Jeffersonians in the News

Recent Print Coverage

• A study by Peter Sharkey, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, on the ineffectiveness of wrist guards for preventing rollerblade injuries, was featured in La Opinion, a Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles, Ca. (circulation 109,558).
  
  
• David Levin, MD, chairman of the department of radiology, was interviewed for a December 1 United Press International (UPI) story on the potentially dangerous consequences of having untrained staff do X-rays in private offices. UPI is an international news wire service that is used by hundreds of newspapers around the world.
  
  
• On November 15, The Philadelphia Inquirer covered a Jefferson Medical College study, led by Stephen A. Feig, MD, of the department of radiology, finding that mammograms are cost effective and save lives among women in their 40s (circulation 504,903). This study was also featured in the Houston Chronicle (circulation 416,004) and The Philadelphia Tribune (circulation 111,000).
  
  
• The December issue of Philadelphia magazine featured Geno Merli, MD, chairman of the department of internal medicine, in an advice column/cartoon explaining why we get colds and flus when it is cold outside (circulation 149,809).
  
  
• Ed Barr, support services manager in the department of environmental services and Jefferson's recycling coordinator was quoted in the December 8 issue of The Philadelphia Business Journal on the benefits of hospital recycling (circulation 20,000).

Recent Television Coverage:

• Michael Savage, MD, director of Jefferson's cardiac catheterization laboratory and associate professor of medicine, published a study in the journal Circulation with fellow Jefferson researchers on the beneficial effects of aspirin after coronary angioplasty. Dr. Savage was interviewed about the study on December 1 by Channel 10 and Channel 29.
  
  
• On December12, Victor Ho, MD, of Jefferson's emergency department, was interviewed by Channel 6 on the dangers of frostbite.
  
  
• On December 8, ninth grade students from Downingtown school district delivered hug pillows to kidney and liver transplant patients at Jefferson. The story was covered by Channel 6.
  
  
• John Moore, MD, as part of Operation Smile and its work with local children, rebuilt the left ear of a 13-year-old. The story appeared on the Fox Channel 29 news on December 1.
  
  
• Channel 10 news on November 21 featured an interview with patient Becky Hauser, who suffered a cardiac arrest, was given CPR by a co-worker and was revived at Jefferson in time for Thanksgiving. This story also appeared in The Philadelphia Daily News on November 22.
  
  
• Channel 6 announced December 1 that Jefferson is taking part in nationwide test for a new drug to prevent the complications of diabetes.
  
  
• Craig Winkel, MD, chairman of the department of reproductive endocrinology, appeared on Channel 10 news on December 6 to comment on a national study concerning the timing of intercourse and fertility. Dr. Winkel cautioned against douching to influence the sex of one's baby. The piece was rebroadcast on December 7.
  
  
• Does television reflect reality was the question posed by Channel 10's "Time Out" program to Joseph Zeccardi, MD, chairman of the department of emergency medicine, and emergency department nurses Maryann Bisula, RN and Randy Horness, RN, who discussed whether the program "ER" is true to life on November 18. · Jefferson's Atrium cafeteria was the location for Channel 10's early morning news feature, the Coffee Camera, on November 22. Sous chef P. Martin Frazier was interviewed on what it's like to prepare holiday meals for hundreds of patients.

Watch For . . .

Jefferson Health System partners are pleased to co-sponsor "Health Matters," a new medical news and information television series on KYW-TV, Channel 3. If you'll tune in Channel 3 on Sundays at 12:30 p.m., our specialists will fill you in on the latest medical treatments and offer tips on the following topics:

January 7
Lasers and Skin
Eric F. Bernstein, MD, Dermatology.

January 14
Miracle Babies
Alan R. Spitzer, MD, Chairman of Pediatrics, Director, Division of Neonatology.

January 20*
Breast Self Exam
Emily F. Conant, MD, Radiology.

January 27*
Varicose Veins
R.A. Carabasi, MD.

*These episodes will appear on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Program times and dates are subject to change without notice. To avoid missing topics of interest to you, please check your local TV listings.