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.
DECEMBER 1 is World AIDS day.
DECEMBER 1 - 7 is Aplasic Anemia/Myelodysplastic Awareness week.
DECEMBER 4 - Hanukkah begins.
DECEMBER 24 is an official University Holiday celebrating Christmas Day.
DECEMBER 26-31 Kwanzaa is Celebrated
DECEMBER 31 is an official University Holiday celebrating New Year’s Day 2000
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, December 14
• Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, room 202, 1015 Chestnut. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
• Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, C. Matrullo, PhD, Association de Puertoriquenos en Marcha, “Puerto Rican Culture and Cultural Sensitivity in Substance Abuse Treatment,” noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Thursday, December 2
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Family Medicine, Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation lecture, Kenneth Grauer, MD, Professor of Family Practice, Assistant Director, Family Practice Residency Program, University of Florida, “Office Management of Angina,” 10:25 to noon, 105 - 107 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Michael O’Connor, PhD, HHMI, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, “BMP Signaling in Drosophila: Mechanisms and Function,”noon, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Thursday, December 9
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Nikolai A. Lisitsyn, PhD, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, title to be announced, noon, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Tuesday, December 14
• Physiology, Marion J. Siegman, PhD, Professor, “Catching up With Catch,” noon, 427
JAH.
FORUM
Wednesday, December 8
• Office of Health Policy, F. Daniel Duffy, MD, FACP, Executive Vice President, American Board of Internal Medicine, “ABIM and Task Force on Uninsured,”Admissions Office Conference Room 105, Curtis Building.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, December 1
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Steven Rozenzweig, MD, Integrative Medicine, “Integrative Medicine Update: Current Issues in Complementary Therapies for Cancer Patients,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Reed E. Pyeritz, MD, PhD, FACMG, Professor and Chairman, Department of Human Genetics, Allegheny University Health Sciences, “Marfan Syndrome: Bedside to Bench and Back,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, Marcy Hersh, MD, Third-Year Resident, “Food-Borne Illnesses,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Katherine A. Phillips, MD, Associate Professor, Brown University School of Medicine, “Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Recognizing and Treating Imagined Ugliness,” 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, December 2
• Medicine, Medical Staff meeting, 8 a.m., DePalma.
Wednesday, December 8
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Arthur Staddon, MD, Medical Oncology, Pennsylvania Hospital, “Management of Sarcoma,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Uwe Blecker, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, duPont Hospital for Children,”Childhood Obesity,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Daniel Lovell, MD, Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, “New biologicals in the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Rollin M. Gallagher, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, Director, Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center, Director of Pain Medicine, MCP/Hahnemann University School of Medicine, “Management of Pain and Psychiatric Comorbidity,” 10:30 to noon,
DePalma.
Thursday, December 9
• Medicine, Barbara Turner, MD, MSEd, Professor of Medicine and Director of Health Care Research in Medical Education and Health Care, “Issues in Adopting Clinical Trials Advances in Community Practice: The HIV Model,” 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
Wednesday, December 15
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Lawrence Charity, MD, Neoplastics, JMC, “Her2neu Assessment in Breast Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Julia Spencer Barthold, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, “Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Department of Urology, “Current Management of the Child With Ambiguous Genitals,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Associate Dean and Director, Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes, Associate Professor of Medicine, JMC, “The Future of Accountability,”10:30 a.m. to noon, DePalma.
• Family Medicine, Barry Rovner, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, “The Medical Management of Dementia: What’s New?” 8 to 9 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Thursday, December 16
• Medicine, Robert L. Capizzi, MD, Magee Professor, Chairman, “Strategies for Cure and Improved Care of Patients With Cancer,” 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
Wednesday, December 22
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Faith Nathan, MD, Medical Oncology, JMC, “Germ Cell Tumors,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Residency Program, “College Bowl”
• Family Medicine, Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD, Instructor, “A Stepped Care Pharmacotherapy Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, No scheduled grand rounds.
Wednesday, December 29
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Pramila Anne, MD, Radiation Oncology, JMC, “Locally Advanced Breast Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, No scheduled grand rounds.
• Pediatrics, M. James Lenhard, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Director of the Diabetes Clinic, Christiana Health Care System, “Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in Adolescence - An Epidemic,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
MEETING
Monday, December 6
• Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m., Connelly Conference Hall.
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
Tuesday, December 7
• JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Wednesday, December 15
• Medical Staff of TJUH, Inc., 4 p.m., McClellan Hall.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, December 10
• Wills Eye Hospital, Annual fund-raiser for the Alzheimer’s Association, holiday gifts, bake sale, raffle items, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wills Eye Hospital lobby.
• TJU Choir and Orchestra present their 30th annual holiday concert, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church on the corner of 17th and Sansom Streets.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, December 1
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, December 8, 15, 22 and 29.
Thursday, December 2
• Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Service, noon, Chapel, 9 Gibbon. Anyone from any faith is welcome. During brief service silent prayer is offered from requests that are written in books placed in the Chapel, Bodine Cancer Center and several other places in the hospital. Also Thursdays, December 9, 16, 23 and 30.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Jefferson Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. To set up your consultation appointment, caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084.
• 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. Contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
• Lupus Foundation of Philadelphia, Center City support group for 1999 is held on first Tuesday in December, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College. Call 215-877-9061.
Wednesday, December 1
• Jefferson Headache, a patient-led group open to anyone with chronic headache pain, is held the first Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., Jefferson Headache Center, 8130 Gibbon. Call Mary Ellen Crowley at 215-247-0855.
Thursday, December 2
• Breast Cancer group, held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370. Also Thursday, December 16.
Tuesday, December 7
• Women’s Health Source, Kimmel Cancer Center and Patient and Volunteer Service, “Look Good, Feel Better,”an American Cancer Society program that teaches women ways to cope with the appearance related side effect of cancer treatment, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Women’s Health Source, 1990 Gibbon. To register, call 5-8370.
Wednesday, December 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. 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 Wednesday, December 29. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Wedneday, December 15
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Man-to-Man, a prostate cancer self-help and networking group, co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society will be held the third Wednesday of every month. Each month a guest lecturer will speak on an issue related to prostate cancer, Lora Rhodes, LSW, Coordinator of Cancer Programs, Kimmel Cancer Center, “Couples Facing the Challenge of Cancer,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH. For information, call 5-8370.
Thursday, December 16
• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, held the third Thursday of every month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.
Saturday, December 18
• Sarcoidosis, Harold L. Israel, MD, Sarcoidosis and Other Granlomatous Diseases is held once every month on a Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m., Boardroom, TJUH - Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford Road. Call Rhea Gaines at 5-5161 for information.
Thursday, December 23
• Strength for Caring, a program for those caring for someone with cancer is held the fourth Thursday of every month from noon to 4 p.m., G-312 Bodine. For registration, call 5-8370.
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