Tuesday, September 12
* Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other
members of the Jefferson community, noon, 4130 Gibbon. Call Naomi
at 5-2578.
Friday, September 19
* AISR's JEFFLINE Internet Forum, brown bag lunch group with free
soft drinks, third Friday of every month, noon 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
Thursday, September 4
* Family Medicine, Richard Wender, MD, Clinical Professor and
Vice Chairman, "The Difficult Patient," 9:15 to 10:15
a.m., John McShane, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor,
"Sports Medicine: A General Overview," 10:25 a.m. to
11:10 a.m., James Plumb, MD, Associate Professor, "Approach
to Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Substance
Abuse," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, September 9
* Quality Management Department, "Simplifying
Compliance...Reduction Duplication: Meeting Joint Commission and
OSHA Requirements," 1 to 2:30 p.m., 107 BLSB. Call Jo-Lyn
Brace, Manager, Quality Management Department, at 5-5233 with
questions.
Thursday, September 11
* Family Medicine, Charles Pohl, MD, Clinical Assistant
Professor, "Acute Pediatirc Problems," 9:15 to 10:15
a.m., Physician Documentation Training Session, Joanne Rosenthal,
BSN, Esq., Corporate Compliance Officer, TJU and Consultants from
Cabot Marsh (No CME) 10:25 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Tuesday, September 16
* Physiology, Donald G. Buerk, PhD, Research Assistant Professor,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Local
Measurements of Nitric Oxide in Eye, Brain and Periarteriolar
Space in Hypertensive Rats," noon, Physiology Library, 427
JAH.
Thursday, September 18
* Family Medicine, James Studdiford, MD, Clinical Assistant
Professor, "Telephone Communication for the Primary Care
Physician," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; Hospital Service Review,
Drs. Valko, Markham, McManus, Sauereisen, Sa'adah and Bogner,
10:25 to 11:10 a.m., Shimon Waldfogel, MD, Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry and Human Behavior," Psychosis: New
Approaches," 11;15 a.m. to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
Thursday, September 25
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Family Medicine, Karen Novielli, MD, Clinical Assistant
Professor and Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program,"
Functional Assessment in the Elderly," 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.,
Christine Arenson, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant
Fellowship Director and Karen Novielli, MD, Clinical Assistant
Professor and Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program, Special
Issues in the Care of the Older Patient," 10:25 to 11:10
a.m., Richard Wender, MD, Clinical Professor and Vice Chairman,
"Anti-Depressant Update," 11:15 to noon, 105 - 107
BLSB.
* Wills Geriatric Psychiary Program, Mark Matthews, Esq., from
the law firm of Mark Matthews and Associates, "Handling
Nursing Home Bills While Saving Money." The first in a
series of community presentations on timely aging,12:30 to 1:30
p.m., Wills Auditorium
Tuesday, September 30
* Physiology, Harry Ischiropoulos, PhD, Research Assistant
Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Role of Peroxynitrite in
Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging," noon, Physiology
Library, 427 JAH.
LECTURES
Thursday, September 11
* Health Awareness, Barry J. Goldstein, MD, PhD, "Are You At
Risk For Diabetes?" noon to 1 p.m., McClellan Hall, 2nd
floor, free, registration required. Call 1-888-WELL-123.
Tuesday, September 16
* Health Awareness, "Obesity Program at Jefferson,"
attend a free information session to find out more about the
physician and dietitian supervised obesity programs offered at
Jefferson, noon to 1 p.m., 218 Curtis, 5 to 6 p.m., Herbut Aud.,
basement, free, registration required. Call 1-888-WELL-123.
Wednesday, September 17
* Health Awareness, Pamela Fawcett, MEd, "Bereavement: How
to Cope With the Loss of a Loved One," noon to 1 p.m., 2255
East Atrium Conference Room, free, registration required. Call
1-888-WELL-123.
Tuesday, September 23
* Health Awareness, Paula Thomas deLong, MA, CEAP,
"Parenting Teens," noon to 1 p.m., Room 407, JAH.
* Health Awareness, "The Weigh to Go," Twelve-week
weight loss program focusing on changing behaviors and making
healthy choices based on sound nutrition principles, noon to 1
p.m., Suite M100 (Mezzanine), 1015 Chestnut Street, free
information session, registration required. Call 1-888-WELL-123.
Wednesday, September 24
* Health Awareness, "Prostate Screening," 9 a.m. to 2
p.m., Urology, 6220 Gibbon, free, registration required. Call
1-888-WELL-123.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, September 3
* Pediatrics, F. Bruder Stapleton, MD, Ford/Morgan Professor and
Chair, University of Washington School of Medicine, Children's
Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wash., "Renal Stones
in Children: The Role of Hypercalciuria," 8 a.m., third
floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Arthur Caplan, PhD, Director,
Center for Bioethics, Trustee Professor, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "The Ethics of Research on
the Mentally Ill," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Wednesday, September 10
* Pediatrics, Stephen Lawless, MD, Associate Professor, TJU,
Chief, Clinical Outcomes, Department of Anesthesia and Critical
Care, duPont Hospital for Children, Intraphobia and
Heteroscedasticity - A Combination More Lethal Than AIDS and
Ebola," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, David J. Lynn, MD, Director of
Residency Training, St. Francis Medical Center, Assistant
Clinical Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
"Freud in Practice: A Review of 43 Cases, 1907 - 1939,"
10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Wednesday, September 17
* Pediatrics, Rita Meek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, TJU,
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, duPont Hospital for
Children, "Pediatric Cancer at duPont/MCD 1986 - 1996,"
8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mitchell J.M. Cohen, MD,
Clinical Associate Professor, "Non-Cognitive Factors
Affecting Rational Pain Treatment," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Wednesday, September 24
* Pediatrics, John B. Lloyd, PhD, DSc., Professor of Pediatrics,
Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, TJU, Director, Division
of Developmental Biology, duPont Hospital for Children,
"Folic Acid and the Prevention of Birth Defects," 8
a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Gary M. Kramer, MD, Behavioral
Healthcare Consultant, "A Conceptual Framework for
Behavioral Healthcare Delivery in a Managed Care
Environment," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
SYMPOSIUM
Friday, September 26
* Community Health Internship Program, "Bridging the
Gaps," 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad Street,
Philadelphia.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, September 2
* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Monday, September 15
* Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of
Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.
* College of Health Professions Executive Council, 12:15 p.m.,
1103 Edison
* Full Board of Trustees, noon, board room, Scott.
Monday, September 22
* College of Health Professions Alumni Association. All CHP
students invited, 6 to 8 p.m., 18th floor, Edison.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, September 3
* TJU Choir rehearsal begins, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall, 1025 Walnut
Street. For information, contact Robert Sataloff, MD, Peggy
Baroody or Kate Emerich at 215-545-3322.
Wednesday, September 10
* Flea Market, toys, baby/kids clothes, jewelry, collectibles,
housewares, furniture, clothes, etc., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 1st
floor, Barringer Lounge, 950 Walnut Street (corner of 10th and
Walnut Streets), sponsored by Parent's Board, Jefferson Child
Care Center and Department of Housing and Residence Life.
Saturday, September 20
* Fall Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford
Road, sponsored by TJUs Human Resources and Physical Resources
Departments. (Raindate 9/27/97).
Sunday, September 21
* Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Walk for the Cure, Fairmount Park,
Memorial Hall, registration 8 a.m., walk 9 a.m., Call William
Thygeson at 3-8189.
Wednesday, September 24
* Fourth Annual Health and Fitness Expo, sponsored by the
Activities Office, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Scott Plaza.
UPCOMING
Friday, October 3
* Golf Outing, It's Par Fore the Course...Golf Outing at Ron
Jaworski's Eagle Nest, Sewell, NJ, sponsored by TJU Departments
of Human Resources and Physical Resources. Call Tom at 5-1574 or
Susan at 503-6244 .
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, September 8
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, September 22
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, September 3
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2
p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also September
10, 17, 24.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Wednesday, September 3
* College of Health Professions classes begin.
Wednesday, September 17
* College of Health Professions, Department of General Studies,
last day for late registration for fall semester classes.
Wednesday, September 24
* Ars Medica, Homeopathic Study Group of Metropolitan
Philadelphia, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
Homeopathy," 7:30 to 9:15 p.m., 307 JAH. Call Alan Schmukler
at 925-5705.
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 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.
Tuesday, September 2
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30
p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, September 4
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of
every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also September 18. No
registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, September 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 September 24. Free parking or bus tokens. Call
5-1400.
Wednesday, September 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.