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Calendar
Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 5-7791 to schedule appointment if you are eligible and willing to give blood.
AUGUST 1 - 31 is Cataract Awareness and National
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness month.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, August 8
• Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members
of the Jefferson community, noon, room 202, 1015 Chestnut. Call Naomi
at 5-2578.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Thursday, August 24
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, August 2
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Lydia Komarnicky, MD, Radiation Oncology,
JMC, "Hyperthermia for Survival Benefit in the Local Management
of Advanced Malignancy," 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Robert Brent, MD, Distinguished Professor,
Emeritus, Jefferson Medical College, Research, duPont Hospital for Children,
"Physician as a Defendant in Malpractice Litigation: Do's and Don'ts,"
8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, no grand rounds.
Wednesday, August 9
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Michael Dabrow, DO, Medical Oncology, JMC,
"Breast Cancer Risk Counseling: The Current Standard of Care,"
8 a.m., G312 Bodine
• Pediatrics, Michael E. Trigg, MD, Professor, JMC,
Section Chief, Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, duPont
Hospital for Children, "Placental Blood - Gift of Life or a Security
Blanket?" 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
Wednesday, August 16
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Maria Werner-Wasik, MD, Radiation Oncology,
"Secondary Malignancies After Treatment for Hodgkin's Disease,"
8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Dennis R. Ownby, MD, Professor, Medical
College of Georgia, Section of Allergy/Immunology, "Newly Identified
Factors Leading to Development of Asthma and Criteria for Diagnosis
of Asthma," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
Wednesday, August 23
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Rita Axelrod, MD, Medical Oncology, JMC,
"Combined Modality Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer," 8
a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Maura McManus, MD, Clinical Assistant,
Professor, JMC, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, "Current Therapy
of Spasticity in Children," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
Wednesday, August 30
• Kimmel Cancer Center, John H. Moore, MD, Plastic Surgery, JMC,
"Reconstructive Surgery for Breast Cancer," 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Steven McKenzie, MD, PhD, Associate
Professor, JMC, Research, duPont Hospital for Children, "Functional
Genomics of Blood Cell and Cancer Development," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont
Hospital for Children.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, August 2
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302
MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, August
9, 16, 23 and 30.
Thursday, August 3
• Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Service, noon, Chapel, 9 Gibbon. Anyone
from any faith is welcome. During brief service silent prayer is offered
from requests written in books placed in the Chapel, Bodine Cancer Center
and several other hospital areas. Also Thursdays, August 10, 17, 24
and 31.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Jefferson
Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. For consultation appointment,
caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084.
Wednesday, August 2
• Jefferson Headache, a patient-led group open to anyone with chronic
headache pain, is held the first Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m.,
Jefferson Headache Center, 8130 Gibbon. Call Mary Ellen Crowley at 215-247-0855.
Thursday, August 3
• Breast Cancer group, held the first and third Thursday of every month,
5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370. Also
Thursday, August 17.
Tuesday, August 8
• The Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center holds a support group the
second Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 4130 Gibbon, David
S. Glosser, ScD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director, Neurobehavorial
Psychology and James Loughead, Neuropsychology Intern. Call Paulette
at 5-1111.
Wednesday, August 9
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group is held the second and last
Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room,
Gibbon. Also Wednesday, August 30. Free parking or bus tokens. Call
5-1400.
Wednesday, August 16
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Man-to-Man, a prostate cancer self-help and networking
group, co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will be held the
third Wednesday of every month. Each month a guest lecturer will speak
on an issue related to prostate cancer, 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH. Call
5-8370.
Thursday, August 17
• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, held the third Thursday of
every month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call
Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.
• Strength for Caring, a program for those caring for someone
with cancer is held the fourth Thursday of every month from noon to
4 p.m., G-312 Bodine. Call 5-8370.
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