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.
SEPTEMBER 1 - 30 is Children’s Eye Health and
Safety, Gynecologic Cancer Awareness, Healthy Aging, Leukemia Awareness, National
Cholesterol Education, National Pediculosis Prevention, National Sickle Cell Awareness and
Be Kind to Editors and Writers month.
SEPTMBER 1 - 7 is National Childhood Injury Prevention week.
SEPTEMBER 12 - 18 is Hearing Aid Awareness, National Healthcare
Environmental Services, National Healthcare Housekeeping, National Rehabilitation
Awareness celebration week.
SEPTEMBER 19 -25 is National Surgical Technologist week.
SEPTEMBER 20 - 26 is National Reye’s Syndrome, Prostate Cancer
Awareness week.
SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2 is National Allied Health Professions week.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, September 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, Carol Blum, Med.CAC, “Identifying and
Managing Countertransferance with Substance Abusers,” noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor
conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Tuesday, September 7
• 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., JAH. RSVP at
215-922-3173 ext. 320. Also on Monday, September 13, 7 to 9 p.m., 5217 Militia Hill Road,
Plymouth Meeting, PA. Call 1-610-834-1140, ext. 326.
Tuesday, September 14
• Physiology, Mathew B. Grisham, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular
Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, “Role of NO in the Regulation
of Chronic Gut Inflammation,”noon, 427 JAH.
Tuesday, September 21
• Physiology, Steven M. Albelda, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy &
Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, “Pulmonary Vascular
Immunotargeting Using Cell Adhesion Molecules,” noon, 427 JAH.
Thursday, September 23
• Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB. Tuesday, September 28
• Physiology, Shaker A. Mousa, PhD, Senior Research Pharmacologist, E. I. duPont de
Nemours and Co., “Therapeutic Implications of Integrin Blockade,” noon, 427 JAH.
FORUM
Wednesday, September 8
• Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes, Kent Bottles, MD, Managing Director, The
Diversified Search Companies, “Physician Discontent and the Reinvention of Physician
Careers,” 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Admissions Office conference room 105, Curtis Building.
GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesday, September 1
• Pediatrics, John Piper, MD, Staff, Infectious Disease Section, Department of
Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, and St. Francis Hospital, “Antibiotic Usage:
Fads, Fallacies, Failures,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, “Angiogenesis
As a Target for Cancer Therapy,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
Thursday, September 2
• Medicine, David Kelly, MD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh,
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, “Metabolic Complications of
Obesity and a Look at New Treatments,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, September 7
• Pediatrics, Vinod Bhutani, MD, Pennsylvania Hospital, Newborn Pediatrics, topic to
be announced, 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Radiology, Neil Schlackman, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, “The Evolution of Managed
Care in the United States – Where Will That Leave You?” 5 p.m., 780L Main.
Wednesday, September 8
• Family Medicine, Joel Klein, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and
Chief of Infectious Diseases, duPont Hospital for Children, “Chief Complaint: Fever
and Rash,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Genny Grana, MD, Medical Oncology, Cooper University
Hospital, “Breast Cancer Chemoprevention,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Pediatrics, Roy Proujansky, MD, Associate Dean and Acting Chairman, Chief Executive
of the Practice and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, “Inflammatory
Bowel Disease: Old Questions and New Answers,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Norman Sussman, MD, Clinical Professor, New York,
University School of Medicine, “Advances in Anticonvulsant Therapy: Psychiatry,”
10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, September 9
• Medicine, Robert Fry, MD, Director, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
“Advances in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, September 14
• Pediatrics, David Wenger, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director, Lysosomal Diseases
Testing Laboratory, “Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Clinical and Genetic Aspects, and
Prospects for Therapy,” 8 a.m., 101 BLSB.
Wednesday, September 15
• Pediatrics, David Corddry, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and
Anesthesiology, JMC, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, duPont
Hospital for Children, “Sedation of Pediatric Patients: Safety and
Effectiveness,” 8 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mitchell J.M. Cohen, MD, Clinical Associate
Professor, “Organizing Complexity: Practical Pain Therapy With Video Cases,”
10:30 to noon, DePalma.
• Family Medicine, Michael Mastrangelo, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, “Melanoma’ Lest We Forget,” 8 to
9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, David Hainsworth, MD, Medical Oncology, Vanderbilt
University, “Advances in the Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312
Bodine.
Thursday, September 16
• Medicine, Michael B. Dabrow, DO, Clinical Associate and Professor, Division of
Medical Oncology, “Breast Cancer –What’s (HER-2/)neu?” 8 a.m.,
DePalma.
Tuesday, September 21
• Pediatrics, Barbara Watson, MD, “Immunization Registry View,” 8 a.m.,
105/107 BLSB.
Wednesday, September 22
• Pediatrics, Rita Meek, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Chief, Division of
Hemacology/Oncology, and Carlos Rose, MD, Associate Professor, JMC, Chief, Division of
Rheumatology, “Hematological Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosis,” 8
a.m. duPont Hospital for Children.
• Family Medicine, Jan Rakinic, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Division
of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, “Current Management of Diverticular
Disease,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Markus Renschler, MD, Pharmacyclics, “Gadolinium
Texaphyrin,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Karl Doghramji, MD, Associate Professor, MD,
“Sleep in Depressive Disorders: Diagnostic Implications and Therapeutic
Options,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma.
Thursday, September 23
• Medicine, Frederick Vivino, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of
Rheumatology Medical Director, Jefferson Sjogren’s Center, “Current Concepts in
the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sjogren’s Syndrome,” 8 a.m., DePalma.
Tuesday, September 28
• Pediatrics, Staff Meeting.
Wednesday, September 29
• Pediatrics, Steven Bachrach, MD, Clinical Professor, JMC, Chief, Division of
General Pediatrics, duPont Hospital for Children, and Sandra Hassink, MD, Instructor in
Pediatrics, duPont Hospital for Children, “The Mind-Body Connection,”8 a.m.,
duPont Hospital for Children.
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Simon Powell, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts
General Hospital, “Current Issues in Breast Cancer Research: A View from the Harvard
Cancer Center,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Marc Harwood, MD, Third-Year Resident, “Update on the
Diagnosis of Myocardinal Injury,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Associate Professor,
Harvard Medical School, Associate Director Depression Clinical and Research Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital, “Evidence-Based Management of Treatment Resistant
Depression,”10:30 to noon, DePalma.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, September 7
• JMC Executive Council, 218 Curtis.
Friday, September 10
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Board of Trustees, 9:30 to 11 a.m.,
101 BLSB.
Monday, September 13
• Scientific and Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 9 a.m.,
Connelly Conference Hall.
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, September 1
• Activities Office, “A Taste of the Neighborhood,” restaurant expo, 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Scott Plaza.
• Penny Wise Thrift Shop reopens for CONSIGNMENTS ONLY through Friday, September 3.
Call 610-642-7239.
Tuesday, September 7
• Penny Wise Thrift Shop reopens for the season, with regular hours from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday; and from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, please call the Penny Wise Thrift
Shop at 610-642-7239.
Wednesday, September 8
• TJU Choir rehearsal, 7 p.m., McClellan Hall. Also September 15, 22 and 29.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, September 1
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call
Hyacinth Williams at 474-0864. Also Wednesdays September 8, 15, 22 and 29.
Thursday, September 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 September 9, 16, 23, and 30.
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 October and December, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College. Call 215-877-9061.
Wednesday, September 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, September 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, September 16.
Wednesday, September 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, September 29. Free
parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
• 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. Adam
Dicker, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, JMC, “Brachytherapy:
Radioactive Seed Implantation,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. For information, call
5-8370.
Thursday, September 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, September 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, TJU - Ford Road Campus, 3905
Ford Road. Call Rhea Gaines at 5-5161 for information.
Thursday, September 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
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