Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE
DECEMBER 1 - World AIDS Day
DECEMBER 1 - 7 is National Aplastic Anemia Awareness week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, December 9
* Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Deborah Callahan, LSW, "Understanding and Working with Survivors of Sexual Assault in the Addiction TX Setting," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
Friday, December 19
* 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, December 2
* Physiology, Garret A. FitzGerald, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Isoeicosanoids as Indices of Oxidant Stress," 427 JAH.
Thursday, December 4
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation Lecture, Diane K, Jorkasky, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, "Preventing the Progression of Renal Disease: Front-line Defense by Family Practitioners and the Role of Diabetes and Hypertension," 10:25 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
* Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Margit Novack, President, Moving Solution, "Helping Your Parents Move," 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wills Auditorium.
Tuesday, December 9
* Physiology, Lawrence C. Rome, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Muscles' Design and Function," noon, 427 JAH.
Tuesday, December 16
* Physiology, Marion J. Siegman, PhD, Professor, "New Insights on the Basis of the Catch State," noon, 427 JAH.
LECTURE
Wednesday, December 10
* Twelfth Annual Simon Kramer Lecture, Richard D. Klausner, MD, Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD, 5 p.m, Solis Cohen Auditorium, reception follows in Eakins Lounge, JAH, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, December 6
* Department of Neurology, The Jefferson Headache Center and the Office of Continuing Medical Education, "The First Jefferson Headache Symposium," 8 to 3 p.m., JMC and BLSB. For information, call of the Office of CME at 1-888-JEFF-CME.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, December 2
* Pediatrics, Linda Lewis, MD, Associate Professor, JMC, Attending, Pediatric Infectious Disease, duPont Hospital for Children, "Lyme and Erlichia Tickborn Illness," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, December 3
* Pediatrics, Leon Chameides, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut, Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, "Resuscitation Perspective: Past and Future History," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Timothy Quill, MD, Associate Chief of Medicine at the Genesee Hospital, Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, "Physician-Assisted Death: Progress or Peril," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Ellen Leibenluft, MD, Chief, Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorders Unit, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, NIMH, Clinical Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine, "Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, December 9
* Pediatrics, Charles Stanley, MD, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Genetics of Hyperinsulinism Nesidioblastosis Revisited in the 90's," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, December 10
* Family Medicine, Sarah Sa'adah, MD, Resident, Third Year, "Falls and Hip Fractures in the Elderly," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Robert Sadoff, MD, Clinical Professor, Director, Center for Studies in Social-Legal Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Joan A. Sadoff, MEd, MSW, Producer, Documentary Films," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Wednesday, December 17
* Pediatrics, Steven McKenzie, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Pediatric Hematologist, Division of Hematology/Oncology, duPont Hospital for Children, "Bleeding and Clotting Disorders in the Newborn Infant," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Joseph S. Gonnella MD, Dean, JMC, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, TJU, Evaluation of Health Care: An International Perspective," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Kenneth J. Weiss, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Camden), "Beyond Serotonin," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, December 30
* Radiology, Carl M. Sandler, MD, University of Texas, "Upper Urinary Tract Trauma," 5 p.m., 780L Main.
MEETINGS
Monday, December 1
* Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.
* Full Board of Trustees, noon, board room, Scott.
Tuesday, December 9
* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Wednesday, December 17
* Medical Staff, 4 p.m., McClellan Hall
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, December 2
* Graduate Nursing Education Workshop, open to all, 5 to 7 p.m., Solis-Cohen Auditorium, JAH. To register, call 3-9847.
Wednesday, December 3
* JMC Alumni Association, Career Day for the JMC Sophomore class.
Friday, December 12
* TJU Free Holiday Concert, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church on the corner of 17th and Sansom Streets.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Friday, December 5
* Registration for Spring Semester begins for Department of General Studies and continues through Friday, January 2, l998.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, December 1
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, December 15
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, December 3
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also December 10, 17, 24 and 31.
SUPPORT GROUPS
* Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. All caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084 for consultation appointment.
* Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania (EFSEPA) Epilepsy Support Group for Women, Joyce D. Liporace, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Lisa Pfeifer, Clinical Coordinator for Penn Epilepsy Center , Co-facilitators. Contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
Monday, December 1
* Multiple Sclerosis for men and women is held the first Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9330 Gibbon. Call Leith Kelley at 5-8118.
Tuesday, December 2
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, December 4
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also December 18. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, December 10
* 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 December 31. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Wednesday, December 17
* 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.