Caregivers Lecture (Feb. 23)—"Long Term Care Insurance: Is it for Me?" is the topic of a lecture to be given by Vivian Gallo, CLU, and Robin Badanes, CFP.  The lecture will be held from 6:30 to 8 pm in A-250. Reservations are required. Please call 746-4351 for more information. 

2nd International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer (Feb. 25-27)—The 2nd International Conference, hosted by Weill-Cornell’s Department of Radiology, takes place February 25-27 (Friday-Sunday). Plenary sessions will be in Uris Auditorium. No registration fee. For program information, call the Division of Chest Imaging at 746-2529.

Dr. Pardes to Speak at R.U.’s Cohn Forum on Health Affairs (March 6)—Dr. Herbert Pardes, President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, will be the guest speaker at Rockefeller University’s Zanvil A. Cohn Forum on Health Affairs on Monday, March 6. Dr. Pardes’ topic will be "Toward a Sound Policy on Academic Medicine and Medical Research." A reception beginning at 5:00 pm will precede the lecture, which begins at 5:30 pm. Place: R.U.’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Dining Room (York Ave. and 66th St.). Admission is free. All are welcome.

Volunteers Needed for Chronic Pain Study—Investigators in the Department of Anesthesiology are conducting a study of a new system for giving intrathecal morphine to patients with chronic, intractable pain. Volunteers, age 18-75, who are eligible for a therapeutic trial of intrathecal morphine, may be eligible to receive this therapy using a new intraspinal low profile delivery system (approved for clinical trials by the Food and Drug Administration). For more information, call Bernadette Abaya at 746-2774 or 746-2952.

Flu Shots for Employees—Employees at New York Weill Cornell Center may receive flu shots at the Occupational Health Service, Stich Medical Building (1315 York Ave.), mezzanine level, on an express basis and without an appointment Monday through Friday from 8 - 11:30 am, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1 - 4 pm, through Feb. 25th.

Monday, February 21 - (President’s Day Holiday - No listings received.)

Tuesday, February 22

11:00 am NYPH-Westchester Clinical Grand Rounds—"Estradiol and the Psychiatry of Appetite"—Dr. Nori Geary—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

12:00 pm Radiology Grand Rounds—"Update on Nuclear Medicine"—Dr. H. William Strauss, Stanford Univ.—8A-05.

1:00 pm  Public Health Academic/Research Conf.—"Viral Hepatitis in Patients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment"—Dr. Lisa Borg—Kips Bay Bldg. (229).

1:30 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Patient Viewing"—ST-301.

2:15 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Case Discussion"—A-950.

4:00 pm Infectious Diseases Conf.—"Clinical Presentations"—Drs. Barry Hartman and Warren Johnson—A-450.

4:00 pm Progress in Neuroscience Seminar—"Corticothalamic Dialogues: Connecting and Disconnecting the Brain"—Dr. Diego Contreras, Univ. of Penn.—A-250.

Wednesday, February 23

9:00 am  Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Grand Rounds—"P Par Gamma"—Dr. David Maggs, Yale Univ. School of Medicine—MSKCC (NM-107).

11:00 am Psychiatry Grand Rounds—"Future Prospects for Psychiatry in Academic Medicine"—Dr. Herbert Pardes—Uris Aud.

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"Relationship of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Lung Cancer Surgery: What Are the Policy Implications?"—Dr. Peter Bach, MSKCC—A-126.

4:00 pm Clinical Nephrology Conf.—"Nephrotic Syndrome"—Dr. Raymond Sherman—M-220.

5:00 pm Dean’s Hour (IRB Training Program Panel Discussion)—"Conducting Human Subject Research"—Weill Aud. (C-2).

6:00 pm NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"Everybody Gets the Blues: Depression in Older Adults"—Jan Alscher and Leslie Marra—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

6:30 pm Caregivers Lecture—"Long-Term-Care Insurance: Is it for Me?"—Vivian Gallo and Robin Badanes—A-250.

Thursday, February 24

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"Autoimmune Mechanisms in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders"—Dr. Rosario Trifiletti—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"Immunocompromised Patients and Companion Animals: What Are the Implications?"—Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, The Bobst Hospital of the Animal Medical Center, and Dr. Lewis Drusin—Uris Aud.

4:00 pm SKI Human Genetics Seminar—TBA—Dr. Chi Van Dang, Johns Hopkins Univ.—MSKCC (RRL 116).

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—"Living-Related Liver Transplantation"—Dr. Sandip Kapur—Uris Aud.

Friday, February 25

8:00 am Second International Conf. on Screening for Lung Cancer (all day).  Also Saturday and Sunday (See "Bulletins" above).

Monday, February 28

4:00 pm Anesthesiology Research Conf.—"Probing Structure-Function Relationships in the GABA-A Receptor: A Target for General Anesthetics"—Dr. Myles Akabas, Columbia Univ.—LC-205.

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"The Alpha-Omega Theory: Prenatal Causes of Postnatal Disease"—Dr. Frank Manning, Albert Einstein College of Medicine—Uris Aud.

6:30 pm Health Policy Seminar—"Doctors Without Borders"—Dr. Mary Ann Hopkins, NYU Medical Center—Weill Aud. (C-2).

Tuesday, February 29

11:00 am NYPH-Westchester Clinical Grand Rounds—"Factors that Influence the Treatment and Course of Depression in Community Settings"—Dr. Barnett Meyers—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

1:30 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Patient Viewing"—ST-301.

2:15 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Case Discussion"—A-950.

4:00 pm Infectious Diseases Conf.—"Clinical Presentations"—Drs. Barry Hartman and Warren Johnson—A-450.

5:00 pm  Public Health Journal Club Conf.—"Medicine, Public Health and Human Rights"—Dr. Victor Sidel—Kips Bay Bldg. (229).

Wednesday, March 1

9:00 am  Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Grand Rounds—"Sexual Differentiation Molecules and Mechanisms"—Dr. Darcy Kellie—MSKCC (NM-107).

11:00 am Psychiatry Grand Rounds—"The Treatment of Chronic PTSD: A Social Developmental Perspective"—Dr. Marylene Cloitre—Uris Aud.

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"Improving End of Life Care: Current Policy Initiatives"—Dr. Kathleen Foley, MSKCC—A-126.

5:00 pm Dean’s Hour—"Advances in Wound Closure Using Laser Tissue Welding"—Dr. Dix Poppas—Uris Aud.

Thursday, March 2

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"Pediatric Colonic Motility Disorders"—Dr. Alejandro Flores, The Center for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Atlanta—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"Genetic Medicine: The Promise of DNA Vaccines"—Dr. Ronald Crystal—Uris Aud.

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—TBA—Dr. Larry Norton—Uris Aud.

Friday, March 3 - (No listings received.)

Monday, March 6
12:30 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Case Presentations"—Dr. David Zackson—Payson 2 Conf. Rm. (lunch served).

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"Vaginal Birth After Cesarean"—Dr. Ronald Chez, Univ. of South Florida—Uris Aud.

5:30 pm Cohn Forum on Health Affairs (Rockefeller Univ.)—"Toward a Sound Policy on Academic Medicine and Medical Research"—Dr. Herbert Pardes—R.U.’s Abby Aldrich Rockfeller Dining Room. (Reception at 5:00 pm.)

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