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 David Super PhotographyAfter 18 years of service in the Department of Pharmacy, Jefferson volunteer Ben Buchalter, second from left, bid a fond farewell to colleagues and friends at a breakfast in his honor that he attended with his family. From left are Patricia Wallace, Manager of Volunteer Services; Mr. Buchalter, his wife Dorothy, and Gerald E. Meyer, Assistant Director, Department of Pharmacy. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1932, Mr. Buchalter had retired from his job as a pharmacist when he began volunteering in 1979. "Coming here has kept me young," says Mr. Buchalter, who was presented with reminders of Jefferson in the form of a photo collage of the Gibbon Building and a clock. In honor of National Volunteer Week April 19 to 25, consider becoming a Jefferson volunteer. For more information, contact the Department of Volunteer Services at 5-6222. |
Anthony J. DiMarino Jr., MD, the William Rorer Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and Stanley B. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACG, Brick Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Medical Center, are Co-editors of Gastrointestinal Disease: An Endoscopic Approach.
This comprehensive reference work is the first full-color publication to clinically address gastrointestinal disease from an endoscopic perspective. The two-volume publication contains 85 chapters, 1,300 illustrations, 400 of which are in color, and brings gastroenterology in the modern age of endoscopy. Comprehensive information on all gastrointestinal diseases is covered by a distinguished group of world-renowned experts.
Dr. DiMarino said, "I'm confident that both students and experienced gastroenterologists will find this to be an enormously helpful reference book."
Among the section editors of this significant work is another Jeffersonian, Mitchell I. Conn, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Liver Transplant, and Director of Biliary Endoscopy and Endoscopic Training.
JEFFERSON HEALTHCARE OPENS SATELLITE OFFICE IN CHESTNUT HILL
Now, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's high quality medical care is conveniently available to persons living in the Chestnut Hill community. Jefferson HealthCARE satellite offices, staffed by Jefferson primary care physicians, have expanded services by opening an office in Chestnut Hill to serve healthcare needs of patients in that area beginning April 1.
"We are pleased to expand our services to the Chestnut Hill community and to continue our commitment to provide high quality patient care," said Pamela Kolb, Vice President of Ambulatory and Primary Care Development.
This brings the total of Jefferson HealthCARE satellite offices delivering primary care health services throughout the region to 10.
Jefferson HealthCARE satellite offices now serve patients in: Cathedral Village, Center City, Cherry Hill, NJ, Chestnut Hill, Chinatown, Fairmount, Narberth, Riddle in Media, at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson and in the Spring Garden area.
For information or referral to a physician near you, call 1-800-JEFF-NOW.
Lectures to Note
AOA/HARE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Edward D. Harris Jr., MD, Executive Secretary of Alpha Omega Alpha, will deliver the 1998 Annual AOA/Hare Distinguished Lecture, "Challenges for Medical Education in the New Millenium," on Thursday, April 30, at 101 Bluemle Life Sciences Building.
Dr. Harris is President of the Medical Staff of the Stanford University Hospital, Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Diseases and Medical Director of Stanford University's International Medicine Program. The lecture is sponsored by Alpha Omega Alpha and The Hobart Amory Hare Society of Jefferson Medical College.
Bressel A. van der Kolk, MD, will present the prestigious Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lecture in Psychiatry at Jefferson on Wednesday, May 13, 1998, at 10:30 a.m. at DePalma Auditorium. Dr. van der Kolk's lecture topic will be "Social and Neurobiological Dimensions of Compulsions to Forget and Repeat Psychological Trauma."
Dr. van der Kolk is Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, Professor of Education at Harvard University, and the Saul Z. Cohen Chair of Child Mental Health for the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, New York City.
The annual lectureship was created in 1979 to honor Dr. Biele, who was an outstanding Jefferson physician, scholar and psychiatry professor.
For reservations, contact Karl Doghramji, MD, or Ms. JoAnn Tompkins at 215/955-8570.
Woodrow A. Myers Jr., MD, MBA, Director of Healthcare Management for Ford Motor Company, will deliver the seventh annual Raymond C. Grandon Lectureship on May 14 from 8 to 10 a.m. in the DePalma Auditorium. Dr. Myers will speak on "Academic Medical Centers and Purchasers of Care: The Future." The lecture is coordinated each year by the Office of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College. Call 955-9995.
The Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology and Dermik Laboratories will sponsor the 15th Annual Herbert A. Luscombe Lectureship on Wednesday, April 22, 1998. This year's guest speaker is Luis Diaz, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The event will take place in the Connelly Conference Room in the Bluemle Life Sciences Building at 4 p.m. Dr. Diaz's lecture is entitled, "Bullous Pemphigoid and Hemidesmosomes: From Walter Lever to the Present."
JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE AMONG THE NATION'S 'BEST' FOR FAMILY MEDICINE PROGRAM
A recent U.S. News & World Report study "America's Best Graduate Schools" ranks Jefferson Medical College (JMC) among the nation's best schools of medicine for the quality of its family medicine program.
The JMC reference appears in the full study on the publication's website at www.usnews.com
LEARN ABOUT INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Franz Goldstein, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, will speak about Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), at a free seminar open to Jefferson employees, their families and friends. The event will be held at McClellan Auditorium, Jefferson Medical College, April 30, noon to 1 p.m. Time will be set aside for questions and answers. Informational literature will be distributed and refreshments served. Call 1-888-WELL-123.