JeffNEWS Online - September 2000

September 2000
Thomas J. Lewis Announces Hospital Organizational Changes Citing his need to focus less on daily operations and more on strategic development related to the significant growth of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals over the past five years, and its relationships with the Jefferson Health System and Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas J. Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer, has announced several key changes in the hospitals' leadership organization. full story... Make September 21 Your United Way 'Day of Caring' This year, Jefferson's United Way "Day of Caring" again presents six options for Jeffersonians to participate in as volunteers. Full story... Run, Walk, Volunteer for Distance Run Counting down to the 2000 Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Distance Run, Sunday, September 17, at 8 a.m., there's still time to: • Register for the Distance Run. • Register for the new Three-Mile Walk for Health, expected to be a popular added event. • Volunteer to help with either the Run or the Walk.
Genetic Marker Finding May Help Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence Researchers at Jefferson Medical College (JMC) have found a biological marker that may help predict the return of breast cancer in some women. Full story...	Jefferson Medical College Alumnus Creates Robert E. Karns, MD, Research Fund for Radiology Robert E. Karns, MD, JMC '50, capped a half-century of support of Jefferson by giving $100,000 at his 50th reunion to establish the Robert E. Karns, MD, Research Fund for Radiology, the largest endowed fund in the Department of Radiology. Full story...
Mutations Identified in Gene Causing Skin Disease, Blindness, Early Heart Attacks Dermatologists and molecular geneticists at Jefferson Medical College (JMC) have, for the first time, identified specific gene mutations in families with an inherited, connective tissue disorder that sometimes can lead to blindness and early heart attacks. The disorder is called pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). full story... James D. Plumb, MD, Receives 1999 Humanism in Medicine Award from AAMC, Pfizer James D. Plumb, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College (JMC), has been recognized as one of 44 physicians nationwide selected by medical students for the 1999 AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award. full story... Salvation Army Honors Students' Volunteer Efforts Jeff HOPE's largest site is at the Salvation Army's Gateway Service Center. Now the Salvation Army has recognized Jeff HOPE, as well as the Hands of Hope Physical Therapy Clinic and Ways and Means Occupational Therapy Clinic, with an award of their own. full story... Compliance Corner - Documentation full story...
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