Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE:
AUGUST 1 - 31 is National Pediculosis Prevention, National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awarenesss month.
AUGUST 10 - 16 is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Monday, August 4
* College of Health Professions, Admissions/General Studies brown bag lunch seminar, noon to 2 p.m., 105 BLSB. Call 3-8890.
Tuesday, August 12
* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Thursday, August 7
* Family Medicine, Leslie Muller, George Valko, MD, Amy Lambert and Alice Martin, "3rd Annual Billing and Coding Symposium," 9:15 a.m. to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, August 12
* Quality Management Department, "Assessing and Planning
Care for Your Geriatric Population," 1 to 2:30 p.m., 107
BLSB. Call
Jo-Lyn Brace, Manager, Quality Management Department, at 5-5233
with questions.
Thursday, August 14
* Family Medicine, Christopher V. Chambers, MD, Clinical
Professor, and Fellowship Director, "Sexually Transmitted
Disease I: General Approach to Diagnosis and Management,"
"Sexually Transmitted Disease II: Case Presentation and
Discussion," 9:15 to 11:10 a.m., Kenneth Certa, MD, Clinical
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Director,
Crisis Center, "Psychiatric Crisis in the Out Patient
Setting," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Thursday, August 21
* Family Medicine, Obstetrics Conference, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Hospital Service Review, Drs. Perkel, Chambers, Diaz, Plumb, Chang and Bettigole, 10:25 to 11;10 a.m.; Kenneth Panitch, MD, Clinical Instructor, "Approach to Anxiety in Primary Care," 11;15 a.m. to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Thursday, August 28
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m.,
101 BLSB.
* Family Medicine, Peter Amadio, MD, Professor, "Using Pathophysiology as a Guide to Antihypertensive Therapy," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Obstetrics Conference, 10:25 to 11:10 a.m.; Karen Glaser, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, "Defining a Family," 11:15 to noon.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, August 6
* Pediatrics, Stephen Eppes, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, TJU, Division of Infectious Diseases, duPont Hospital for Children, "Lyme is a Four Letter Word," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
Wednesday, August 13
* Pediatrics, Vinod K. Bhutani, MD, Professor, TJU, Newborn Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Hospital, "Universal Newborn Screening for Hyperbilirubinemia," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
Wednesday, August 20
* Pediatrics, Joseph DiSanto, MD, Community Pediatrician, Wilmington, DE, "Breastfeeding the Special Needs Infant," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
Wednesday, August 27
* Pediatrics, Alan D'Andrea, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, "Molecular Biology of Fanconi Anemia: Implications for Gene Therapy," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, August 4
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, August 18
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, August 6
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also August 13, 20, 27.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, August 27
* College of Health Professions new student registration, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., JAH.
Thursday, August 28
* College of Health Professions new student orientation, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., JAH.
* College of Health Professions evening RN to BSN student registration 4:30 to 10 p.m., 711 Edison.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
* Department of General Studies, College of Health Professions, registration for Fall semester continues through Friday, August 15, 711 Edison. Call 3-8893.
SUPPORT GROUPS
* Caregiver support/educational, one-time phone consultation with a Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. All caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084 to set up your consultation appointment.
* Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania (EFSEPA) announces new Epilepsy Support Group for Women. Joyce D. Liporace, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, and Lisa Pfeifer, clinical coordinator for Penn Epilepsy Center at University of Pennsylvania, co-facilitators. For information about schedule and topics, contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
Monday, August 4
* 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.
Tuesday, August 5
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, August 7
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also August 21. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, August 13
* 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 August 27.
Free parking or bus tokens.
Call 5-1400.
Wednesday, August 20
* Laryngectomee is held the third Wednesday of every month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Rehabilitation Medicine, 3rd Main. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.
TUNE TO 'HEALTHWISE' ON WPEN 950AM
Hear Jefferson Health System (JHS) physicians discuss the latest health topics on "HealthWise," WPEN's weekly health information radio show hosted by Martin Weisberg, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JMC. The show, sponsored by JHS, airs Sunday mornings, at 8:30 a.m.