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Jefferson Begins Remote Parking With Shuttle Service for Employees

To help ease the parking shortage for Jefferson’s employees and patients, and to provide employees with cost-effective, convenient parking, the Commuter Services Office (CSO) will provide remote parking with shuttle service for Jefferson-paid employees beginning October 1.

• By participating in the remote parking program, you will:
• save money on your commute to work
• guarantee yourself a parking space
• know you will be parking at a secure facility
• receive convenient door-to-door service
• be able to shuttle to your parked vehicle during off-peak hours
• help reduce the demand for on-campus parking.

The remote lot is located at Pier 27 South, 325 North Columbus Boulevard (located on the east side of Columbus Boulevard, north of Dave and Buster’s), near the Ben Franklin Bridge and ramps accessing I-95 South, I-95 North and Spring Garden Street.

Shuttles will run Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., to three pick-up and drop-off points on campus: Gibbon Building (10th Street entrance), Jefferson Alumni Hall (1020 Locust Street entrance) and Wills Eye Hospital (9th Street entrance between Walnut and Locust Streets).

The shuttles will make continuous loops during peak hours – from 6 to 9:30 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.

You must sign up for the remote parking and shuttle service by monthly payroll deduction. With Jefferson subsidizing a significant part of this program, the cost to employees will be $75 per month (averaging about $3.50 per day). Sign up by the end of December, and you’ll receive your first month of remote parking at half price, $37.50.

For more information, please stop by the Commuter Services Office to pick up a brochure or call the CSO at 215-955-6417.

Division of Emergency Medicine Physicians Available For Toxicology Consultation

Leslie S. Carroll, MD, Emergency Physician and Medical Toxicologist, and Paul Kolecki, MD, Emergency Physician and Medical Toxicologist, both of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, are actively involved in teaching and research of medical toxicology at Jefferson and the Philadelphia Poison Control Center. They are available to provide toxicology services to all Jefferson departments.

Dr. Carroll completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and a Medical Toxicology Fellowship at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She is certified in Advanced Cardiac, Trauma and Pediatric Life Support. Dr. Kolecki is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical Center of Delaware in Wilmington and a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also certified in Advanced Cardiac, Trauma and Pediatric Life Support.

To reach Dr. Carroll or Dr. Kolecki, call the office at 215-955-6844 or dial their pager numbers, Dr. Carroll at 610-236-5955 and Dr. Kolecki at 215-314-1031.

Phillies Name Dr. Cicotti Team Physician, Dr. McShane Associate Director of Medical Services

Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital sports medicine specialist Michael Ciccotti, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College (JMC), and Director of the Division of Sports Medicine at the Rothman Institute, has been named Director of Medical Services for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team.

Dr. Ciccotti, who will continue seeing patients at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson, succeeds veteran team physician Phillip Marone, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, JMC, and Director of the Division of Sports Medicine at Jefferson Hospital, who is stepping down. Dr. Marone, however, will remain with the team until the end of the year as an Assistant Medical Director.

The Phillies also named Rothman Institute at Jefferson sports medicine specialist John McShane, MD, as Assistant Director of Medical Services for the team. Dr. McShane is Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, and Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine, JMC.

S.T.A.R. Tip - Teamwork
As we all are asked to do more with less, the hospital is relying on teamwork to help us accomplish our goals. Yet, put together a group of people some who are outgoing, others who are shy, some who appreciate a structured environment, others who are flexible and, not surprisingly, everyone may not agree.
Since working collaboratively continues to be a vital part of our continued success, here are some tips on how to be an effective group member:

• Listen when others speak. Even if you disagree with an idea, don’t tune out or dismiss it too quickly. Sometimes the best ideas come from building on the ideas of others, no matter how far out the idea may seem at first.

• Be an active participant. Good team members contribute ideas and share responsibility to get the job done.

• Respect the differences of others so that the team’s and hospital’s goals are achieved.

• Celebrate your team’s efforts by remembering to thank one another. Don’t take your co-workers for granted.

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