Diabetes Community Symposium (Nov. 15)—Weill Medical College will host a community symposium, in conjunction with National Diabetes Month, entitled "The Latest Advances in the Treatment of Diabetes" from 7 to 9 pm in Uris Auditorium.  Topics will include: "New Therapies for the Treatment of Insulin Resistance" (Dr. Leonid Poretsky); "Pancreas Transplantation" (Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala); "Treatment for Diabetic Eye Disease" (Dr. Vincent Repucci); "Insulin Pump Therapy" (Dr. David Brillon); and "Therapy of the Future: Inhaled Insulin" (Dr. Judity Hey-Hadavi).  Admission is free, but limited to the first 250 people on a first-come, first-served basis.  Call 746-4486 for more information.

Rockefeller University Centennial Lecture (Nov. 17)—Rockefeller University kicks off its Centennial Lecture Series on November 17 with Dr. Lee Silver of Princeton University speaking on "The Science and Politics of Genetic Enhancement in the Third Millennium: Who Will Decide the Future of Humankind?" The lecture begins at 7 pm in Rockefeller's Caspary Auditorium.  Dr. Silver is author of the book Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family. All are welcome. For reservations, call 327-7250. 

Memorial Service (Nov. 19)—The Fifth Annual Center-wide Memorial Service at New York Weill Cornell Center will be held at 12:00 pm in Uris Auditorium. Organized by the Department of Pastoral Care and Education, the Memorial Service celebrates the lives of co-workers, volunteers, and retirees of both the Hospital and the Medical College at New York Weill Cornell who have died during the past year.

HealthOutreach Lecture (Nov. 29)—"The Ins and Outs of Homecare: What Caregivers Need to Know" is the topic of a lecture to be held from 6:30 to 8 pm in A-250. Reservations are required. Please call Michael Doran, CSW, at 746-4365 for more information about groups and The Caregivers Service. 

OSHA In-Service Training (Dec. 8 - Dec. 16)—The following educational sessions are being offered as part of the continuing in-service training on Health and Safety regulations on the Medical College's Chemical Hygiene Plan and Bloodborne Exposure Plan. Chemical Hygiene Plan: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2:00-4:00 pm.  Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Plan: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2:00-4:00 pm. All sessions will be held in A-950.  Participation in one session per year is mandatory under Federal (OSHA) regulations for all laboratory workers, including graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows as well as their faculty supervisors, who work with chemicals or with human blood as well as other potentially infectious materials. 

Tri-Institutional Chronic Disease Conference (Dec. 9)—Weill Medical College, Rockefeller University, and The American Heart Association-New York City will host "The Third International Conference on Fats and Oil Consumption: Prevention of Chronic Disease" from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (7-9 am general registration) at Rockefeller University, 66th St. Gate.  Admission is $60 ($30 for students).  Contact Rachel Miller at 327-7707 or millerr@rockefeller.edu for more information.

State-Mandated Infection Control and Child Abuse Courses—The State-Mandated Infection Control Core Course, Infection Control Update, and Child Abuse Courses required for licensure in New York State are offered regularly by the School of Continuing Education for Nurses, New York Weill Cornell Center. The schedule for the remainder of 1999 is: Infection Control Core Course (December 2) and Infection Control Update (November 18 and December 9).  All classes are held in the Nursing Education Department, Payson House Sub-basement. The fee is $35. Preregistration is suggested, as seating is limited. Registration/check-in is at 5:00 pm, and classes start at 5:30 pm. To register, stop by the School, in the Payson House basement.  Call 746-1224 for more information.

Doctor’s Coatroom Computer Training Initiative—The Hospital's Office of Organizational Learning will be conducting training on hospital-supported computer applications: Eclipsys, CISyphus, Imnet EPRS, PACS, Infonet (Intranet), and e-mail in the newly renovated Doctor’s Coatroom, when the coatroom reopens in November.  A schedule of times that instructors will be available in the Doctor’s Coatroom will be posted in the temporary Coatroom on Greenberg 3 and in the newly renovated coatroom when it reopens.  If the posted times are not convenient, physicians may request alternate times that are more convenient via a sign-up sheet in the Doctor’s Coatroom or by calling the Office of Organizational Learning at 746-1429. Please contact Kathy Ralph with any comments or questions at 746-1206.

Volunteers Needed for Clinical Research Studies Concerning Bone Density in Women and Atherosclerosis in Men and Women—The Rogosin Institute Comprehensive Lipid Control Center is conducting two studies involving cholesterol-lowering drugs. One study is investigating the potential benefits of cholesterol-lowering drugs on bone density in postmenopausal women age 60 or older whose cholesterol is greater than 200 mg/dL. The other study, of both men and women, is investigating factors beyond cholesterol that may be involved in atherosclerosis. Volunteers must be age 35-65 and have cholesterol greater than 200 mg/dL. Each study also has additional requirements. For more information, call David Stein or Matthew Moore at 702-9600.

Volunteers Needed for Diabetic Neuropathy Research Trials—Physicians in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience are seeking patients with peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes to participate in ongoing research of the safety and efficacy of the investigational drug thiotic acid.  The study is sponsored by ASTA Medica.  For more information, call Ivanka Zaprianova at 746-2349.

Breast Cancer Support and Information Groups Forming—Two new resources for women with breast cancer are being offered free of charge at New York Weill Cornell Center. One is an ongoing weekly support group open to women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who are undergoing treatment or who have recently completed treatment. The second resource is a bi-weekly preoperative patient teaching session offered to women scheduled for breast cancer surgery. Individual counseling is also available. For further information, call either Marcelle Kaplan, RN, OCN at 746-4708 or Lisa Fitzsimmons, CSW, at 746-4347.

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 through February 25, 2000, at the following times: Monday - Friday (8 - 11:30 am); Monday - Wednesday, Friday (1 - 4 pm).  In addition, OHS will offer flu shots at the following locations: Hospital Main Lobby: November 16 (8:30 - 11:30 am); November 17 (11 am - 2 pm); November 18 (1 - 4 pm); November 19 (8:30 - 11:30 am). Garden Cafe: November 30 (8:30 - 11:30 am); December 1 (11 am - 2 pm); December 2 (1 - 4 pm); December 3 (8:30 - 11:30 am).  Please present your plastic clinic plate to receive services. 

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 November 17 with "Update Cardiology II." Dr. Robert Campagna will present "Unstable Angina," and Dr. Stephen Scheidt will present "New Cardiac Pharmacology." Topics for the remainder of the series are "Update Neurology" (January 26), "Update Science and Art in Medicine: (1) Alternative Medicine and (2) Evidence Based Medicine" (February 26), "Update Rheumatology" (March 15), "Update Gastroenterology" (April 19), and "Update Miscellaneous: (1) Dermatological Manifestations of Systemic Disease and (2) Pharmacology" (May 10). Lectures begin at 7 pm in Uris Auditorium. For registration information, call 746-4752. (Website: http://www.med.cornell.edu/update.your.medicine)

Monday, November 15

12:00 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Case Presentations"—Dr. David Zackson—Payson 2 Conf. Rm. (lunch served).

3:00 pm Anesthesiology Research Conf.—"Anesthesia Mechanisms: The Search for the Needle in the Haystack"—Dr. Bernd Urban, Univ. of Bonn, Germany—LC-205.

4:30 pm Physiology, Biophysics & Molecular Medicine Seminar—"Electrostatic Binding of Proteins to Membranes: Lessons from Src and MARCKS"—Dr. Stuart McLaughlin, SUNY Stonybrook—Weill Aud. (C-2).

7:00 pm Diabetes Community Symposium—"The Latest Advances in the Treatment of Diabetes"—Uris Aud. (See Bulletin item above.)

Tuesday, November 16

11:00 am NYPH-Westchester Psychiatry Grand Rounds—"HIV and Severe Mental Illness"—Rich Herman & Dr. Meg Kaplan, Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons—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 Neuroscience Seminar—"Dorsal Horn Mechanisms of Hyperalgesia"—Dr. Patrick Dougherty, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine—A-250.

Wednesday, November 17

9:00 am Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Grand Rounds—"SERMs and Breast Carcinoma: Facts and Possibilities"—Dr. Hunter Heath, Eli Lilly & Co.—MSKCC (NM-107).

11:00 am Psychiatry Grand Rounds—Clinical Case Conf.: ER—Uris Aud.

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care: It's Finally Here"—Dr. Walid Michelen—A-126.

1:00 pm Pharmacology Seminar—"Analysis of myc Target Genes Using a Novel Genetic Approach"—Dr. Andrew Bush, MSKCC—E-415.

4:00 pm Clinical Nephrology Conf.—"Nephrolithiasis II"—Dr. David Zackson—M-220.

5:00 pm Dean's Hour—"Neural and Cognitive Effects of Estrogen"—Dr. Maria New—Weill Aud. (C-2).

6:00 pm NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"Managing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder"—Jane Levitan—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

7:00 pm R.U. Centennial Lecture—"The Science and Politics of Genetic Enhancement in the Third Millennium: Who Will Decide the Future of Humankind?"—Dr. Lee Silver, Princeton University—RU's Caspary Auditorium.

Thursday, November 18

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"Genetics of Hearing Loss"—Dr. Suzanne Margaret Leal, Rockefeller Univ.—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"Advances in Anti-Thrombotic Therapy for Deep Vein Thrombosis"—Dr. Russell Hull, Univ. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada—Uris Aud.

12:00 pm Biochemistry Lecture—"Molecular Mechanism of Amyloid Formation in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease"—Dr. Peter Lansbury, Jr., Brigham & Women's Hospital—E-115.

4:00 pm MSKCC Human Genetics Seminar—"A Novel Glutamine-Rich Transcriptional Co-Activator Factor"—Dr. William Solomon, SUNY HSC at Brooklyn, MSKCC (RRL-116).

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—"The Health Care of Presidents"—Dr. John Hutton, Walter Reed Hospital—Uris Aud.

Friday, November 19

12:00 pm Memorial Service for staff, volunteers, and retirees of New York Weill Cornell—Uris Aud.

12:00 pm SKI Molecular Biology Seminar—"The Role of Mismatch Repair Proteins in DNA Repair and in Genetic Recombination"—Dr. Eric Alani, Cornell Univ., Ithaca—MSKCC (RRL 116).

Monday, November 22

1:30 pm Microbiology and Immunology Seminar—"Computational Approach Towards Integrating Protein Structure, Function and Genomics"—Dr. An-Suei Yang, Columbia University—B-307.

Tuesday, November 23

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

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

3:30 pm Structural Biology Recruitment Team & Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar—"Potassium Channel Studies"—Dr. Joao Cabral, Rockefeller Univ.—E-115.

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

4:00 pm Pharmacology Seminar—"Presynaptic Mechanisms of General Anesthetic Action"—Dr. Hugh Hemmings—Weill Aud. (C-2).

Wednesday, November 24

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"The Uninsured: Who They Are and What Can Be Done to Help Them"—Dr. Sherry Glied, Columbia Univ.—A-126.

Thursday, November 25 - (Thanksgiving Holiday)

Friday, November 26 - (Holiday)

Monday, November 29

12:00 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Case Presentations"—Dr. David Zackson—Payson 2 Conf. Rm. (lunch served).

4:30 pm Physiology, Biophysics & Molecular Medicine Seminar—"Dynamic Strength and Molecular Anchoring in Fluid Biomembranes"—Dr. Evan Evans, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada—Weill Aud. (C-2).

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