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.

Dr. Rosenberg to Present David S. Speer Lecture (March 9)—Dr. Stephen A. Rosenberg, Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Chief of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute, will be the David S. Speer Lecturer at Weill Medical College on March 9. He will present the Speer Lecture on "The Story of M: The Development of Cancer Vaccines" at Surgery Grand Rounds at 5 pm in Uris Auditorium.

Update Your Medicine (1999-2000 CME Lecture Series)—The lecture series sponsored by Weill Medical College and the Association of Practicing Physicians of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital continues on March 15 with "New Arthritis," presented by Dr. Stephen Paget, and "Advances in Rehabilitation Medicine," presented by Dr. Willibald Nagler. Lectures begin at 7 p.m. in Uris Auditorium. For registration information, call 746-4752. (Website: www.med.cornell.edu/update.your.medicine)

Program for Children and Adolescents with HIV/AIDS (March 16)—The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases is sponsoring an "Educational Forum and Benefit" event in the Hospital Lobby (by the Information Desk) on Thursday, March 16, from 11-5 pm. (Gifts and toys for sale; items to be raffled; meet program staff). All are welcome.

Dr. Dannenberg to Speak at Cancer Prevention Dinner (March 23)—In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The NewYork-Presbyterian Cancer Prevention Center will host a dinner presentation by its co-director, Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, on Thursday, March 23rd, at 6:30 p.m. at Terrace in the Sky Restaurant (400 West 119th St.).  Dr. Dannenberg’s topic will be "A Novel Approach to Preventing Gastrointestinal Malignancies."  Space is limited.  RSVP to Alexandra Gruener at 774-1987 by Monday, March 20th.

A Quarter Century Landmark Plus! Update Your Medicine June 2000 Course (June 26-30)—Sponsored by the Weill Medical College and the Association of Practicing Physicians of The New York Hospital, the Update Your Medicine Program presents a practical CME course—including lectures, workshops, and Meet-the-Professor luncheons. (37.50 Category I AMA-PRA credit.)  Additional 11.5 credits available for Hands-on Workshops.  This program has also been reviewed and is acceptable for 37.50 elective hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians.  For further information, contact Dr. Lila Wallis, Director, or Debora Laan, Coordinator, at 746-4752; website: www.med.cornell.edu/update.your.medicine.

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.

Monday, March 6

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

4:30 pm Physiology, Biophysics, and Molecular Medicine Seminar—"Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Signaling: From Test Tube to Mouse"—Dr. Robert Duvoisin—Weill Aud. (C-2).

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"Advances in Prenatal Diagnosis"—Dr. Maurice Mahoney, Yale Univ. School of Medicine—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 Rockefeller Dining Room (Reception at 5:00 pm.).

6:30 pm Public Health Policy Forum—"Good Managed Care: Is There Such A Thing?"—Maura Bluestone, President & C.E.O., The Bronx Health Plan—Whitney 117.

Tuesday, March 7

11:00 am NYPH-Westchester Clinical Grand Rounds—"Psychopharmacology of Violence: Beyond the Acute Episode"—Dr. Leslie Citrome, NYU School of Medicine—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.

4:00 pm Progress in Neuroscience Seminar—"Nitric Oxide Signaling: Pathways of Neuronal Survival and Death"—Dr. Ted Dawson, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine—Weill Aud. (C-2).

4:00 pm Clinical Nutrition Lecture—"Cell Culture Models for Organsite Cancer Prevention"—Dr. Nitin Telang, Strang Cancer Prevention Center— MSKCC (RRL-117).

7:00 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Problem Cases"—Dr. David Zackson—A-126.

Wednesday, March 8

9:00 am  Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Grand Rounds—TBA—MSKCC (NM-107).

11:00 am Psychiatry Grand Rounds—"Estradiol and the Physiology of Appetite"—Dr. Nori Geary—Uris Aud.

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"Should Managed Care Organizations Support Medical Education and Other Social Goods?"—Dr. Richard Bernstein, Aetna-US Healthcare—A-126.

3:45 pm SKI Seminar—"Asymmetry and Cell Fate"—Dr. Richard Losick, Harvard Univ.—MSKCC (RRL).

5:00 pm Dean’s Hour—"Multimodal Studies of Brain Injury States and Prospects for Future Interventions"—Dr. Nicholas Schiff— Weill Aud. (C-2).

6:00 pm NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"Changing Addictive Behaviors"—Dr. Harris Stratyner, Aviva Fisher, and Catherine Bookless—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

7:00 pm Clinical Nephrology Conf. (New York Society of Nephrology)—(1) "Transplantation" by Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, UCLA School of Medicine; (2) "Homocysteine in Transplant Patients" by Dr. Andrew Bostom, Brown University—Uris Aud.

Thursday, March 9

7:30 am Catheterization Conf.—"Case Presentations and Discussions"—ST-460.

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"New Developments in the Diagnosis and Management of Anemias in Childhood"—Dr. Carlo Brugnara, Harvard Medical School—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds (General Staff Meeting)—"Biology of Regurgitant Valvular Diseases"—Dr. Jeffrey Borer—Uris Aud. 

12:00 pm Biochemistry Lecture—"Cdc42: More Surprises & Questions"—Dr. Richard Cerione, Cornell Univ. (Ithaca)—E-115.

12:00 pm Radiology Grand Rounds—"Imaging of Prostate Cancer"—Dr. Hedvig Hricak, MSKCC—ST 8A-05.

4:00 pm Nutrition Lecture—"Interactions of Dietary Nutrients and Environmental Toxins: Lead Poisoning as a Model"—Dr. John Bogden, New Jersey Medical School—D-417.

4:00 pm SKI Human Genetics Seminar—"Role of Cripto and Pigf Genes in Mouse Development and Adult Life"—Dr. Maria Persico, International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Italy—MSKCC (RRL-116).

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds (David S. Speer Lecture)—"The Story of M: The Development of Cancer Vaccines"—Dr. Stephen Rosenberg, George Washington Univ.—Uris Aud.

Friday, March 10

12:00 pm SKI Molecular Biology Seminar—"The EGF-CFC Gene Family and Axis Formation in the Mouse Embryo"—Dr. Michael Shen, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—MSKCC (RRL-116).

Monday, March 13

12:00 pm Molecular Biology Seminar—"Enhancer-Promoter Crosstalk by Globin Genes in Chromatin"—Dr. Ann Dean, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases—MSKCC (RRL-116).

1:30 pm Genetic Medicine Recruitment Team Seminar—"Developing the Mammalian Epidermal Barrier"—Dr. Julia Segre, Univ. of Chicago—Weill Aud. (C-2).

4:00 pm Cell Biology & Genetics Seminar—"The Frizzled Pathway, Tissue Polarity, and the Control of Cellular Morphogenesis in Drosophila"—Dr. Paul Adler, Univ. of Virginia—Weill Aud. (C-2).

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"New Contraceptive Options"—Dr. Margaret Polaneczky—Uris Aud.

6:00 pm NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"Raising Confident Kids"—Drs. Theo Cherbuliez, Flemming Graae, Jo Hariton, and Karen Hotchkiss—Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY.

Tuesday, March 14

11:00 am NYPH-Westchester Clinical Grand Rounds—"Rehabilitation Outcomes with Atypical Antipsychotic Medication for Schizophrenia"—Dr. Thomas Smith—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

1:00 pm Social Work Grand Rounds—"Violence in the Health Care Arena: Its Management and Prevention"—Dr. Gerald Landsberg, NYU School of Social Work—Uris Aud.

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

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

4:00 pm Pharmacology Research Seminar—"Biochemical Analysis of Nuclear Hormone Receptor Signaling Pathways"—Dr. William Lee Kraus, Cornell Univ. (Ithaca)—Weill Aud. (C-2).

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

Wednesday, March 15

9:00 am  Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Grand Rounds—TBA—Dr. Matthew Riddle, Oregon Health Sciences Univ.—MSKCC (NM-107).

11:00 am Psychiatry Grand Rounds—"Clinical Case Conf.: Dual Diagnosis Team"—Uris Aud.

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"An Overview of Pharmaco-Economics"—Dr. Hirsch Ruchlin—Whitney 117.

4:00 pm Clinical Nephrology Conf.—"Electrolyte Abnormalities"—Dr. Germaine Chan—M-220.

4:30 pm Neurooncology Neuroscience Conf.—"Radioimmunotherapy for Leptomeningeal Disease"—Dr. Kim Kramer, MSKCC—MSKCC (Hoffman Aud.).

Thursday, March 16

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"Meeting the Challenges of Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in Children"—Dr. Colin Merchant, Boston Univ. School of Medicine and Medical Center—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"Case Presentation"—Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine—Uris Aud.

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—"Nobel Prize Winners in Surgery"—Dr. Kenneth Swan, New Jersey Medical School—Uris Aud.

Friday, March 17 - (No listings received).

Monday, March 20

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—"Treating Poisonings in Pregnancy"—Dr. Neal Flomenbaum—Uris Aud.

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