November 3, 2006

What's Happening

CFD noontime learning series
The MGH Center for Faculty Development's (CFD) noontime learning series will offer "Digital Imaging Essentials" Nov. 13, from noon to 1 pm in the Burr Conference Rooms. Beth Beighlie, digital imaging coordinator at Harvard Medical School, will present. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-0818 or e-mail cfd@partners.org.

Alzheimer's film screening and discussion
The MGH Geriatric Medicine Unit will host a screening of the award-winning film "Family Matters: Coming Together for Alzheimer's" Nov. 16 beginning at 5:30 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The program will include guest speaker Ellen Goodman, a columnist for the Boston Globe and a discussion moderated by Kasey Kaufman, a reporter with CBS4 News. To register, call (617) 724-7324 by Nov. 10. For more information, visit www.massgeneral.org/familymatters.

Irvin H. Blank Commemorative Lecture
The Wellman Center for Photomedicine will host the annual Irvin H. Blank Commemorative Lecture Nov. 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the Shriner's Auditorium at 51 Blossom St. A reception will take place from 6:30 to 8 pm in the Burr Conference Rooms. Guest speaker George Cotsarelis, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will discuss "Hair Follicle Stem Cells in Hair Growth and Wound Healing." For more information, e-mail Nicole DeVoe at
ndevoe@partners.org.

Sarcoma presentation
The MGH Cancer Center will host "Meet the Sarcoma Experts" Nov. 18, from 9 am to noon in the Burr Conference Rooms. Registration is required by Nov. 15. For more information or to register, contact Jill Nelson, APRN, BC, at (617) 726-6349 or jnelson@partners.org.