November 2000

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.

NOVEMBER 1 - 30 is American Diabetes, Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness, Epilepsy Awareness, International Impotence Education, National Alzheimer's Disease, National Home Care and National Hospice month.

NOVEMBER 5 - 11 is Health Information and Technology, National Diabetes Education, National Radiologic Technology week.

NOVEMBER 12 - 18 is Bladder Health and Operating Room Nurse week.

NOVEMBER 16 is Great American Smokeout day.

NOVEMBER 23 is Thanksgiving Day (Official University Holiday).

BROWN BAG LUNCHES

Tuesday, November 14

• 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, Reverend Art Gilbert, Chaplain, Wissahickon Hospice, "Spiritual Aspects of Death and Dying," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Thursday, November 2

• Kimmel Cancer Center, no seminar scheduled.

Friday, November 3

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Research in Progress, noon, 107 BLSB.

• Women's Health Source, Frances R. Batzer, MD, Asthma Center, "Perimenopause: Hot or Not?" noon to 1 p.m., 1990 Gibbon.

Monday, November 6

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Bice Perssia, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

Friday, November 10

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Research in Progress, noon, 107 BLSB.

Monday, November 13

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Bruce Turner, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

Thursday, November 16

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Nikki Holbrook, PhD, National Institute on Aging, noon, 105 BLSB.

Friday, November 17

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Research in Progress, noon, 107 BLSB.

Monday, November 20

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

Friday, November 24

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Research in Progress, noon, 107 BLSB.

Monday, November 27

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Phil Wedegaertner, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Translational Opportunities, "Breast Cancer,² 101 BLSB.

Thursday, November 30

• Kimmel Cancer Center, no seminar scheduled.

• Diabetes Month — Health Works, "Portion Puzzles," noon to 1 p.m., Women's Health Source, 1st floor Gibbon.

LECTURES

Thursday, November 9

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Annual Weinhouse Lecture, James Darnell, Jr., MD, Vincent Astor Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, "The Stats: Transcriptional Control and Biologic Impact," 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.

GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, November 1

• Kimmel Cancer Center, speaker and topic to be announced, 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Family Medicine, Netra Thakur, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, "Alternative Treatment Options: A Review of the Evidence," 8 to 9 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Scott P. Bartlett, MD, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Director, Craniofacial Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Craniosynostosis Versus Positional Plagiocephaly (Fetal Molding)," 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Jeff Hyams, MD, Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, "Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mark L. Dembert, MD, MPH, CGP, Captain, US Navy Medical Corps, Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, "Psychiatric Illness in the Therapist," 10:30 to noon, DePalma Aud.

Thursday, November 2

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

Wednesday, November 8

• Kimmel Cancer Center, J. Tate Thigpen, MD, Medical Oncology, University of Mississippi, "Management of Ovarian Cancer," 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, Marie Stuart, MD, Professor, JMC, Director, NIH Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, "Hydroxyurea: Modes of Action in Sickle Cell Disease," 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Dan Doyle, MD, Attending, Division of Endocrinology, "Rickets — The Old and The New," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.

• Family Medicine, no conference.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, M. Philip Luber, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Psychiatric Interventions in Oncology: What Are the Active Ingredients?" 10:30 to noon, DePalma Aud.

Thursday, November 9

• Internal Medicine, Bernard Segal, MD, Professor of Medicine, "The Physical Diagnosis of Cardiac Disease," 8 a.m., DePalma Aud.

Wednesday, November 15

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Tanya Humphries, MD, Dermatologic Surgery, JMC, "MOHS Micrographic Surgery for the Management of Cutaneous Malignancies," 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, Paula Braverman, MD, Associate Professor, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, MCP-Hahneman University, Chief, Section of Adolescent Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, "Menstrual Disorders," 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Scott Penfil, MD, Associate Professor, JMC, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, duPont, "Pediatric Emergencies in the Outpatient Setting," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children and 105-107 BLSB.

• Family Medicine, Joel Edman, DSc, FACN, Clinical Nutritionist, Department of Integrative Medicine, "Nutritional Therapy of Syndrome X," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Reuben E. Kron, MD, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Biopolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder: Two Sides of the Same Coin?" 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma.

Thursday, November 16

• Internal Medicine, Judah Folkman, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical College, "Angiogenesis — Dependent Disease," 8 a.m., DePalma.

• Rehfuss Lecture, Judah Folkman, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical College, "The Discovery of Angiogenesis Inhibitors — A New Class of Drugs," 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.

Wednesday, November 22

• Kimmel Cancer Center, William Keane, MD, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Pediatrics, departmental staff meeting, 8 a.m., 105-107 BLSB.

• Pediatrics, Simon Horslens, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hepatology, Department of Surgery/Transplantation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, "Pediatric GI Multi-Organ Transplantation — Focusing on Intestinal Transplantation," 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.

• Pediatrics, Departmental Staff Meeting.

• Family Medicine, Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, "Physical Exam in the Asymptomatic Patient,"² 8 to 9 a.m., 307 JAH.

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, no scheduled grand rounds.

Thursday, November 23

• Internal Medicine, no grand rounds.

Wednesday, November 29

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Greg Wiseman, MD, Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic-Rochester, MN, "Innovative Management of Metastatic Bone Pain," 8 a.m., G-312 Bodine.

• Family Medicine, Mira Sinha, MD, Third-Year Resident, "Polycystic Ovarian Disease: New Ideas and Understandings," 8 to 9 a.m., 307 JAH.

• Pediatrics, Naomi Luban, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC, "Transfusion Risks — Is There A Zero Risk Blood Supply?" 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children and 105-107 BLSB. (Video teleconference from duPont Hospital for Children.)

• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinical Presentation, 10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma Aud.

Thursday, November 30

• Internal Medicine, Allan Erslev, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 8 a.m., DePalma Aud.

MEETINGS

Tuesday, November 7

• JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.

Tuesday, November 21

• Women's Board, Executive Committee meeting, 10:30 a.m., 636 Scott.

WORKSHOP

Thursday, November 30

• Departments of Nursing, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine, Curt Weldon, U.S. Representative, "Domestic Terrorism 2000," Holiday Inn, 13th and Walnut Streets. Also Friday, December 1. For information, call Arthur D. Blackshaw Jr., CRNA, Content Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology, at 215-955-6161 or Linda Wilson, RN, MSN, PhD, Program Coordinator at 215-955-8215.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday, November 1

• TJU Choir rehearsal, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall. Also November 8, 15, 22 and 29.

Tuesday, November 7

• Diabetes Month — HealthWorks, free diabetes screening, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Atrium, 11th Street side.

Wednesday, November 8

• Diabetes Month — HealthWorks, Kathleen McDonald, MSN, CRNP, CDE, Diabetes Editor, "Meters and Monitoring," noon to 1:30 p.m., Women's Health Source. Light refreshments will be served. Call 1-888-WELL123 to register, space is limited.

Thursday, November 16

• Women's Board, Burt-Melville Department, book sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Atrium, 11th Street. Also Friday, Nov. 17.

Wednesday, November 15

• Diabetes Month — HealthWorks, free diabetes screening, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Atrium, 11th Street side.

Saturday, November 25

• Ford Road Campus, come start the Holiday season with a bus tour to Lancaster, PA. See the Sight and Sound "Miracle of Christmas" show, stopping at Kitchen Kettle Village followed by the show at 1 p.m., and dinner at Good and Plenty, returning home at 7 p.m. Tickets $83. Call Michele at 215-578-3500 or Diana at 3-6850.

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT

Friday, December 8

The 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.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Wednesday, November 1

• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, November 8, 15, 22 and 29.

Thursday, November 2

• 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, November 9, 16, 23 and 30.

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, November 1

• 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., 5217 Militia Hill Road, Plymouth Meeting, RSVP 610-834-1140, ext. 326.

Thursday, November 2

• Breast Cancer group, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370. Also Thursday, November 16.

Tuesday, November 7

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

Wednesday, November 8

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Also Wednesday, November 29. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.

Tuesday, November 14

• 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, November 15

• Kimmel Cancer Center, Man-to-Man, a prostate cancer self-help and networking group, co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Irvin Hirsch, MD, Urology, "Alternative Medicine and Prostate Cancer." 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, November 16

• 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.

Thursday, November 23

• 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.

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