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
JULY 1 - 31 is Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness month.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, July 14
* 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.
Friday, July 17
* 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
Thursday, July 23
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
LECTURES
Thursday, July 2
* Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Mahroo Haghbin, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, "Pituitary Tumors," 7/9, Adam Flauders, MD, Department of Radiology, "Spinal Tumors," 7/16, Neelofur Ahmad, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, "Anal Cancer," 7/23, Frederick Fellin, MD, Division of Medical Oncology, Principles of Chemotherapy," 7/30, Maria Werner Wasik, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology," 5:30 p.m., Simon Kramer Conference Room, Bodine.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, July 1
* Family Medicine, Paul Brucker, MD, President, Thomas Jefferson University, "State of the University and Jefferson Health System," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Pediatrics, Ellen Feingold, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Pediatrics, duPont Hospital for Children, "Epidemiologic Comparisons of Israeli and U.S. Adolescents," 8 a.m., AIDI.
Wednesday, July 8
* Family Medicine, Nicholas Abidi, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, "Common Disorders of the Foot and Ankle," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Pediatrics, David A. Piccoli, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Alagille Syndrome: Lessons About Human Embryogensis," 8 a.m., AIDI.
Thursday, July 9
* Medical Grand Rounds, Bruce Boman, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Medical Genetics, "Hereditary Colon Cancer: How Can We Reduce Mortality?" 8 a.m., DePalma Auditorium.
Wednesday, July 15
* Family Medicine, Richard Wender, MD, George Valko, MD, Leslie Muller, Cassie Kirby, RN, "Maximizing Performance in Managed Care Contracts," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Pediatrics, Francis M. McCaffrey, MD, Nemours Cardiac Center, duPont Hospital for Children, "Pediatric Cardiology," 8 a.m., AIDI.
Thursday, July 16
* Medical Grand Rounds, William R. Bell, MD, Professor, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Director, Division of Hematology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "New Treatment Options for Deep Venous Thrombosis," 8 a.m., DePalma Auditorium.
Wednesday, July 22
* Family Medicine, no conference.
* Pediatrics, Robert Wood, MD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "The Role & Control of Allergy in Childhood Asthma," 8 a.m., AIDI.
Thursday, July 23
* Medical Grand Rounds, Demetrious Oreopoulos, "The Past, Present and Future of Peritoneal Dialysis," 8 a.m., DePalma Auditorium.
Wednesday, July 29
* Family Medicine, Robert Perkel, MD, Clinical Professor, "Ten Natural Substances All Physicians Should be Prescribing? A Conservative Viewpoint? 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Pediatrics, Richard Bowen, MD, Professor and Dan Mason, MD, Orthopaedics, "Short Course in Pediatric Orthopaedics," 8 a.m., AIDI.
MEETINGS
Monday, July 27
* Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.
* Full Board of Trustees, noon, board room, Scott.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, July 1
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call
Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also July 8, 15 and 22
and 29.
Thursday, July 2
* Jefferson Prayer and Praise Worship hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., room 207. Also July 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Call Regina at 5-7071 (7 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.
Thursday, July 2
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also July 16. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Monday, July 6
* 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, July 7
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Wednesday, July 8
* 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. For information, 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 July 29. Free parking or bus tokens.
Call 5-1400.
Wednesday, July 15
* 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.