Calendar
Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Please call 5-7791 to schedule appointment if you are eligible and willing to give blood.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE
DECEMBER 1 is World Aids Day.
DECEMBER 1 - 7 is Aplastic Anemia/Myelodysplastic Awareness week.
DECEMBER 25 is Christmas Day and January 1 is New Year’s Day(Official University
holidays )
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, December 8
• Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson
community, noon, 1015 Chestnut, room 202. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
• Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Richard Greer, State Trainer, “Crisis
Intervention: What Do I Do Now?” noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S.
21st St.
Friday, December 18
• AISR’s JEFFLINE Internet Forum, brown bag lunch group with free soft drinks,
third Friday of every month, “Community of Science: Funding Resources,” noon to
1 p.m., 407 JAH. Find monthly topic and location, visit Web page
http://jeffline.tju.edu/or call 3-2830.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Tuesday, December 1
• Radiobiology, Paul C. Billings, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Pathology,
University of Pennsylvania, “Recognition of CIS-Platinum and Chromium Induced DNA
Damage,” noon, G-312, Simon Kramer Conference Room, Bodine.
• Physiology, Eugene Choi, Graduate Student, “Adhesion Molecules and Matrix
Penetration: A neutrolphil Story,” noon, 427 JAH.
Tuesday, December 8
• Physiology, Richard Horn, PhD, Professor, “Gating of Voltage-Dependent Sodium
Channels,” noon, 427 JAH.
• Richard B. Lynn, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, “Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” noon to
1 p.m., 101 BLSB.
Monday, December 21
• Radiobiology, Charles M. Brenner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, “Fhit: Detection and Dissection of a Novel Signal
Transduction Pathway Inactivated in Epithelial Cancer,” noon, G-312, Simon Kramer
Conference Room, Bodine.
LECTURES
Thursday, December 3
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Gordon Schwartz, MD, Surgery,
“Surgical Issues For Early Stage Breast Cancer 5:30 p.m., G312, Bodine.
Thursday, December 10
• Neurosurgery, Neuroscience lecture, Story Landis, PhD, Scientific Director of
NINDS, NIH, “Cell-cell interactions are required for synapse formation,” 5 p.m.,
101 BLSB. Reception to follow. Call 5-0951.
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, David Andrews, MD, Neurosurgery,
“Gene Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumors,” 5:30 p.m., G312, Bodine.
Wednesday, December 17
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Leslie Tupchong, MD, Radiation
Oncology, Mercy Health System,” Treatment of Oropharyngeal Tumors,” 5:30 p.m.,
Solis-Cohen Aud., reception follows in Eakins Lounge, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, December 1
• Pediatrics, Sean Daly, MD, Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn, Division of Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, “Folic Acid Metabolism and Neural Tube Defects,” 8 a.m., BLSB.
Wednesday, December 2
• Family Medicine, Nathan Smukler, MD, Professor, Division of Rheumatology,
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Fibromyalgia,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Frederick A. Meier, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Chairman,
Department of Clinical Labs, duPont Hospital for Children, “How Best to Test:
Laboratory Stategies in Infectious Disease Diagnosis,” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dennis S. Charney, MD, Professor and Deputy Chair
for Academic and Scientific Affairs, Yale University School of Medicine, Neurobiology of
Depression and Its Relevance for the Development of New Treatments,” 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, December 3
• Medicine, Ann Parke, MD, Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine,
“The Phospholipid Antibody Syndrome: Fact or Fiction?” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, December 8
• Pediatrics, Alan Spitzer, MD, Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman,
“Pediatrician Abuse: Pediatrics and Managed Care Era,” 8 a.m., BLSB.
Wednesday, December 9
• Pediatrics, Laszio Hopp, MD, Associate Professor, Jefferson, Pediatric
Nephrologist, duPont Hospital for Children, “Common Pediatric Nephrology Problems for
the Primary Care Physician,” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Family Medicine, Martha Lynn White, MD, Resident, Third Year, “Breast Cancer:
Decisions Facing the Older Woman,” 8 to 9 a.m., 207 JAH.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, William Z. Potter, MD, PhD, Lilly Clinical Research
Fellow and Executive, Director, Neuroscience Therapeutic Area, Lilly Research
Laboratories, Professor, Indiana University Medical Center, “CNS Drug Discovery for
the 21st Century,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, December 10
• Medicine, Irl Hirsch, MD, Associate Professor, Clinical Director, Diabetes Care,
University of Washington School of Medicine, “The Uses and Abuses of Insulin: Care of
the Diabetic Inpatient,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, December 15
• Pediatrics, Jeffrey Lenow, MD, “Fetus as a Patient,” 8 a.m., BLSB.
Wednesday, December 16
• Pediatrics, Margaret Rennels, MD, Professor, University of Maryland Hospital,
Division of Infectious Disease, Baltimore, “The Story of Rotavirus,” 8 a.m.,
AIDI.
• Family Medicine, Henry Chung, MD, Medical Director, Chinatown Health Clinical
(NYC), Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine,
“Cultural Considerations in the Treatment of Asian Patients,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101
BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, Professor, Boston
University School of Medicine, Professor of Education, Harvard University,
“Developmental Pathways Following Trauma,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, December 17
• Medicine, Medical Staff meeting, 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, December 23
• Pediatrics, College Bowl. Wednesday, December 30
• Pediatrics, Raj Padman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Chief, Division of
Pulmonary Medicine, Director of CF Program, duPont Hospital for Children, “The Child
With A Persistent Cough,” 8 a.m., AIDI
MEETINGS
Tuesday, December 1
• JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Monday, December 7
• Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee, 9 a.m., BLSB.
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
Wednesday, December 16
• Medical Staff, 4 p.m, McClellan Hall.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, December 8
• duPont at Jefferson Open House and Tour, 7:30 a.m. - noon, duPont at Jefferson, 841
Chestnut Street, Suite 300. Call 5-5800.
Saturday, December 12
• duPont at Jefferson, “Reach Out and Read,” program with free Holiday Fair
for local Children and Families. The Book Fair will include lunch and refreshments, face
painting, temporary tattoos, entertainment provided by colorfully dressed clowns and, of
course, a visit from Santa Claus, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 841 Chestnut Street, 3rd floor.
Wednesday, December 2
• TJU Choir rehearsal, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall. Also December 9, 16. (Refreshments
will be served.)
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Monday, December 7
• Department of General Studies, registration for Spring Semester continues through
Monday, January 4, 1999.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, December 2
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call
Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also December 9, 16, 23 and 30.
Thursday, December 3
• Jefferson Prayer and Praise Worship hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., room 207, JAH. Also
December 10, 17. Call Regina at 5-7071 (7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.).
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) 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 schedule information and topics, contact Sue
Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at
1-800-887-7165.
Tuesday, December 1
• Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, December 3
• CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7
p.m., M-24, JAH. Also December 17. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, December 9
• The Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Blaine Cloud, PhD, Neuropsychologist,
and Laurie M. Ryan, PhD, Neuropsychologist, are co-facilitators, the support group is held
the second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 4130 Gibbon. Call Michele at
5-1111.
• 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 30. Free parking or bus
tokens. Call 5-1400.
Thursday, December 17
• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, is held the third Thursday of every
month, Katheleen Reidy, PhD, Psychologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,
“Adjusting to a Disability,” 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call Barbara Baskin
or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.
Saturday, December 19
• Sarcoidosis, Harold L. Israel, MD, Sarcoidosis and other Granlomatous Diseases, 1
to 3 p.m., Boardroom, Jeff Park Hospital, 3905 Ford Road. Call Rhea Gaines at 5-5161 for
information.
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