Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE:
APRIL 1 - 30 is National Occupational Therapy, National Alcohol Awareness, Child Abuse, Sports Eye Safety month.
APRIL 2 - 6 National Birth Center, Healthcare Access Personnel, Public Health week.
APRIL 6 is World Health Day.
APRIL 13 - 19 is National Library; National Medical Laboratory week.
APRIL 20 - 26 is National Infant Immunization, National Volunteer, and National Organ Donor and Tissue Donor Awareness week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, April 8
* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
Tuesday, April 15
* Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Judith Porter, PhD, Professor, Department Chair of Sociology, Bryn Mawr College, "The Relationship: Crack Cocaine & HIV," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
Friday, April 18
AISR's JEFFLINE Internet Forum, brown bag lunch group with free soft drinks, third Friday of every month, 12 to 1 p.m., Solis-Cohen Auditorium, JAH. Find topic and location through Web page http://jeffline.tju.edu/ or call 3-4965.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Tuesday, April 1
* Physiology, no seminar - FASEB Poster Review.
Thursday, April 3
* Family Medicine, Sharon Rabinovitz, MD, Resident, Third Year, "ICU in Review: Shock and Its Management," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Hospital Service Review, Drs. Wender, Arenson, Sifri, Perkel, Cheng and Richardson,"10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Susan Parks, MD, Resident, Third Year, "Helping Our Patients Through Pregnancy Loss," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, April 8
* Quality Management Department, "Communication and Documentation Issues Across The Continuum of Care," 1 to 2:30 p.m., 107 BLSB.
Thursday, April 10
* Family Medicine, PRECEPTORSHIP WORKSHOP, "Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician: 1997," 7:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. You must register with Joanne Gotto at 955-0639. (Registration will be limited.)
Tuesday, April 15
* Physiology, Claire Townsend, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, "Modulation of Na+Channel Gating By Extracellular Cations," noon, 427 JAH.
Thursday, April 17
* Family Medicine, Richard Isenberg, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn, JMC, "Evaluation of the Incontinent Woman," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Donald Jungkind, MD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Director, Microbiology Laboratory, "Molecular Methods for the Diagnosis Of Infectious Disease," 10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Karen Glaser, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, "Saying Good-bye to Patients," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, April 22
* Physiology, Joy Mulholland, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn, "The Role of HB-EGF in the Differentiation of the Rat Uterus," noon, 427 JAH.
Wednesday, April 23
* Pre-conference Workshops for "Re-engineering Healthcare Education," 12th annual Computers in Healthcare Education Symposium co-sponsored by AISR's Office of Academic Computing and Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (HSLC), JAH, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To register, call 3-4965, or on-site 8 a.m. (See April 24.)
Thursday, April 24
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BlSB.
* "Re-engineering Healthcare Education," full
conference, JAH, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register, call
3-4965, or on-site 7:30 a.m., continues through
April 25.
* Family Medicine, "Ethical Issues in Primary Care," presented by Robert Perkel, MD, Chairman, Ethics Committee, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Shimon Waldfogel, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Stacy Meadows, Esq., Associate Counsel, Office of University Counsel, 9:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, April 29
* Physiology, P. Macke Consigny, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, "Reendothelialization of Arteries After Angioplasty," noon, 427 JAH.
LECTURES
Monday, April 7
* Surgery, Division Of Transplantation, Vincent Armenti, MD, "Acute Rejection," 3 to 4 p.m., Transplant Conference Room, 118 S. 11th St., 2nd floor.
Monday, April 14
* Surgery, Division Of Transplantation, Gary Wilson, MD, "Dialysis Access," 3 to 4 p.m., Transplant Conference Room, 118 S. 11th St., 2nd floor.
Monday, April 21
* Surgery, Division Of Transplantation, Michael Moritz, MD, "Portal Hypertension," 3 to 4 p.m., Transplant Conference Room, 118 S. 11th St., 2nd floor.
Monday, April 28
* Surgery, Division Of Transplantation, Steven Herrine, MD, "Viral Hepatitis," 3 to 4 p.m., Transplant Conference Room, 118 S. 11th St., 2nd floor.
Tuesday, April 29
* AOA/Hare Lecture, C. Everett Koop, MD, 5 to 6 p.m., Cafeteria, JAH. Call Scott Cowan at 238-8972.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, April 2
* Pediatrics, Arnold G. Coran, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Surgeon-In-Chief and Head, Section of Pediatric Surgery, CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, "Current Management of Hirschsprung's Disease," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Shimon Waldfogel, MD, Assistant Professor, JMC, "The Role of Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
* Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, John Cidlowski, PhD, Chief, Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, "Ion Flux and Cell Shrinkage in Apoptosis," 4 p.m., 207 JAH.
Thursday, April 3
* Medicine, Warren Kline Bolton, MD, Professor, Chief, Section of Nephrology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, "Renal Vasculitis," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, April 9
* Pediatrics, Joel Adelson, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, Brown University School of Medicine, Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, "Pediatric Hepatitis," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Wade H. Berrettini, MD, PhD, Professor," JMC, "Genetics of the Major Psychoses,"10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, April 10
* Medicine, Michael Savage, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology, "Advances in Transcatheter Coronary Intervention," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, April 16
* Pediatrics, Jerome O. Klein, MD, Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, "The Febrile Child," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Barry Rovner, MD, Associate Professor, JMC, Advances in Alzheimer's Disease," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
* Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, John B. Cousar Jr., MD, Professor, Vice-Chair and Director of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, "Marginal Zone Lymphomas, Facts, Opinions and Speculations," 4 p.m., 207 JAH.
Thursday, April 17
* Medicine, Christopher B. O'Brien, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, "New Treatments for Hepatitis C Infection," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, April 23
* Pediatrics, Jullie Wenthe, MSPT, Physical Therapist, duPont Hospital for Children, "Medical Management of Wounds and Decubiti," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Albert Derivan, MD, Clinical Professor, "Nuances in Child Psychopharmacology," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
* Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, John L. Farber, MD, Professor, JMC, "The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition: A Mechanism of Lethal Cell Injury in Necrosis and Apoptosis," 4 p.m., 207 JAH.
Thursday, April 24
* Medicine, Kevin Fox, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, "Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, April 30
* Pediatrics, Elias Schwartz, MD, Professor, Director, Medical Research Department, duPont Hospital for Children, "Thalassemia 1997," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lecture, "Trauma in a Nutshell: Finding it, Protecting Against It, and Treating It," Lenore Terr, MD, Clinical Professor, University of California - San Francisco," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
* Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carlo M. Croce, MD, Director, Kimmel Cancer Institute, "Genetics of Human Cancer," 4 p.m., 207 JAH.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, April 8
* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Monday, April 14
* Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, 5 p.m., board room, Scott.
Thursday, April 24
* JMC Alumni Annual Business Meeting, 6 p.m., Eakins Lounge, JAH.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, April 7
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, April 21
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, April 2
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also April 9,16, 23, 30.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, April 1
* Jefferson Talent Show, noon to 1 p.m., Cafeteria, JAH, free.
Wednesday, April 2
* Health Awareness Program and Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Present, "Eating Well with Diabetes," noon to 1 p.m., M-100, The Mezzanine, 1015 Chestnut Street. Also April 9, 16, 23, 30. Fee, $50. Discounted for Jefferson employees.
Wednesday, April 9
* Wine Tasting Workshop, conducted by Sand Castle Winery, Eakins Lounge, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Commons members and students, $7.50, other Jeffersonians and community, $15. Register in the Activities Office, Room B-100, JAH.
Friday, April 18
* Thomas Jefferson University Choir and Orchestra presents its annual Spring Concert, 8 p.m., McClellan Hall.
Wednesday, April 23
* Dessert Social featuring desserts by the Painted Parrot, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Eakins Lounge, Commons members and students, $3, other Jeffersonians and community, $5. Register in the Activities Office, room B-100, JAH.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Tuesday, April 1
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 207 College.
Thursday, April 3
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also April 17. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Monday, April 7
* Multiple Sclerosis for men and women is held the first Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9350 Gibbon. Call Leith Kelley at 5-8118.
Wednesday, April 9
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is held the second and last Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Also April 30. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Thursday, April 10
* Caregiver led by Wills Geriatric Psychiatry staff, meets the second Thursday of every month. Education and support is provided. All caregivers of older adults are invited to attend, 5:30 to 7 p.m., auditorium, Wills Eye Hospital, 900 Walnut Street. Call 928-3084.
Wednesday, April 16
* Laryngectomee is held the third Wednesday of every month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Rehabilitation Medicine, suite 9420 Gibbon, speech conference room, 9410H. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-7447.
WORKSHOP AND CLASSES
Wednesday, April 2
* AISR Workshop, "HTML New Authoring Tools." New softwares to convert text to HTML for World Wide Web pages, 10 to 11:30 a.m., 306 Scott. Call 3-6391.
Tuesday, April 8
* AISR Workshop, "7 Highly Effective Internet Habits." Netscape browser skills to save time and effort, 10 a.m. to noon, 311 JAH. Call 3-6391.
Wednesday, April 16
* AISR Workshop, "Medical Databases," OVID basic skills, 9 to 11 a.m., 200B Scott. Call 3-6391.
Saturday, April 19
* AISR Workshop, "How to Swim with Sharks on the Net." Finding information with World Wide Web search engines, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 306 Scott. Call 3-6391.
Tuesday, April 22
* AISR Workshop, "PowerPoint," presentations software, 1 to 3 p.m., 306 Scott. Call 3-6391.
Wednesday, April 23
* AISR Workshop, "Advanced HTML." Go beyond basic
HTML to learn colors, changing fonts, backgrounds and tables, 2
to 4 p..m., 306 Scott.
Call 3-6391.
Tuesday, April 29
* AISR Workshop, "Advanced MEDLINE and Evidence Based Medicine." Advanced techniques to search this medical database, 10 a.m. to noon, 311 JAH. Call 3-6391.