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.
JANUARY 1 - 31 is March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention, National Eye Care, National Glaucoma Awareness, National Thyroid Awareness, National Volunteer Blood Donor month.
JANUARY 1 is New Year’s day.
JANUARY 9 - 15 is National Nurse Anesthetists week.
JANUARY 16 - 22 is Healthy Weight week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, January 11
• 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.
• Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Robert S. Sterling, PhD, Research Associate Professor
of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinical Coordinator, Thomas Jefferson University Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Program, “Gateway Drugs and Adolescent Substance Misuse, “ noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Wednesday, January 12
• Jefferson Community Violence Prevention Partnership, will present Patrick McManus, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, “Urban Youth,"
1 to 3 p.m., 407 JAH.
Thursday, January 13
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Laura Grabel, PhD, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Wesleyan University, “The Role of Indian Hedgehog in Early Mouse Development,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Thursday, January 20
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Jonathan W. Yewdell, MD, Viral Diseases National Institute of Health, “Searching for Sources of MHC-Class I Peptide Ligands: Adventures in Cell Biology, “ noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Tuesday, January 25
• Physiology, John H. Klement, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, “Molecular Analysis of Epidermolysis Bullosa and Dermatitis in Transgenic Mice, “ noon, 427
JAH.
Thursday, January 27
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Hugh Brock, PhD, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, title to be announced, noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
LECTURES
Monday, January 3
• HIV Caregivers, Lewis Rose, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, “Cancers Found in the HIV/AIDS Population, “ 8 a.m., 9330 Gibbon.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, January 4
• Pediatrics, Jon Sabbitini, PhD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, “Adult Literacy and Its Impact on Children in the 21st Century,”
8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, January 5
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Charles Intenzo, MD, Nuclear Medicine, JMC, “The Management of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Nicholas Abidi, MD, Chief, Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery, Rothman Institute; Homyar Karanja, DPM, Director, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Rothman Institute, “Common Foot and Ankle Problems,”
8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mark S. Kramer, MD, PhD, Senior Director, Clinical Neuroscience, Merck Research Laboratory; Clinical Associate Professor , “Substance P. Antagonists: A Truly Novel Approach to Antidepressant Therapy,” 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, January 6
• Medicine, David Lang, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Critical Care, Pulmonary, Allergic and Immunologic Diseases, “Breathless in Philadelphia: The Epidemiology of Urban Asthma, “ 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
Tuesday, January 11
• Pediatrics, Alan Arbeter, MD, Chairman, Albert Einstein Medical Center, topic to be announced,
8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, January 12
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Fadlo Khuri, MD, Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Cener, “Head and Neck Chemotherapy, “ 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Liz Durkin, MD, Third-Year Resident, “Medical and Surgical Management of Adult Obesity,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Frederick C, Miller, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, Faculty, Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis, “The Use of the Movie ‘Ordinary People’ to Teach Psychotherapy with Adolescents,” 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, January 13
• Medicine, medical staff meeting.
Tuesday, January 18
• Pediatrics, Balu Athreya, MD, Department of Rheumatology, duPont Hospital for Children “Disease, Illness and Predicament,” 8 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Wednesday, January 19
• Kimmel Cancer Center, David Henry, MD, Medical Oncology, Pennsylvania Hospital, “Kaposi Sarcoma,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Simon Mills, Director, “Centre for Complementary Health Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, “Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Charles B. Nerneroff, MD, PhD, Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, “The HPA Axis and the Pathophysiology of Depression: The Role of Early Adverse Experience, “ 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, January 20
Medicine, Richard J. Schwab, MD, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, “Overview of Sleep Disorders,” 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
Tuesday, January 25
• Pediatrics, staff meeting.
Wednesday, January 26
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Elisabeth Kunkel, MD, Psychiatry, JCM, “Recognition and Management of Depression in Patients Being Treated for Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dwight L. Evans, MD, Ruth Meltzer, Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Neuroscience; and Chairman, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, “Stress, Depression and Medical Illness, “ 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, January 27
Medicine, Andrew Peter Selwyn, MD, Professor, Harvard Medical School, “Treat to Target: A Critical Goal?” 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
MEETING
Tuesday, January 4
• JMC Executive Committee, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis
Thursday, January 20
• JMC Professorial Faculty, 5 p.m., McClellan Hall
Thursday, January 27
• JMC Alumni Executive Committee, 6 p.m., JAH
Monday, January 31
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Board, 9:30 to 11 a.m., 101 BLSB. (February meeting).
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, January 5
• TJU Choir rehearsal, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall. Also Wednesdays, Jan. 12, 19 and 26.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, January 5
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, January 12, 19 and 26.
Thursday, January 6
• Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Service, noon, Chapel, 9 Gibbon. Anyone from any faith is welcome. During brief service silent prayer is offered from requests that are written in books placed in the Chapel, Bodine Cancer Center and several other places in the hospital. Also Thursdays, January 13, 20 and 27.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Jefferson Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. To set up your consultation appointment, caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084.
• Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania (EFSEPA), Epilepsy Support Group for Women, Joyce D. Liporace, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, and Lisa Pfeifer, Clinical Coordinator for Penn Epilepsy Center at University of Pennsylvania, Co-facilitators, Tuesdays, January 25, April 25 and July 25. Contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
Wednesday, January 5
• 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, January 6
• 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, January 20.
Monday, January 10
• Patients and employees wishing to learn about in vitro fertilization (IVF) and related assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can attend free evening seminars held regularly from 7 to 9 p.m., JAH. RSVP 215-922-3173. Also Tuesday, January 18, 5217 Militia Hill Road , Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. RSVP 610-834-1140.
Wednesday, January 12
• The Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Blaine Cloud, PhD, Neuropsychologist, and Laurie M. Ryan, PhD, Neuropsychologist, are co-facilitators, the support group is held the second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 4130 Gibbon. Call Michele at 5-1111.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is held the second and last Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Also Wednesday, January 26. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Saturday, January 15
• Sarcoidosis, Harold L. Israel, MD, Sarcoidosis and Other Granlomatous Diseases is held once every month on a Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m., Boardroom, TJUH - Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford Road. Call Rhea Gaines at 5-5161 for information.
Wednesday, January 19
• 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, Leonard G. Gomella, MD, Director of Urologic Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center; Bernard W. Godwin Jr., Associate Professor of Prostate Cancer, “Treatment Options for the Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patient,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH. For information, call 5-8370.
Thursday, January 20
• 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.
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