JEFFNEWS JUNE ISSUE
Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 7793.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE
JUNE 1 - 30 is National Hernia Awareness, National Safety, National Scleroderma Awareness, Vision Research month.
JUNE 7 - 13 is National Headache Awareness week.
JUNE 7 - 14 is National Aphasia Awareness week.
JUNE 15 - 21 is National Men's Health week.
JUNE 27 is National HIV Testing day.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, June 9
* Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Ronald Serota, MD, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, "Dual Diagnosis," noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
* 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, June 19
* 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, June 1
* Radiobiology, Elizabeth Moran, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Fels Institute, Temple University School of Medicine, "p300 Related Complexes: Structure and Functions," noon, G-312 Bodine.
Tuesday, June 2
* Physiology, Marilyn J. Woolkalis, PhD, Assistant Professor, "Endothelial Cell Signaling Mechanisms," noon, 427 JAH.
Wednesday, June 3
* College of Health Professions' Office of Continuing Education, "Working in a Multiskilled Provider Environment." A program for Managers, Supervisors, and Clinical Educators, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., BLSB. For information, call 3-3131.
* Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jorge A. Prieto, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, "Traveler's Diarrhea," noon to 1 p.m., McClellan Hall.
Friday, June 5
* Office of Continuing Medical Education, The Second Annual Jefferson Ventilator Management Seminar, BLSB. Call 955-6992 or 1-888-JEFF-CME.
Thursday, June 18
* Wills Geriatric Psychiatry, Henry M. Levandowski, Attorney at Law, "The A B C' s of Estate Planning: The Documents Everyone Needs," 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wills Eye Hospital Auditorium. Call 928-3084 to register.
Thursday, June 25
* Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Pediatrics, Conference Chairman, Michael E. Trigg, MD, duPont Hospital for Children of the Nemours Foundation and JMC, "Marrow Transplantation in Children: Current Results and Controversies," The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida. Call Ms. Deborah L. Hatz, 319-335-8599.
LECTURES
Thursday, June 4
* Family Medicine, Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation, Edward K. Kasper, MD, Director, John Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplant Service, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, "Treatment of Heart Failure Based on New Mechanisms," 10:25 a.m. to noon, 105 -107 BLSB.
Saturday, June 6
The Joe Henry Coley Lecture, to be delivered by Jay A. Nadel, MD, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, 2:30 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, June 2
* Pediatrics, Nancy Hutton, MD, Johns Hopkins University, "Primary Case of HIV Infections," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, June 3
* Pediatrics, Laura Kornsgold, MD, resident, "Early Patterns of Scleroderma," Julianne O'Malley, MD, resident, "Optic Neuritis as the Initial Manifestation of Crohn's Disease," Patrick Pulliam, MD, "The Summer Medical Institute," Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, "Group A - Not the Only Strep in Town," 8 a.m., AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Barry Goldstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Professional Education Committee, American Diabetes Association, "Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, no scheduled grand rounds. American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting.
Thursday, June 4
* Department of Medicine, Kendra J. Feeney, MD, Rodolfo M. Pascual, MD, Frank L. Urbano, MD, Chief Residents, "The Early Detection of Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen?" 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, June 9
* Pediatrics, Ronald Bolognese, MD, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Criteria for Asphyxia and Hypoxic Encephalopathy," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, June 10
* Pediatrics, Devandra Mehta, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of GI, duPont Hospital for Children, "Exocrine Pancreatic Disorders of Childhood," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Parul Desai, MD, Resident, Third Year, "Syphllis in Review," 8 to 9 a.m., 207 JAH.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, "Depression and Cardiovascular Disease," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, June 16
* Pediatrics, Ernesto Figueroa, MD, Chief, Pediaric Urology, "Adolescent Varicocele," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, June 17
* Pediatrics, George F. Murphy, MD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, "Pigmented Skin Lesions in Children," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Stephen Treat, DMin, Director and CEO, Penn Council for Relationships, "The Process of Therapy," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Michael F. Green, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and BioBehavioral Sciences, UCLA, "Neurocognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia: Implications for Treatment and Outcome," 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Tuesday, June 23
* Pediatrics, Farahnak Assadi, MD, "Evaluation of Children With Abnormal Urine Analysis," 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, June 24
* Pediatrics, Edward Goldson, MD, Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Children's Hospital, Denver, "School Age Outcome of Very Low Birth Weight Children," 8 a.m., third floor lecture hall, AIDI.
* Family Medicine, Tanya Humphreys, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, "Skin Cancer: Recognition and Prevention," 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
* Psychiatry and Human Behavior, no scheduled grand rounds.
Tuesday, June 30
* Pediatrics, staff meeting.
MEETINGS
Monday, June 1
* Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.
* Full Board of Trustees, noon, board room, Scott.
Tuesday, June 2
* JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
Monday, June 1
* 9 a.m. to noon, 145 JAH, also June 15.
Monday, June 8
* 9 a.m. to noon, 1508 Pavilion, also June 22 and 29.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, June 3
* Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also June 10, 17 and 24.
Thursday, June 4
* Jefferson Prayer and Praise Worship hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., room 207, JAH. Also June 11, 18 and 25. 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.
Monday, June 1
* 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, June 2
* Lupus is held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College.
Thursday, June 4
* CARE, breast cancer is held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also June 18. No registration necessary. Call 5-6254.
Wednesday, June 10
* 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 June 24. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Wednesday, June 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.