Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, May 13
* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
Friday, May 16
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.
Tuesday, May 20
* Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Edward Gottheil, MD, PhD, Director, "Preventing Counselor Burnout," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Thursday, May 1
* Family Medicine, Betsy Johns, MD, Resident, Third Year, "The Infertile Couple," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Hospital Service Review, Drs. Nevin, McManus, Chambers, Novielli, Balsbaugh and Chang,"10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Cynthia Cheng, MD, Resident, Third Year, "Family, Life Stages and Stresses," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, May 6
* Physiology, Thomas J. Butler, PhD, Professor, "Contemplations on Catch Muscle," noon, 427 JAH.
Thursday, May 8
* Family Medicine, Mary Maniscalco, MD, Family Medicine Resident, Third Year, "Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation and Perioperative Management," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Amy Boak, MD, Resident, Second Year, "Pharmacotherapy and Obesity," Paul Wolpe, PhD, Senior Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, "The View of the Physician in the Media," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Friday, May 9
* Office of Continuing Medical Education, Jefferson Cytopathology Review Course, JMC, BLSB, continues through Sunday, May 11. Call 1-888-Jeff-CME for details.
Saturday, May 10
* Jefferson Medical College, Alzheimer's Disease Conference for Caregivers, Gregory Golden, PhD, Associate Chief of Research, Coatesville VA Hospital, "The Past, Present and Future of Alzheimer's Disease," 9:10 to 9:40 a.m., Elizabeth Gonzales, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing, "Coping Efforts of Caregivers," 10:10 to 10:40 a.m., Patricio E. Reyes, MD, Director, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Center, Director, Brain Bank, "Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Strategies in Alzheimer's Disease," 10:40 to 11:30 a.m., Solis-Cohen Auditorium, JAH. Registration, 8 to 9 a.m. Admission free. Please call 215-955-8119 to reserve seats.
Tuesday, May 13
* Office of Continuing Medical Education, "Hypertension Diabetes Control," "Medicine, Managed Care and Public Health: Common Goals, Common Vision," The Philadelphia Marriott. Call 1-888-JEFF-CME for details.
* Physiology, John T. Flynn, PhD, Assistant Professor, "Establishment and Characterization of the HADMEC-5 Line of Human Microvessel-Derived Endothelial Cells: What Are They Good For?," noon, 427 JAH.
* Quality Management Department, "Restraints and Seclusion: An Update," 1 to 2:30 p.m., 107 BLSB.
Thursday, May 15
* Office of Continuing Medical Education, "Practice Skills for the 21st Century: A focus on Customer Service in Patient Care," JMC, BLSB. Call 1-888-JEFF-CME for details.
* Family Medicine, SPORTS MEDICINE IN PRIMARY CARE, Jennifer
Naticchia, MD, Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine Sports
Medicine Fellow, "Management of Knee Injuries," 9:15 to
10:15 a.m.; Gerald Keane, MD, Clinical Instructor of Physical
Medicine and Rehabiliation, Stanford University School of
Medicine, "Management of Low Back Pain," Lee Cohen, MD,
Chairman, Foot and Ankle Service, Crozier-Keystone Health System,
"Foot and Ankle Injuries in Athletes," 11:15 to noon,
105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, May 20
* Physiology, Paul E. Desrochers, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn, "A Role for Adhesion Molecules in Neutrophil Migration Through the Extracellular Matrix," noon, 427 JAH.
Thursday, May 22
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BlSB.
* Family Medicine, Lawrence Caliguiri, MD, Clinical Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, "Allergic Rhinitis: A Stepwise Approach to
Management," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Sarah Sa'adah, MD,
Resident, Second Year, "Adolescents and Smoking," 10:25
to 11:10 a.m., Karen Glaser, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of
Family Medicine and Psychiatry, "Developmental Problems in
Children: When to Worry,"
11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, May 27
* Physiology, Kurt Engleka, PhD, Assistant Professor, "Regulation of c-src Protein in Phorbol Ester-Induced Inhibition of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1-Mediated DNA Synthesis," noon, 427 JAH.
Thursday, May 29
* Family Medicine, Edith Mitchell, MD, Professor, Program Leader for Gastrointestinal Oncology, Division of Neoplastic Diseases, "Decreasing Mortality in Colorectal Cancer: Current Research Issues," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Hospital Service Review, Drs. Plumb, Rosenthal, Valko, Diaz, Letcher, Desai, 10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Corina Nahmias, MD, Instructor in Family Medicine and Faculty Development Fellow and Elena Wildasin, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy, "Patient Education in Our Department: Past Experiences and Plans for the Future," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Saturday, May 31
* Office of Continuing Medical Education, "Balancing the Art and Science," JMC, BLSB. Call 1-888-JEFF-CME for details.
LECTURE
Thursday, May 8
* Gastroenterology, "Colon Cancer Risk and Prevention," presented by David Weinberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, noon to 1 p.m., McClellan Hall. Refreshments served. Call 1-888-WELL-123 to register.
GRAND ROUNDS
Thursday, May 1
* Medicine, J. Bruce Smith, MD, Professor, Division of
Rheumatology, "Is Autoimmune Disease Really 'Auto?' New
Theories in Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Disease,"
8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, May 7
* Pediatrics, Laszlo Hopp, MD, Pediatric Nephrologist,
Division of Nephrology, duPont Hospital for Children,
"Chronic Renal Insufficiency: Is it A One Way Ticket to End
Stage Renal Disease?" 8 a.m., third floor
lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Neal Ranen, MD, Assistant
Professor, JMC, "The Neuropsychiatry of Subcortical Disease:
Huntington's Disease as a Model,"
10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, May 8
* Medicine, Deborah Pressman, MD, "The Role of the Internist in the Diagnosis and Management of Anorexia and Bulimia," 8 a.m., DePalma.
* Neurosurgery, Paul R. Meyer, Jr., MD, MM, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Principal Investigator and Director, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Herbut Auditorium.
Wednesday, May 14
* Pediatrics, Richard I, Schiff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke University, Director, Clinical Immunology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, "Clinical Issues of IVIG," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Paramjit Joshi, MD, Associate Professor and Director, Division of Clinical Services, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "Children as Victims of Violence and War," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, May 15
* Medicine, The Raymond C. Grandon Lectureship, Karen M. Ignagni, MBA, President and CEO, American Association of Health Plans, Washington, DC, Edith Mitchel, MD, Clinical Professor, Program Leader-Gastrointestinal Oncology, Thomas J. Basca, MD, Associate Dean for Education and Research, and Residency Program Director and Douglas S. Peters, President and CEO, Jefferson Health System, "The Future of Managed Care and Academic Medicine," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, May 21
* Pediatrics, Georges Peter, MD, Professor, Brown University School of Medicine, Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, Editor of the Red Book, "Changes in the Red Book - 1997 Update/Controversy," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, no scheduled grand rounds. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
Thursday, May 22
* Medicine, Hobart Amory Hare CPC, Jay Klancnik, Case Presentation, Kevin Shinal, Radiology, Melissa McKernan, Pathology, Paul Lerou, Discussant, "39 Year Old Male With Hx of Testicular and Lung Carcinoma Presents With New Pulmonary Nodules," 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, May 28
* Pediatrics, Elias Schwartz, MD, Professor, Director, Department of Medical Research, duPont Hospital for Children, "Ethical Issues in Research," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Yedy Israel, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, JMC, "Screening for Problem Drinking and Brief Intervention by the Primary Care Physician-Nurse Team," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, May 29
* Medicine, Philip L. Smith, MD, Professor, Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, "What An Internist Should Know About Sleep Disorders," 8 a.m., DePalma.
MEETINGS
Monday, May 5
* 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, May 6
* Executive Council, noon, Medical Center of Delaware.
Monday, May 12
* Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, 5 p.m., board room, Scott.
Monday, May 19
* College of Health Professions Executive Council, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison.
Thursday, May 22
* Professorial and General Faculty, 3:30 p.m., McClellan Hall.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, May 5
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, May 19
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, May 7
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also May 14, 21, 28.
WORKSHOP AND CLASSES
Thursday, May 1
* Department of General Studies, College of Health Professions, registration for summer sessions continues through Thursday, May 8. Late registration with a $25 late fee continues through Monday, May 19, 711 Edison. Call 3-8893.