========================== JeffNEWS, October 25, 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 --------------------------- OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness, Child Health, Family Health, Lupus Awareness, National Dental Hygiene, National Liver Awareness, National Physical Therapy and Talk About Prescriptions Month. OCTOBER 24 begins National Pastoral Care and Women's Health Week. OCTOBER 31 is National UNICEF Day. OCTOBER 31 begins National Diabetes Education Week. NOVEMBER is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness, Designated National Diabetes and National Hospice Month. NOVEMBER 6 begins Patient Education and National Radiologic Technology Week. NOVEMBER 7 begins Health Care Information and Management Systems, National Health Information Management and National Medical Staff Services Professionals' Week. NOVEMBER 13 begins Operating Room Nurse Week. NOVEMBER 17 is the Great American Smokeout. BROWN BAG LUNCHES ----------------- Monday, October 31 o Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 2578. Also November 7, 14 and 21. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ------------------------ Tuesday, October 25 o "Copyright: Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Sciences Communication," 10 a.m. to noon, 200B Scott. Preregistration is required. Call 6391. o Physiology seminar, Allan M. Lefer, PhD, professor and chairman, department of physiology, JMC, "Role of the Complement System in Reperfusion Injury," 3:30 p.m., 427 JAH. Wednesday, October 26 o Homeopathic Study Group of Metropolitan Philadelphia, "Tales of Healing from a Professional Homeopath," 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., 307 JAH. Sponsored by Ars Medica. For more information, call Alan Schmukler at 925-5705. Thursday, October 27 o Multidisciplinary trauma conference, 7 a.m., 101 BLSB. o Family medicine seminar, Barbara Lazar, MD, family medicine resident, second year, "Approach to Cognitive Changes in the Elderly," 9:15 a.m.; James Fish, MD, professor of medicine, director, pulmonary medicine and critical care, "Asthma: New Concepts About an Old Disease," 10:25 a.m.; James Fish, MD, professor of medicine, director, pulmonary medicine and critical care and Christopher Chambers, MD, clinical associate professor of family medicine, "Primary Care Physicians and the Asthma Clinical Research Network," 11:15 a.m., BLSB. Friday, October 28 o The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 13th Annual conference. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Through October 30. For more information, call 6992. o Comprehensive Rectal Cancer Center patient care management conference, case presentations, 7:30 a.m., G-312 Bodine. o Radiobiology, Kenneth D. Tew, PhD, chairman, pharmacology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, "Preclinical Utility of Estramustine in Prostate Cancer," noon, Simon Kramer Conference Room, C312. o Gynecology pathology disposition conference, every Friday, 2 to 3 p.m., 283 Main. Also November 4, 11 and 18. o "Copyright: Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Sciences Communication," 10 a.m. to noon, 200B Scott. Preregistration is required. Call 6391. Tuesday, November 1 o Physiology seminar, Jeffrey L. Benovic, PhD, associate professor, department of pharmacology, JMC, "Regulation of G-Protein Coupled Receptors," 3:30 p.m., 427 JAH. Thursday, November 3 o Jefferson Addresses the Legal Issues of Emergency Care, cosponsored by JMC and the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM), William J. Curran, former editor of the law-medicine notes for the New England Journal of Medicine, professor emeritus of legal medicine, Harvard University; Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, dissenting forensic pathologist of the Kennedy assassination, former president of the ACLM, among others, "Emergency Care and the Law," designed for lawyers, risk managers, physicians, nurses, emergency care professionals and students. Media are invited to attend. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia. Through November 5. For more information and registration materials, please call the ACLM at 1-800- 433-9137. Tuesday, November 8 o "Improving the Management of Scientific Information," 10 a.m. to noon for Macintosh users, 1 to 3 p.m. for IBM users, 200B Scott. Preregistration is required. Call 6391. o Physiology seminar, Gary J. Grover, PhD, head of pharmacology, Bristol- Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, "Anti-Ischemic Action of Potassium Channel Openers," 3:30 p.m., 427 JAH. Friday, November 4, o Continuing Medical Education, Jefferson Medical College and Children's Rehabilitation Hospital present, "Risk for Failure in the School Setting: A Rehabilitation Perspective," the 40th Annual Children's Rehabilitation Hospital Institute on Physically Handicapped and Chronically Ill Children. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., TheDavis W. Gregg Conference Center, The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, from Jefferson Medical College designates this continuing medical education activity for 5 credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. To register, contact continuing medical education at 955-6992. Saturday, November 12 o The Third Annual Controversies in Ambulatory Care Medicine, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB. For more information, call 6992. Tuesday, November 15 o Physiology seminar, Richard Horn, PhD, professor, department of physiology, JMC, "The Dance Between Activation and Inactivation in Sodium Channels," 3:30 p.m., 427 JAH. Saturday, November 19 o Continuing Medical Education, Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Ford Road Campus present, "Respiratory Problems in the Young and Old," the Fourth Annual Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Ford Road Campus Symposium. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., TJUH - Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford Road, Philadelphia, PA. Jefferson Medical College designates this continuing medical education activity for 5.5 credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. To register, contact continuing medical education at 955-6992. GRAND ROUNDS ------------ Wednesday, October 26 o Psychiatry, David F. Dinges, PhD, associate professor of psychology in psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, co-director, unit of experimental psychiatry, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, and Martin T. Orne, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, director, unit for experimental psychiatry, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, "The Unwitting Induction of Confabulation," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, October 27 o Orthopaedic Surgery, T. Allardyce and Eric Hume, MD, "Femoral Shaft Fractures," 7 p.m., DePalma. Tuesday, November 1 o Radiology, 5 to 6 p.m., 780L Main. Wednesday, November 2 o Psychiatry, Eric Hollander, MD, vice-chairman, psychiatry, director, clinical psychopharmacology, associate professor of psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "New Developments in Compulsivity and Impulsivity," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, November 3 o Orthopaedic Surgery, M. Puniak, MD; M. Ciccotti, MD, "Ankle Fractures," 7 p.m., DePalma. Wednesday, November 9 o Psychiatry, Matthew Menza, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, "Psychiatric Aspects of Parkinson's Disease," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma. Thursday, November 10 o Orthopaedic Surgery, M. Ramsey, MD; J. Fenlin, MD, "Shoulder Arthroplasty," 7 p.m., DePalma. Tuesday, November 15 o Radiology, Richard Daffner, MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 5 to 6 p.m. 780L Main. Noon also. Thursday, November 17 o Jefferson Orthopaedic Society meeting. MEETINGS -------- Wednesday, October 26 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. Also November 2, 9 and 16. Thursday, October 27 o JMC Alumni Association Executive Committee, 5:30 p.m., reception, 6:15 p.m., dinner, 7:30 p.m., meeting, JAH. For more information, call Malcolm Clendenin at 7920. Wednesday, November 2 o Commons board, 5 to 6 p.m., 139 JAH. Tuesday, November 3 o JMC professorial and general faculty meeting, 3:30 to 5 p.m., McClellan Hall. o Board of Governors', Volunteer Faculty Association, 6 p.m., Faculty Club lounge, JAH. Monday, November 7 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, November 8 o JMC Executive council, 2 to 3:30 p.m., 218 Curtis. Monday, November 14 o Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, 5 p.m., 6 Scott NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ------------------------ Monday, October 31 o 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Also November 14 and 21. Monday, November 7 o Nursing program, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion. Saturday, November 19 o 9 a.m. to noon, 231 Martin. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ------------------ Wednesday, October 26 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 November 2, 9 and 16. SPECIAL EVENTS -------------- Wednesday, October 26 o Jefferson Talent Show, noon to 1 p.m., JAH Cafeteria. For more information, call 7743. SYMPOSIUM --------- Friday, October 28 o Second Annual Dermatopathology Symposium, A. Bernard Ackerman, MD, "Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases: An Algorithmic Method Based Upon Pattern Analysis," continues through October 30. To register and for more information, call Monika Maul at 6123. SUPPORT GROUPS -------------- Tuesday, November 1 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, November 3 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. Also November 17. Monday, November 7 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. Thursday, November 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. For information or to register, call 928-3084. WOMEN'S BOARD ACTIVITIES ------------------------ Tuesday, November 15 o Executive Committee, 10:30 a.m., 636 Scott. WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES --------------------- Friday, October 25 o Academic Information Services and Research Information and Knowledge Management Workshop (AIW), "Literature Searching on JEFFLINE: The Core Databases," 9:30 to 11 a.m. "Tools for Finding Information on the Internet," 10 a.m. to noon, 311 JAH. For registration and location information, call 6319. Also November 18. o Academic Information Services and Research Information and Knowledge Management Workshop (AIW), "Focus on Science Citation Index and Current Contents," 1 to 2:30 p.m. "Introduction to Scott Library and Brief JEFFLINE Overview," 3 to 4:30 p.m. For registration and location information, call 6319. Tuesday, November 1 o Free introductory session for the Smoke Stoppers program, noon 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. Also November 2. Friday, November 8 o Academic Information Services and Research Information and Knowledge Management Workshop (AIW), "Organizing Article Collections with Bibliographic Management Software," 10 a.m. to noon, 311 JAH. For registration information, call 6319. Friday, November 15 o Academic Information Services and Research Information and Knowledge Management Workshop (AIW), "Overview of Internet Information Tools," 10 a.m. to noon, 311 JAH. For registration information, call 6319. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information provided by: Editor, JeffNEWS (215) 955-6204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------