Jeffersonians in the News

Recent Print Coverage

• Efforts by oncologist, David Berd, MD, and other Jefferson cancer researchers to develop cancer vaccines were reported in the Sunday Edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer (circulation 997,587) on April 28.
  
  
• Sleep disorders specialist, Sharon Schutte, MD, commented on the impact female hormones have on sleep cycles in the April issue of Self magazine (circulation 1,229,791).
  
  
• Gynecological oncologist Charles J. Dunton, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, appeared on emphasized the importance of receiving routine Pap smears in the Philadelphia Inquirer (circulation 504,903) on April 1.
  
  
• Evan Frank, MD, director, Pain Therapy Services, explained how chronic pain sufferers will benefit from the "intraspinal infusion system," a new pain medication treatment program, in the April issue of Mature Outlook magazine (circulation 940,000).
  
  
• James Fish, MD, director, division of pulmonary medicine and critical care, reacted to new asthma medications designed to act against an underlying cause of the disease in the Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) (circulation 749,547) on April 5.

Recent Television and Radio Coverage

• Eric Bernstein, MD, assistant professor of dermatology, demonstrated how spider veins can be removed without injections by using a pulse laser for WCAU (Ch. 10) on April 10.
  
  
• Charles Dunton, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, appeared on FOX (Ch. 29) on April 8 to comment on the finding that increased utilization of the pap test can save more women from dying of cervical cancer.
  
  
• The Inquirer News Tonight (Ch. 17) featured the dedication of a mosaic on the importance of organ donation created by children from the General George B. Mead School. The children originally presented the mosaic to Jefferson during National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week to recognize the hospital's transplant program, after which the mosaic was permanently installed at the Cecil B. Moore Septa Station.
  
  
• Emergency department physician Alan Forstater, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery, discussed how to prevent frostbite and hypothermia on the national cable station America's Talking on April 5.
  
  
• News reports on how researchers from the Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center have found that an abnormal FHIT gene may contribute to lung cancer appeared nationwide throughout April. Among the stations that aired news of the finding or interviews with Robert Comis, MD, The Ludwig A. Kind Professor of Medicine, director of the division of neoplastic diseases, professor of microbiology and immunology, and Carlo M. Croce, MD, director, Kimmel Cancer Center, professor and chairman, department of microbiology and immunology, were WHTM-TV (ABC in Harrisburg), WPBF-TV (ABC in West Palm Beach), WTNH-TV (ABC in New Haven),WCCO-TV (CBS in Minneapolis/St. Paul), WTSP-TV (CBS in Tampa), WAGA-TV (Fox in Atlanta), KSAZ-TV (Fox in Phoenix), WJBK-TV (Fox in Detroit), WJAR-TV (NBC in Providence), WLWT-TV (NBC in Providence), KCET-TV (PBS in Los Angeles) and CLTV-TV (a cable station in Chicago). In addition, reports of the research aired on radio stations throughout the country, including KGO-AM (ABC radio in San Francisco), KSDO-AM (ABC radio in San Diego), KNX-AM (CBS radio in Los Angeles), KLIF-AM (NBC radio in Dallas) and locally on WHYY-FM.
  
  
• Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, professor of medicine, director of clinical services, division of gastroenterology and hepatology, appeared on WRC-TV (NBC in Washington, DC) on April 16 to comment on two drugs recently approved by the FDA to cure ulcers. Dr. Edmundowicz also discussed this topic on WCAU (Ch. 10) on April 16 and 17.
  
  
• An interview with Mitchell J. M. Cohen, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, on effectively communicating with patients about difficult emotional issues such as death, aired on WCAU (Ch 10) on April 18. Also, first-year medical student Anand Germanwala appeared on WCAU on April 20 in a related story about how medical students now are trained to deal with death and dying issues.
  
  
• Darwin Prockop, MD, PhD, professor and chairman of biochemistry and molecular biology, director of the institute of molecular medicine, professor of medicine, appeared on WCAU (Ch. 10) on April 18 and 21 to discuss new discoveries in genetic research, particularly his work in the discovery of the gene that causes brittle bone disease.
  
  
• April 25 was National Take Our Daughters to Work Day and KYW (Ch. 3) featured a group of Jefferson daughters learning the ropes at their parents' workplace on their noon, evening and late night newscasts. WPVI (Ch. 6) and The Inquirer News Tonight (Ch. 17) also covered various work-related activities for the daughters of employees at Jefferson.
  
  
• John H. Moore Jr., MD, clinical associate professor of surgery, appeared on WCAU (Ch. 10) on April 22 and 23 to discuss miniliposuction, a procedure which can be done in an hour because the liposuction is done for a small area. Dr. Moore also discussed the procedure on KYW News Radio on April 3.

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:

June 2
Breast-Feeding
Joan U. Bretschneider, PhD, RN
Nursing Service

June 9
Colorectal Cancer: Taking Away the Fear
Robert D. Fry, MD
Surgery/Colon and Rectal Surgery

June 16
Kids and Immunizations
George P. Valko, MD
Family Medicine

June 23
Implants: The Safety Story
James W. Fox, MD
Surgery

June 30
Hypertension: The Silent Killer
Marc L. Schwartz, MD
Medicine/Cardiology

July 7
Pregnancy Problems
David Goodner, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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