• Conference room dedicated to renowned MGH physician
  Room 207C in the Bulfinch Building is just an ordinary conference room no longer. It has been transformed into a living tribute to one of the MGH's most beloved physicians: W. Gerald Austen, MD. In a special celebration Jan. 7, the room was officially dedicated to Austen with the help of many friends and colleagues.

• MGH Blood Donor Center asks: "Do you remember your first time?"
  Walter (Sunny) Dzik, MD, co-director of the MGH Blood Transfusion Services, remembers his first time as if it were yesterday – his first time donating blood that is. Dzik, who is a regular donor, belongs to a group of MGHers who are being asked by the MGH Blood Donor Center to share their stories about their first experience donating blood and the reasons why they continue to donate. The center is surveying regular blood donors to publicize National Blood Donor Awareness Month for January and to encourage others to donate.

• High school students tour MGH, Shriners
  Over the years, the MGH has been host to a variety of guests and visitors from all over the world. The crowd assembled Jan. 11 in the MGH Ether Dome was one of many such groups--though they may have been a bit younger than the average visitor. Students from Lawrence High School came to the MGH representing the Injury Prevention and Vocational Program for Minority High School Students in Massachusetts.

• Genome leaders honored with Warren Triennial Prize
  The leaders of the two scientific teams that jointly published a first draft of the human genome were honored earlier this month with the MGH's highest award for research. Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, and J. Craig Venter, PhD, president and chief scientific officer of Celera Genomics Corporation, received the 2001 Warren Triennial Prize, established in 1871 in honor of John Collins Warren, MD, co-founder of the MGH and its first surgeon.

• Help wanted: Judges for Timilty Science Fair
  The MGH/Timilty Partnership seeks MGHers to judge student projects during the annual Science Fair Week at the James P. Timilty Middle School in Roxbury. No science background is necessary. Enthusiasm and an interest in helping a future generation of potential scientists are a must.

• In memoriam
  Anthony Kirvilaitis, Jr., of MGH Patient Care Services (PCS), died Jan. 14 after a long battle with cancer. Kirvilaitis worked at the MGH for 16 years.

• What's Happening

Hotline Home Page | Back Issues | News Releases | News & Information | MGH Home Page