JEFFCALENDAR

[Brown Bag Lunches] [Conferences and Seminars] [Lectures] [Symposiums] [Grand Rounds]
[Meetings] [Special Events] [Workshops and Classes]

 

Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.

DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE:
JUNE 1 - 30 is National Hernia Awareness, National Safety, National Scleroderma Awareness and Vision Research month.

JUNE 1 - 7 is National Headache Awareness week.

JUNE 3 is National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition day.

JUNE 9 - 15 is National Men's Health week.

JUNE 27 is National HIV Testing day.

 

 

BROWN BAG LUNCHES

Tuesday, June 10

* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 5-2578.

Tuesday, June 17

* Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Mary Callahan, MEd, Program Administrator, Jefferson Family Center Program, "Women's Issues in Chemical Dependency Treatment," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street

Friday, June 20

* 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, June 3

* Physiology, Marilyn J. Woolkalis, PhD, Assistant Professor, "Endothelial Cells Under Shear: Reorganization of Cell Juncitons," noon, 427 JAH.

Thursday, June 5

* Family Medicine, Lara Weinstein, MD, Resident, Second Year, "Primary Care of the Hyperthyroid Patient," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation Lecture, Michael D. Ezekowitz, MBChB, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Director, Clinical Trials Office, Yale University School of Medicine, Chief of Cardiovascular Section, VA Connecticut Health Care System, New Haven, CT, "Preventing Strokes in Patients With Cardiac Disease: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians,"10:25 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.

Monday, June 9

* Faculty Development Day, "How Can I Teach You If I Don't Know How You Learn," and "How to Become an Oscar-Winning Teacher," sponsored by the College of Health Professions Center for Faculty Development, 8 a.m. to 4:40 p.m., 105 - 107 BLSB. For information, call 3-8305.

Tuesday, June 10

* Quality Management Department, "Selecting, Developing, and Integrating Indicators in a Hospital's Performance Improvement Program," 1 to 2:30 p.m. Call 1-888-JEFF-CME for details.

Thursday, June 12

* Family Medicine, Christopher V. Chambers, MD, Clinical Professor and Fellowship Director, James Diamond, PhD, Research Director, Lori Lasch, Research Assistant, "Variation in Preference for Therapeutic Regimens Among Asthma Patients Requiring Controller Medication," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, Director of Research, Harrisburg Hospital, Family Practice Residency Program, Harrisburg, PA, "Obtaining Useful Information from Pharmaceutical Representatives," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.

Tuesday, June 19

* Family Medicine, Medical Jeopardy, Host: Robert "Alex" Perkel, MD, Contestants: To be announced, 9:30 a.m., 105 - 107 BLSB.

Thursday, June 26

* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BlSB.

* Family Medicine, Abby Letcher, MD, Resident, Second Year, "When There is Cancer in the Family: Familial Cancer Syndromes," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Hospital Service Review, Drs. Sifri, Studdiford, Markham, Wender, Boak, Sa'adah,10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Shailen Jalali, MD, Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Advisor, Pain Management Coram Healthcare, Mount Laurel, NJ, "Interventional Cancer Pain Management and Implantable Technology," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.

LECTURE

Saturday, June 7

* JMC Alumni Office, The Joe Henry Coley Lecture, Gerald D. Dodd, MD, Past National President, American Cancer Society, Past National President, American College of Radiology, Emeritus Professor of Radiology, University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center, "Screening for Breast Cancer in Younger Women: A Continuing Dilemma," 2:30 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.

SYMPOSIUM

Friday, June 13

* Jefferson Medical College, First Annual Jefferson Ventilator Management Symposium, JAH and Solis-Cohen Auditorium.

Sunday, June 22

* Jefferson Medical College, Eastern Shore Medical Symposium, Rehoboth Beach, DE, continues through Friday, June 27.

GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, June 4

* Pediatrics, David R. DeMaso, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, "Impact of Heart Transplantation on Children,"8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI. Thursday, June 5

* Medicine, Thomas J. Nasca, MD, Associate Dean for Education, Jefferson Health System, Residency Director and Professor, Division of Nephrology, "Graduate Medical Education in Internal Medicine: National Trends and A Self Assessment," 8 a.m., DePalma.

* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, David Fink, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, JMC, "Dissociation and the Wish to Stop Time," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.

Wednesday, June 11

* Pediatrics, Laura S. Inselman, MD, Associate Professor, TJU, Division of Pulmonology, duPont Hospital for Children, "Pulmonary Aspects of Neuromuscular Disorders," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.

Thursday, June 12

* Medicine, Jamie C. Hey, MD, Matthew J. Killion, MD, Alan J, Reinach, MD, Instructors in Medicine, Chief Medical Residents, "Mechanical Ventilation: Past, Present, and Future," 8 a.m., DePalma Auditorium.

* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Salman Akhtar, MD, Professor and Training and Supervising Analyst, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, "The Distinction Between Needs and Wishes: Theoretical and Technical Implications," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.

Wednesday, June 18

* Pediatrics, Sylvan E. Stool, MD, Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dept of Otolaryngology, Denver Children's Hospital, Denver, Co., "Guidelines for Otitis Media," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.

Thursday, June 19

* Medicine, Robert L. Capizzi, MD, Magee Professor and Chairman of the department, "Myeloproliferative Diseases," 8 a.m., DePalma.

* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Paul J. Goodnick, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director, Mood Disorders Program, University of Miami School of Medicine, "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Differentiation from Depression and Treatment," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.

Wednesday, June 25

* Pediatrics, Rhonda Walter, MD, Developmental Pediatrician, Division of Developmental Medicine, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, "Autism Update," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.

MEETINGS

Monday, June 2

* Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.

* Full Board of Trustees, noon, board room, Scott.

Monday, June 9

* Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, 5 p.m., board room, Scott.

Tuesday, June 10

* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday, June 20

* CLEP Examinations and General Studies Challenge Examinations, College of Health Professions' Admissions Office, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
407 JAH. For information, call 3-8890.

NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION

Monday, June 2

* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.

Monday, June 16

* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.

Monday, June 30

* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Wednesday, June 4

* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also June 11, 18 and 25.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Thursday, June 5

* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also June 19. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.

Monday, June 2

* 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, June 3

* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.

Wednesday, June 11

* 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 June 25. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.

Thursday, June 12

* 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, June 18

* 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.

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

Thursday, June 3

* Information Systems, "Database Concepts (MAC & PC)," 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., "Intro," 2 to 3:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Thursday, June 5

* Information Systems, "MAC: Getting Started," beginner, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register,
call 3-7500.

Friday, June 13

* Information Systems, "Intro to Foxpro for Windows (PC)," 9:30 to 12:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register,
call 3-7500.

Thursday, June 19

* Information Systems, "Harvard Graphics for Windows," Intro, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Friday, June 20

* Information Systems, "Thomas (MAC & PC)," Intro, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Monday, June 23

* Information Systems, "SAS (PC)," Intro Part 1, 9:30 to 12:30 p.m., "Word (MAC)," Intro, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Tuesday, June 24

* Information Systems, "SAS (PC)," Intro Part 2," 9:30 to 12:30 p.m., "Interm. Foxpro for Windows (PC)," 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Wednesday, June 25

* Information Systems, "Word for Windows (PC)," Advanced, 9:30 to 12:30 p.m., "Excel for Windows (PC)," Advanced, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Thursday, June 26

* Information Systems, "Mac: Advanced Skills," 9:30 to 12:30 p.m., "Intro to PowerPoint (MAC & PC)," 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Friday, June 27

* Information Systems, "Word for Windows (PC)," Intro, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.

Monday, June 30

* Information Systems, "Filemaker (MAC)," Intro,1:30 to 4:30 p.m., 210 Edison. To register, call 3-7500.