30 a.m., 636 Scott. WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES --------------------- Wednesday, September 14 o Mac workshop, "File Sharing Using the MAC," sponsored by DIS, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 7500. o TJU Choir Rehearsal, open to Jefferson faculty, staff, students and family members every Wednesday, 7 p.m. Also September 21, 28 and October 5. Thursday, September 15 o IBM PC workshop, "Basic Keyboarding and Mouse Skills for New Users" Tuesday, September 20 o Free introductory "Weigh to Go" classes, 12 to 1 p.m. The 10-session course fee is $125. Also Tuesday, September 27. For more information, call Jefferson's Health Awareness Program at 6319. Thursday, September 22 o Mac workshop, "Using Tables to Create Charts & Lists in Word 5.0," sponsored by DIS, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 7500. Tuesday, October 4 o Free introductory session for the Smoke Stoppers program, 12 to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The seven-session course fee is $165. For more information, call Jefferson's Health Awareness Program at 6319. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------