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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.
JULY 1 - 31 is Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness
and Refractive Disorders Awareness month.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, July 13
• 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, July 27
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
LECTURE
Friday, July 28
• Endocrinology, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Senior Scientific
Officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, "Insulin
Resistance and Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes and Managing Type
2 Diabetes in Special Populations," 1 to 2 p.m., 105 and 107, BLSB.
Register at 1-800-JEFF-NOW.
FORUM
Wednesday, July 12
• Health Policy, Jorge E. Tolosa, MD, MS, Ob/Gyn-Maternal Fetal
Medicine, "Overview of Research Initiatives in Maternal-Fetal Medicine,"
8:30 a.m., 105 Curtis.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, July 5
• Pediatrics, Balu Athreya, MD, Professor, JMC, Division of Rheumatology,
"Unusual Patterns of Fever in Children: New Insights on a Common
Problem," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, no grand rounds.
Wednesday, July 12
• Pediatrics, Patrice Hyde, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
and Dermatology, JMC, Section Chief, Division of Dermatology, duPont
Hospital for Children, "Here Comes the Sun," 8 to 9 a.m.,
duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, Richard Wender, MD, Clinical Professor and Vice
Chairman, "Cancer Screening," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, July 19
• Pediatrics,Vincent McInerney, MD, Professor and Chairman, Orthopaedics,
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, "Advances
in Sports Medicine for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients," 8 to
9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, to be announced, 8 to 9 a.m., 307 JAH.
Wednesday, July 26
• Pediatrics, William Tasman, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, JMC,
Ophthalmologist in Chief, Wills Eye Hospital, "Differential Diagnosis
and Medical Conditions in Which Dragged Retina Occurs in Infancy,"
8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, no grand rounds.
MEETINGS
Monday, July 24
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Board, 9:30 to 11
a.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Monday, July 31
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, July 5
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m.,
302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, July
12, 19 and 26.
Thursday, July 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 written in books placed in the Chapel, Bodine
Cancer Center and several other hospital areas. Also Thursdays, July
13, 20 and 27.
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.
• 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, July 25. Contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community
Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
Thursday, July 6
• 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.
• 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, July 20. Tuesday, July 11
• 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, July 12
• 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, July 26. Free parking or bus tokens. Call
5-1400.
Tuesday, July 18
• Patients and employees wishing to learn about in-vitro fertilization
(IVF) related assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can attend a
free evening seminar held at 5217 Militia Hill Road, Plymouth Meeting.
RSVP 610-834-1140. Wedneday, July 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, 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145
JAH. Call 5-8370.
Thursday, July 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.
Thursday, July 27
• 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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