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.
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS TO NOTE
MAY 1 - 31 is Allergy and Asthma Awareness, Better Sleep, Hepatitis
Awareness, National Arthritis, National Digestive Diseases Awareness, National High Blood
Pressure, National Mental Health, National Neurofibromatosis Awareness, National
Osteoporosis Prevention, National Sight-Saving, National Stroke awareness, Older
Americans, Stroke Awareness month.
MAY 1 - 8 is National Safe Kids week.
MAY 2 - 8 is Children’s Mental Health week.
MAY 4 is Childhood Depression Awareness Day.
MAY 5 is National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day.
MAY 6 is National Nurses Day.
MAY 6 - 12 is National Nurses week.
MAY 9 - 15 is Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness
week.
MAY 9 - 15 is National Hospital week.
MAY 13 is National Cytotechnology Day.
MAY 16 - 22 is National Emergency Medical Services week.
MAY 19 is National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
MAY 26 is National Senior Health and Fitness Day.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, May 11
• 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, Jeanine Marscotti, DSW, Head of Social Work at
LaSalle University, “Spirituality and Its Importance in Addiction, noon to 2 p.m.,
2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Monday, May 3
• Radiobiology, Jaime Caro, MD, Professor, Division of Hematology, Cardeza
Foundation, “Hypoxia-Induced Gene Expression,” noon, G-312, Bodine.
Tuesday, May 4
• Physiology, Emad S. Alnemri, PhD, Kimmel Cancer Center, “Identification and
Characterization of Apoptotic Proteins,” noon, 427 JAH
Wednesday, May 5
• Women’s Health Source, Joyce Frye, DO, Women’s Group, “An Integrated
Approach to Menopause,” noon to 1 p.m., Women’s Health Source, noon to 1 p.m.,
1990 Gibbon.
• Stress Reduction Program Mindfulness course, eight Wednesdays beginning May 5
through June 23, 9:30 a.m. to noon, plus full day class, Saturday, June 12, Suite 100,
1015 Chestnut Street, also eight Thursdays beginning May 6 through June 24, 6:30 p.m., to
9:30 p.m., plus full day class on Saturday, June 12, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Ford Road Campus. Course fee is $425. Call 955-1376 to register.
Thursday, May 6
• Health Awareness and the Women’s Health Source are pleased to offer a special
Mother’s Day gift for Jefferson employees. Hear Gwen Stern, mother of three and
Attorney/Law Professor, and Claudia Cassidy, MS present “Motivate Me!” an
inspirational program on exercise and healthy lifestyle, noon to 1 p.m. DePalma. Light
refreshments will be provided. To register, call Health Awareness at 5-2492.
• Kimmel Cancer Institute Research series, Mary Bedell, PhD, Department of Genetics,
University of Georgia, “Steel Mice: Tales of a Pleiotropic Growth factor, noon,
Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Tuesday, May 11
• Physiology, Thomas M. Butler, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, and Marion
J. Siegman, PhD, Professor, “Mechanism of Catch Force Maintenance,” noon, 427
JAH.
Wednesday, May 12
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Leonard G. Gomella, MD, The Godwin Associate Professor of
Urology, and Director of Urologic Oncology, “Choosing A Treatment for Prostate
Cancer,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH.
Thursday, May 13
• Kimmel Cancer Institute Research series, Greg Petsko, DPhil, Director, Rosensteil
Center, Brandeis University, “Enzyme Mechanisms in Four Dimensions: Cytochrome
P450,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Tuesday, May 18
• Physiology, John T. Flynn, PhD, Professor, “Microvascular Endothelium,”
noon, 427 JAH
Wednesday, May 19
• Women’s Health Source, Eileen Sturner, MS, RD, CDE, Department of Nutrition
and Dietetics, and Anne C. Cecil, MA, Group Fitness Director, Health Awareness, “A
Healthy Lifestyle: Eating and Exercising,” noon to 1 p.m., 1990 Gibbon.
Thursday, May 20
• Kimmel Cancer Institute Research series, Nicholas Cozzarelli, PhD, Department of
Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, “ Mechanisms of
Chromosome Segregation,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
Saturday, May 22
• College of Health Professions Interdisciplinary Professional Development Series,
“Occupational Therapy Assessments Workshop: Focus on Pediatics,” 101 BLSB.
Register by March 20. To register, call 3-3131.
Tuesday, May 25
• Physiology, Marilyn J. Woolkalis, PhD, Assistant Professor, “Thrombin
Regulation of Endothelial Cell Junctions,” noon, 427 JAH.
• Pennsylvania Reproductive Associates at Jefferson, “IVF Patient
Information,” patients and employees wishing to learn about in vitro fertilization
(IVF) and related assisted reproductive technologies (ART), 7 to 9 p.m., 5217 Militia Hill
Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA. Call 1-610-834-1140, ext. 326.
Wednesday, May 26
• Women’s Health Source, Doris Ferleger, PhD, Licensed Psychologist,
“Menopause: A New Beginning,” noon to 1 p.m., 1990 Gibbon.
Thursday, May 27
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Institute Research series, Raju Kucherlapati, PhD, Professor and
Chairman, Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
“Multiple Roles of Colorectal Cancer,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
LECTURES
Wednesday, May 5
• Radiation Oncology, Second Annual Nagalingam Suntharalingam lecture, Colin G.
Orton, PhD, Professor, Radiation Oncology Center, Harper Hospital, “Radiotheraphy for
Cervix Cancer is Still Primitive and Needs to be updated,” 5:30 p.m., Solis-Cohen,
JAH.
Thursday, May 6
• Neurology, The Alpers Lecture, Stanley Fahn, MD, H. Houston Merritt Professor of
Neurology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 5 p.m., dePalma.
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Leonard Gomella, MD, Urology,
“Surgical Perspective of Early Stage Prostate Cancer,” 5:30 p.m., G312, Bodine.
Thursday, May 13
• Jefferson Medical College, The Eighth Annual Raymond C. Grandon lecture, David J.
Lansky, PhD, President, The Foundation for Accountability, “The Foundation for
Accountability (FACCT): The Power Of The Purchaser,” 8 to 10 a.m., DePalma.
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Pramila Anne, MD, Radiation
Oncology, “Pancreatic Cancer,” 5:30 p.m., G313 Bodine.
Thursday, May 20
• Kimmel Cancer Center Clinical Oncology series, Richard Valicenti, MD, Radiation
Oncology, Prostate Cancer - Postoperative Management, 5:30 p.m., G312, Bodine.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, May 4
• Pediatrics, APA meeting. No grand rounds.
Wednesday, May 5
• Family Medicine, Steve Treat, DMin, Director and CEO, Penn Council for
Relationships, “Breaking Destructive Family Patterns from Generation to
Generation,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Alfred Bacon, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
“C. Difficile - Clinical and Laboratory Aspects,” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Peter Hoffer, PhD, Professor of German, University
of the Sciences in Philadelphia, “The Freud - Ferenczi Controversy: Historical
Aspects & Technical Relevance,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, May 6
• Medicine, Roland Moskowitz, MD, Director, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case
Western Reserve University School of Medicine, “Osteoarthritis: A Re-Appraisal of
Therapy,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, May 11
• Pediatrics, Grafton D. Reeves, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology,
duPont Hospital for Children, “Insulin Pump Therapy in Pediatric Age Group,” 8
a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, May 12
• Pediatrics, Jay Greenspan, MD, Associate Professor, “Appropriate Timing of
Discharges for Pre-term Infants,” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Family Medicine, Michael Rosenthal, MD, Clinical Professor, and Netra Thakur, MD,
Clinical Assistant Professor, “Current Research in Community Health,” 8 to 9
a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dennis S. Charney, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and
Deputy Chair for Academic and Scientific Affairs, Yale University School of Medicine,
“Neurobiology of Depression and its Relevance for the Development of New
Treatments,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, May 13
• Medicine, David Lansky, PhD, President and Founder, The Foundation for
Accountability, The Grandon Lecture, “The Foundation for Accountability (FACCT): The
Power of the Purchaser,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, May 18
• Pediatrics, Joanne Marie Baffa, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, duPont Hospital for
Children, “Noninvasive Evaluation of CHD,” 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, May 19
• Pediatrics, Raymond D. Adelman, MD, Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School,
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA, “Pediatric
Hypertension: New drugs, New Approaches,” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Family Medicine, Stephen Herrine, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology, “Hepatitis C: Diagnosis and Management,” 8 to 9
a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting. No
scheduled grand rounds.
Thursday, May 20
• Medicine, Charles Reynolds, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Senior
Associate Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Treatment of Depression in
General Medical Practice,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, May 25
• Pediatrics, Staff Meeting
Wednesday, May 26
• Pediatrics, Winslow Borkowski, MD, Assistant Professor, and Calvin R. Stafford Jr.,
MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, MCP Hahnemann University and Director of the
Crozer Sleep Disorders Center at Taylor Hospital, “What’s New for
Narcolepsy?” 8 a.m., AIDI.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clorinda G. Margolis, PhD, Clinical Professor,
“Malingering,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
• Family Medicine, Christine Dacier, MD, Resident, Third-Year, “HIV in the
Elderly: A forgotten Population,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Thursday, May 27
• Medicine, James Zangrilli, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care,
Pulmonary, Allergic and Immunologic Diseases, “Update in the Treatment of COPD,”
8 a.m., DePalma.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, May 4
• JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Thursday, May 13
• Professional Faculty, 5 p.m., McClellan Hall.
Monday, May 17
• College of Health Professions’ Executive Council, 12:15 p.m., 1103 Edison.
Tuesday, May 18
• College of Health Professions’ Alumni Board, 6 to 8 p.m.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Wednesday, June 2
• Medical Staff, 4 p.m., McClellan Hall.
Friday, June 4
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Board of Trustees, 9:30 a.m. to 11
a.m., 101 BLSB.
Monday, June 7
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Monday, May 3
• Late registration for the Department of General Studies Summer Sessions continues
through May 25, with a $25 late registration fee. Registrar’s office, G-22, Curtis.
Wednesday, May 5
• Center for Intergrative Medicine, Mindfulness Meditation program, relieve pain,
reduce stress and enhance wellness, continues May 12, 19 and 26, 9:30 to noon, 1015
Chestnut, Suite 100. Also Thursday, May, 6, 13, 20 and 27, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., TJUH - Ford
Road Campus. Course fee $425. Limited financial assistance is available. Space limited. To
register, call 955-1376.
Monday, May 17
• Classes begin for the Department of General Studies Summer Sessions.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thursday, May 13
• College of Health Professions’ Class Night, Departmental Pinning Ceremonies, 7
to 9 p.m., JAH, Reception 9 p.m., Scott Plaza.
Friday, May 14
• College of Health Professions’ Commencement Ceremony, 10:30 a.m., Academy of
Music.
Wednesday, May 19
• College of Health Professions’ Awards Ceremony, 4 p.m., 101 BLSB.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Wednesday, May 5
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call
Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also May12, 19, 26.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Wills 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 Tuesdays in April, June, August, October and December, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204
College. Call 215-877-9061.
Wednesday, May 5
• 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, May 6
• Breast Cancer support group, held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30
to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. Also May 20. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370.
Wednesday, May 12
• 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 second Wednesday of every
month. Each month a guest lecturer will speak on an issue related to prostate cancer, 5:30
to 7 p.m., M24, JAH.
• 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 May 26. Free parking or bus tokens.
Call 5-1400.
Thursday, May 20
• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, is held the third Thursday of every
month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy
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