University President Paul C. Brucker, MD, center, joins Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Lewis, right, in welcoming Vice President
Al Gore to Jefferson. They, like most Jeffersonians, were proud and delighted that the
Vice President chose Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center to deliver his policy speech
proposing major federal initiatives on cancer. He outlined doubling NIH cancer research
funding; increasing the number of patients in cancer therapy clinical trials fivefold;
tripling the development of cancer drugs over 10 years; expanding screening through
development of simple blood tests and other methods of cancer detection within five years;
developing public screening programs to give everyone access to available screening tests
for breast and colon cancer. In addition, Vice President Gore proposed funding advertising
to fight teen smoking. He also urged fairness to patients with cancer by encouraging
Congress to ban genetic discrimination. Robert Neroni Photography
Addressing
a gathering of College of Graduate Studies (CGS) alumni, faculty and students is Scott A.
Waldman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Biochemistry
and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College (JMC). Dr. Waldman is speaking as
recipient of the 1999 Distinguished CGS Alumni Award, presented by the CGS Alumni
Association in recognition of his many scientific contributions and achievements. Dr.
Waldman’s presentation addressed his research on signal transduction, or ways in
which signals are transmitted across cell membranes, enabling the outside of the cell to
“talk” to the inside. In shedding light on how “machinery” inside
cells is activated, Dr. Waldman’s research focuses on a class of molecules called
guanylyl cyclases, which are critical to vision, regulating the cardiovascular system and
kidneys and controlling the intestines. His work relates to colon cancer, the third
leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and to enterotoxigenic diarrhea, the
fourth leading cause of death and disease in developing countries. Dr. Waldman is Director
of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Professor of
Medicine. Don Walker Photography
Spring cleaning really does make you feel good. That’s the
unanimous opinion of departments who lightened their files of no longer useful materials
and increased recyclables during Jefferson’s successful Clean Out Your Files week.
Here Steve Baker, Chairman of the Environmental Quality Committee and Chemical Waste
Coordinator, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, presents a Dining With Heart
Gift Certificate to Debra A. Cifelli, Director of the Office of House Staff Affairs, whose
staff discovered the the oldest document, dated 1916, during their cleanup. Other House
Staff representatives who contributed to this successful effort included: Sally A. Daly,
second from left, secretary; Judy Mahoney, Coordinator, Resident Services, and Bonnie
Brooks, secretary. Ed Barr, Vice Chairman of the Environmental Quality Committee and
Support Services Manager, Environmental Services, an active Jefferson recycling promoter,
congratulates the group. Robert Neroni Photography
The College of Health Professions (CHP) recognized
faculty award winners at the College’s Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony. Shown, left to
right, are University President Paul C. Brucker, MD; CHP Senior Associate Dean Linda G.
Kraemer, PhD; Lydia E. McMorrow, PhD, Associate Professor of Laboratory Sciences, the
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching; Paul D. Howard, PhD, PT, Cert MDT, Assistant
Professor of Physical Therapy, The Fred and Sayde Abrams Award for Excellence in Clinical
or Laboratory Instruction; Virginia Arcangelo, CRNP, PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing,
Dean’s Faculty Achievement Award; and CHP Dean Lawrence Abrams, EdD. Robert
Neroni Photography
During 1998-99, 15 Jefferson Medical College students received the
Dr. James D. and Jennie M. Beach Memorial Scholarships, which were established by The
Edward P. Beach Charitable Trust to honor Dr. Beach, JMC 1895, and his wife. Kirsten
Georges, administrator of the Beach Trust, far left, and Frederick Ruccius, Director of
Development for Trusts & Estates, TJU, are shown with the following Beach Scholars:
Ara Balkian, MD, third from left; Steven Wagner, MD; Francis Welsh, MD; Anastasia Petro,
MD; Philip Ginsburg, MD; Tandy Aye, MD; Elizabeth Hanson; Julie-Ann Crewalk; Jill Sharer;
Kerri Simo; and Devon Evans. They are joined by Susan Batchelor, Associate Director of
University Financial Aid, third from right; Clara A. Callahan, MD, Associate Dean of
Admissions & Student Affairs, JMC; and Lisa Watson, Assistant Director of Development
for Trusts & Estates, TJU. Not pictured are the following Beach Scholars: Anand
Germanwala, MD; Fiona Pasternack; Glenn Cannon; and Carrie Rishko, MD. Robert Neroni
Photography
Margaret
(Peg) Summers, RN and Elizabeth (Betty) Piersol, RN, third and fourth from left, received
the second annual Janet C. Hindson Award for their work, which exemplifies the caring and
service to others that characterized Miss Hindson’s life. The award was presented by
Mary Ann McGinley, PhD, RN, at right, Senior Vice President for Patient Services, Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital, at a festive luncheon ceremony which was part of
Jefferson’s Nurses Week celebration. The event included a video presentation: Nurses
Week 1999. Miss Hindson’s sister Sally Wagner, at left, and her husband, John Wagner,
were special guests at the event. Nominees for the 1999 award included Helen Kane, RN,
MSN, CCRN; Donna Molyneaux, RN, PhD, and Marion Schmidt, RN, MSN. Robert Neroni
Photography
This year Jefferson’s Department of Human Resources expanded
its “Take Our Daughters to Work” program to a “Take Our Children to
Work” program. More than 130 children related to Jefferson employees attended the
day-long event filled with activities to expose the children to the clinical and business
aspects of health care. Shown above, participants in the program don disposable scrubs to
tour the sterile areas of the Supply, Processing and Distribution (SPD) department. Don
Walker Photography
University President Paul C. Brucker, MD, center, joins Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Lewis, right, in welcoming Vice President
Al Gore to Jefferson. They, like most Jeffersonians, were proud and delighted that the
Vice President chose Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center to deliver his policy speech
proposing major federal initiatives on cancer. He outlined doubling NIH cancer research
funding; increasing the number of patients in cancer therapy clinical trials fivefold;
tripling the development of cancer drugs over 10 years; expanding screening through
development of simple blood tests and other methods of cancer detection within five years;
developing public screening programs to give everyone access to available screening tests
for breast and colon cancer. In addition, Vice President Gore proposed funding advertising
to fight teen smoking. He also urged fairness to patients with cancer by encouraging
Congress to ban genetic discrimination. Robert Neroni Photography
Addressing
a gathering of College of Graduate Studies (CGS) alumni, faculty and students is Scott A.
Waldman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Biochemistry
and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College (JMC). Dr. Waldman is speaking as
recipient of the 1999 Distinguished CGS Alumni Award, presented by the CGS Alumni
Association in recognition of his many scientific contributions and achievements. Dr.
Waldman’s presentation addressed his research on signal transduction, or ways in
which signals are transmitted across cell membranes, enabling the outside of the cell to
“talk” to the inside. In shedding light on how “machinery” inside
cells is activated, Dr. Waldman’s research focuses on a class of molecules called
guanylyl cyclases, which are critical to vision, regulating the cardiovascular system and
kidneys and controlling the intestines. His work relates to colon cancer, the third
leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and to enterotoxigenic diarrhea, the
fourth leading cause of death and disease in developing countries. Dr. Waldman is Director
of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Professor of
Medicine. Don Walker Photography
Spring cleaning really does make you feel good. That’s the
unanimous opinion of departments who lightened their files of no longer useful materials
and increased recyclables during Jefferson’s successful Clean Out Your Files week.
Here Steve Baker, Chairman of the Environmental Quality Committee and Chemical Waste
Coordinator, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, presents a Dining With Heart
Gift Certificate to Debra A. Cifelli, Director of the Office of House Staff Affairs, whose
staff discovered the the oldest document, dated 1916, during their cleanup. Other House
Staff representatives who contributed to this successful effort included: Sally A. Daly,
second from left, secretary; Judy Mahoney, Coordinator, Resident Services, and Bonnie
Brooks, secretary. Ed Barr, Vice Chairman of the Environmental Quality Committee and
Support Services Manager, Environmental Services, an active Jefferson recycling promoter,
congratulates the group. Robert Neroni Photography
The College of Health Professions (CHP) recognized
faculty award winners at the College’s Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony. Shown, left to
right, are University President Paul C. Brucker, MD; CHP Senior Associate Dean Linda G.
Kraemer, PhD; Lydia E. McMorrow, PhD, Associate Professor of Laboratory Sciences, the
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching; Paul D. Howard, PhD, PT, Cert MDT, Assistant
Professor of Physical Therapy, The Fred and Sayde Abrams Award for Excellence in Clinical
or Laboratory Instruction; Virginia Arcangelo, CRNP, PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing,
Dean’s Faculty Achievement Award; and CHP Dean Lawrence Abrams, EdD. Robert
Neroni Photography
During 1998-99, 15 Jefferson Medical College students received the
Dr. James D. and Jennie M. Beach Memorial Scholarships, which were established by The
Edward P. Beach Charitable Trust to honor Dr. Beach, JMC 1895, and his wife. Kirsten
Georges, administrator of the Beach Trust, far left, and Frederick Ruccius, Director of
Development for Trusts & Estates, TJU, are shown with the following Beach Scholars:
Ara Balkian, MD, third from left; Steven Wagner, MD; Francis Welsh, MD; Anastasia Petro,
MD; Philip Ginsburg, MD; Tandy Aye, MD; Elizabeth Hanson; Julie-Ann Crewalk; Jill Sharer;
Kerri Simo; and Devon Evans. They are joined by Susan Batchelor, Associate Director of
University Financial Aid, third from right; Clara A. Callahan, MD, Associate Dean of
Admissions & Student Affairs, JMC; and Lisa Watson, Assistant Director of Development
for Trusts & Estates, TJU. Not pictured are the following Beach Scholars: Anand
Germanwala, MD; Fiona Pasternack; Glenn Cannon; and Carrie Rishko, MD. Robert Neroni
Photography
Margaret
(Peg) Summers, RN and Elizabeth (Betty) Piersol, RN, third and fourth from left, received
the second annual Janet C. Hindson Award for their work, which exemplifies the caring and
service to others that characterized Miss Hindson’s life. The award was presented by
Mary Ann McGinley, PhD, RN, at right, Senior Vice President for Patient Services, Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital, at a festive luncheon ceremony which was part of
Jefferson’s Nurses Week celebration. The event included a video presentation: Nurses
Week 1999. Miss Hindson’s sister Sally Wagner, at left, and her husband, John Wagner,
were special guests at the event. Nominees for the 1999 award included Helen Kane, RN,
MSN, CCRN; Donna Molyneaux, RN, PhD, and Marion Schmidt, RN, MSN. Robert Neroni
Photography
This year Jefferson’s Department of Human Resources expanded
its “Take Our Daughters to Work” program to a “Take Our Children to
Work” program. More than 130 children related to Jefferson employees attended the
day-long event filled with activities to expose the children to the clinical and business
aspects of health care. Shown above, participants in the program don disposable scrubs to
tour the sterile areas of the Supply, Processing and Distribution (SPD) department. Don
Walker Photography