March 3, 2000
Clinical
Research Program seminar series
The Clinical Research Program will host
"Confidentiality and Subject Privacy," the fifth in a series about ethics in
clinical research, March 13, 11:45 am to 1 pm in the Burr 5 and 6 Conference Rooms. Lunch
will be provided. To register, call 6-1669.
Ethics forum series
The MGH Ethics Task Force will sponsor
"Guardianship: Who will speak for me when I can't?" March 8, 5 to 6 pm in the
Wellman Conference Room. Refreshments will be served. The panel of speakers will include
MGH representation from ethics, legal and social work. For more information, send e-mail
to skdodge@partners.org or call Sandy
Dodge at 4-5348.
Public parking rate
increase
The public parking rates for the Fruit and Parkman
Street garages will be increased in March to $5 for one hour up to $30 for a 24-hour
period. The increase will not affect patient, visitor or employee rates. The increase in
public parking rates deters the general public from using MGH garages and helps save space
for MGH patients and their visitors. All patients and their visitors will need to have
their parking tickets validated to get reduced rates. Validation is available only for
patients and their visitors and not available for employees, contractors or other guests
at the hospital. Patients and visitors requiring validation must go to the MGH Validation
Desk, Main Lobby, 8 am to 8 pm; the MGH Parking Office, ground level, Fruit Street Garage,
between 7 am and 5 pm; or the White Information Desk, after 8 pm. Any questions can be
directed to the Parking Office at 6-8886.
MassGeneral Hospital
for Children website
The new and improved MassGeneral Hospital for
Children website is live and may be visited at http://www.massgeneral.org/children.
The website features the service's mascot, Pedie the bear, as the site navigator.
Finding Gene
Expression Patterns in Cancer
The Clinical Research Program will sponsor a new
seminar series, "Genomics Approaches to Common Diseases," designed to educate
clinical and basic investigators about recent advances in genomics. The first lecture,
"Finding Gene Expression Patterns in Cancer," will be held March 28, 4 to 5 pm
in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. Todd R. Golub, MD, assistant professor of Pediatrics, HMS, and
research scientist, Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, will discuss genome-wide
expression analysis in cancer. Registration is recommended. For more information, send
e-mail to Alison Simmons at alsimmons@partners.org
or call 6-1669.
Longwood Symphony
Orchestra
Join the Longwood Symphony Orchestra,
March 4 at 8 pm, for a concert to benefit the Dimock Community Health
Center in Roxbury and to honor Susan Pauker, MD, of Harvard Vanguard.
Tickets are $15 general admission and $7.50 for students and seniors.
For ticket information, call 536-2412 or send e-mail to lwong@partners.org.
MGH Cancer Center
HOPES seminars
The MGH Cancer Center HOPES Program (Helping Our
Patients/ Families through Education and Support) will present "When You Need a Blood
Transfusion," facilitated by Elizabeth Johnson, RN, MSN, OCN, of Patient Care
Services, March 7. "Feeling Stressed? Some Simple Steps to Relax," facilitated
by Kathy Clair-Hayes, MSW, of MGH Social Services, will be offered March 8.
"Improving Posture and Balance After Head and Neck Surgery," facilitated by
Laura Plummer, PT, and Deborah Watts, PT, of MGH Physical Therapy, will be offered March
10. All seminars are held in the Cancer Resource Room, Cox 1, noon to 1 pm. For more
information, call 4-1822.
Town meeting for
house staff and clinical fellows
Isaac Schiff, MD, chair of the Executive Committee
on Teaching and Education, and Deb Weinstein, MD, director of Graduate Medical Education,
will host a town meeting for house staff and clinical fellows, March 6, 5 to 6 pm, Walcott
Rooms 2 and 3. James J. Mongan, MD, president of the MGH, and Brit Nicholson, chief
medical officer, also will be present. For more information or to suggest discussion
topics, send e-mail to dweinstein@partners.org
or send a fax to 6-2118.