Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE
JANUARY 1 - 31 is National Autism Awareness, National Eye Care, National Glaucoma Awareness, Thyroid Awareness, National Volunteer Blood Donor month.
JANUARY 18 - 24 is Healthy Weight week.
JANUARY 21 - 27 is National Glaucoma Awareness week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, January 6
* 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, E. Gottheil, MD, PhD, "Are Outreach Activities Worth the Effort?" noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
Friday, January 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.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Monday, January 5
* Radiobiology, Ruth J. Muschel, MD, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania, "Radiation Sensitivity and the
Cell Cycle," noon, Simon Kramer Conference Room, Bodine.
Monday, January 19
* Radiobiology, Renato Baserga, MD, Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, "IGF-1 Receptor in Transformation and Apoptosis," noon, Simon Kramer Conference Room, Bodine.
Tuesday, January 20
* Physiology, Kimberly A. Lucas, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, "Mechanisms of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Prostaglandin E2 Production In Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells," noon, 427 JAH.
Wednesday, January 21
* Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ravi Mittal, MD, University of Virginia, "Lower Esophageal Sphincter Regulation," 5 p.m., GI Conference room, 480 Main.
Thursday, January 22
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB. Tuesday, January 27
* Physiology, William M. Armstead, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "Impaired Potassium Channel Function Contributes to Altered Cerebral Hemodynamics Following Brain Injury," noon, 427 JAH.
Friday, January 30
* College of Health Professions Interdisciplinary Professional Development Series, "Your Next Career Move: Planning For Success," 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.
LECTURE
Thursday, January 8
*Rehfuss, Gertrude B., Elion, DSc, Nobel Laureate, Scientist Emeritus, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, "Challenges and Rewards of Pharmaceutical Research," 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, January 6
* Pediatrics, Balu Athreya, MD, Professor, JMC, "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Newer Understanding," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, January 7
* Pediatrics, Timothy D. Brewerton, MD, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Director, Eating Disorders Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, "Eating Disorders and Childhood Victimization," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Gary Carpenter, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Metabolism and Endocrinology, "Ambiguity of Genitalis and Sexual Development in Children," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jewell L. Osterholm, MD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, JMC, "Surgically Correctable Dementias," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, January 13
* Pediatrics, Harold Marks, MD, Associate Professor, JMC, Chief, Division of Neurology, duPont Hospital for Children, "The Diagnosis of a Hypotonic Infant," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Radiology, Robert Lenkinski, PhD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Clinical MR Spectroscopy," 5 p.m., 780L Main.
Wednesday, January 14
* Pediatrics, Charles P. McKay, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Nephrologist, duPont Hospital for Children, "Osteoporosis - A Childhood Disease," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Family Medicine, Amy Boak, MD, Resident, Third Year, "Alzheimers - New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, E. Marshall Goldberg, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, "Endocrine Aspects of Psychiatric Disease," 10:30 to noon, DePalma. Tuesday, January 20
* Pediatrics, Sara Long, MD, Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, Chief, Section of Infectious Disease, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, "Tuberculosis, 1998," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, January 21
* Pediatrics, Barbara J. Howard, MD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins, President-elect, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, "Pediatric Approach to Working with the Difficult Family," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Stephen McGeady, MD, Director, Division of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, duPont Hospital for Children, "The Latex Allergy Epidemic," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Panel Discussion, Alan Morrison, MD, Moderator, Third Year Resident; Paul Scoles, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, Assistant Professor and Instructor, Case Western Reserve University Medical School; Carrie Ogorek, MD, Gastroenterology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Ricardo Junco, MD, Chief Psychiatrist, Horizon House, "Gay 101," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, January 27
* Pediatrics, Staff Meeting, (no grand rounds).
* Radiology, Stuart Geller, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, "Arterial Stent Grafts," 5 p.m., 780L Main.
Wednesday, January 28
* Pediatrics, James Perrin, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Service, Mass. General Hospital, "Changing Patterns of Chronic Illness in Childhood Implications for Clinicians," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Harry M. Shallcross, PhD, Healthcare and Social Services Consultant, "The Changing Locus of Care: From Facility Based Programs to Community Clinics," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, January 6
* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Thursday, January 15
* Professional Faculty, 3:30 p.m., McClellan Hall.
Monday, January 19
* College of Health Professions, Executive Council, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison.
Monday, January 26
* College of Health Professions, General Faculty, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Monday, January 5
* Late registration begins for Undergraduate General Studies Evening Classes for Spring Semester and continues through Monday, January 26 with a $25 late fee, G-22 Curtis.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, January 5
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
Monday, January 19
* 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1508 Pavilion.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, January 7
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also January 14, 21 and 28.
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.
Monday, January 5
* Multiple Sclerosis for men and women is held the first Monday of every month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 9330 Gibbon. Call Leith Kelley at 5-8118.
Tuesday, January 6
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, January 8
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also January 15. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, January 14
* Epilepsy, is held the second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 4130 Gibbon. For information, call 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 Janauary 28. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Wednesday, January 21
* 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.