December 2000

Give the Gift of Life this holiday season, traditionally a time of low blood donations and high Emergency Department utilization. Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 5-7791 to schedule an appointment if you are eligible and willing to give blood.

DECEMBER 1 is World AIDS Day.
DECEMBER 1 - 7 is Aplastic Anemia/Myelodysplastic Awareness week.
DECEMBER 21 - Hanukkah begins at sundown.
DECEMBER 25 is Christmas Day (Official University Holiday).
DECEMBER 26 - 31 Kwanzaa is celebrated.
JANUARY 1 is New Year's Day (Official University Holiday).

BROWN BAG LUNCHES

Tuesday, December 12

• Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, room 202, 1015 Chestnut Street. Call Naomi at 5-2578.

• Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Peter A. DeMaria Jr., MD, Medical Director, Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, "Benzodiazepine Abuse," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Friday, December 1

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Tad Goto Memorial Lecture, Sydney Brenner, PhD, President, Molecular Sciences Institute, "Massively Parallel DNA Analysis," noon, 101 BLSB.

Monday, December 4

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Charles M. Brenner, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, topic to be announced, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

• Family Medicine, Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation Lecture, Frank Leone, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, "Smoking in America: Treatment and Primary Prevention," 10:25 a.m. to noon, 105-107 BLSB.

Thursday, December 7

• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Terry Magnuson, PhD, Dept. of Genetics, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, "Genetic Approaches to Embryonic Patterning in the Mouse," noon, 101 BLSB.

Monday, December 11

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Emad Alenmri, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

Thursday, December 14

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Steven M. Frisch, PhD, LaJolla Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, noon, 105 BLSB.

GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, December 6

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Anne Rosenberg, MD and Jennifer Sabol, MD, Dept. of Surgery, JMC, "Pregnancy and Breast Cancer," 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, Eric N. Faerber, MD, Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Director, Dept. of Radiology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, "Pediatric Head Trauma," 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Charles McKay, MD, Assistant Professor, JMC, Pediatric Nephrologist, Director, Bone and Mineral Program, Division of Nephrology, "Molecular Biology and the Kidney 2000: A Clinician's View," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.

• Family Medicine, Timothy Leaman, MD, Third-year Resident, Family Medicine, "Promoting Adherence, Preventing Resistance: Optimizing Anti-Retroviral Therapy in HIV Infection," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Susan Ice, MD, Medical Director, The Renfrew Center, "Update on Eating Disorders," 10:30 to noon, DePalma Aud.

Thursday, December 7

• Internal Medicine, Stephen Peters, MD, PhD, Medicine/Critical Care/Pulmonary/ Allergy, "Update in Pulmonary Medicine," 8 a.m., DePalma Aud.

Wednesday, December 13

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Corey Langer, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, "Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer," 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, Sara Long, MD, Professor, MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, St. Christopher's Hospital, "Infectious Risks of Daycare," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children and 105-107 BLSB. (Video teleconference from Thomas Jefferson University.)

• Family Medicine, David Lang, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Allergy and Immunology, "Anaphylaxis: Everyone's Problem," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, John S. O'Brien II, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, JMC, "Forensic Psychiatry: Current Issues," 10:30 to noon, DePalma Aud.

Thursday, December 14

• Internal Medicine, Medical Staff meeting, 8 a.m., DePalma Aud.

Wednesday, December 20

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Parvesh Kumar, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, to be announced, 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, Departmental Staff meeting, 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, The Residency Program, "College Bowl," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children and 105-107 BLSB.

• Family Medicine, Susan Parks, MD, Instructor, "Treatment Options for Alzheimer's Disease," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Psychiatric Associates, JMC, "Clinical Presentation," 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma.

Wednesday, December 27

• Pediatrics, no grand rounds.

• Family Medicine, no conference.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, no scheduled grand rounds.

MEETINGS

Monday, December 4

• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.

Wednesday, December 6

• Kimmel Cancer Center faculty, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

Wednesday, December 20

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Medical Staff, 4 p.m., McClellan Hall.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, December 7

• Women's Board, Jewelry sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., W. Atrium, 11th Street. Also Friday, December 8.

Friday, December 8

The University Choir's 31st Fall Concert features the Christmas portion of Handel's "Messiah" as well as carols of the season, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, 17th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, PA. Free admission.

Tuesday, December 12

• Department of Nursing, Open House Program, 5 to 7 p.m., Eakins Lounge, JAH.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Wednesday, December 6

• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, December 13, 20 and 27.

Thursday, December 7

• 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, December 14, 21 and 28.

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.

Tuesday, December 5

• Lupus support and education group, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 JMC. Call Darlene Croce at 5-5826.

Wednesday, December 6

• Jefferson Headache, a patient-led group open to anyone with chronic headache pain, 7 to 9 p.m., Jefferson Headache Center, 8130 Gibbon. Call Mary Ellen Crowley at 215-247-0855.

• Patients and employees wishing to learn about in-vitro fertilization (IVF) related assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can attend a free evening seminar, 7 to 9 p.m., JAH, RSVP 215-922-3173 or 5217 Militia Hill Road, Plymouth Meeting, RSVP 610-834-1140, ext. 326.

• Breast Cancer group, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370. Also Thursday, December 21.

Tuesday, December 12

• The Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center support group, 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, December 13

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Also Wednesday, December 27. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.

Saturday, December 16

• Sarcoidosis, Harold L. Israel, MD, Sarcoidosis and other Grandulomatous diseases, 1 to 3 p.m., Boardroom, Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford Road. Call 215-578-3400.

Wednesday, December 20

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Man-to-Man, a prostate cancer self-help and networking group, co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Each month a guest lecturer speaks on an issue related to prostate cancer, 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH. Call 5-8370.

Thursday, December 21

• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.

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