January 17, 2003

CNY blood drive
MGH employees working at CNY are invited to participate in a blood drive Jan. 22, from 8:30 am to 2 pm. The MGH Bloodmobile will be located at CNY Building 149. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call Susan Murphy at (617) 724-6518 or send e-mail to smurphy4@partners.org.

Winter 2003 schedule for computer training
Partners Information Systems Training has released the Winter Computer Workshop training schedule for Microsoft Office applications. For more information, visit http://is.partners.org/training. Schedules and registration forms also are available by calling (617) 724-1240.

Memorial service for Mark Lyons
A memorial service for Mark Lyons will be held Jan. 23 at 2:30 pm in the MGH Chapel. Lyons worked in the MGH Radiology Department for many years. He died suddenly last May. Following the service, there will be a reception in the Robbins Conference Room on Founders 2. For more information, send e-mail to mshore@partners.org.

Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration
MGH employees and staff are invited to "A Celebration of the Legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.," Jan. 24, from 3 to 4 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The honorable John Lewis — a congressman from Georgia, civil rights activist and advocate of nonviolence — will speak at the event. Admission is free, and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Lewis' book, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, will be available for sale outside the O'Keeffe Auditorium before and after the event and outside the Trustees Room during the reception following the event. For more information, call (617) 724-0928.

Blood donations needed
Because of an increased need for blood components, the MGH Blood Donor Center would like to encourage MGHers to donate blood. The Blood Donor Center is located on the main campus near the Gray Lobby. Blood donations are at an all-time low, and there is an urgent need for donations. To make an appointment, call (617) 726-8177.

Partners Physicians Day
All MGH physicians are invited to participate in the fourth annual Partners Physicians Day Feb. 8, from 8 am to 5 pm. The all-day program will feature more than 30 topics and will include up to six CME and risk management credits. Free childcare services also will be provided. Registration forms recently were mailed to all Partners physicians. The registration deadline is Jan. 17. For more information, call Grace Bommarito at (617) 278-1058. To register online from a Partners workstation, visit http://intranet.partners.org/clinicalaffairs.