September 13, 2002

What's Happening

Partners town meeting reminder
Samuel O. Thier, MD, president and chief executive officer of Partners HealthCare, will discuss a variety of topics related to Partners at a town meeting Sept. 23, from 10 to 11 am in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. Questions may be posed at the meeting or submitted in advance to the MGH Public Affairs Office, by fax at (617) 726-7475 or e-mail at Hotline@partners.org

Bone marrow donor drive
The MGH Bone Marrow Transplant Program will hold a bone marrow donor drive Sept. 18, from 10 am to 5 pm in the Main Lobby for anyone who would like to become part of the National Bone Marrow Donor Program's donor list. For more information, send e-mail to pperrino@partners.org or jzarzin@partners.org

Graduate programs information session
The MGH Institute of Health Professions will be holding an open house Sept. 28, from 10 am to noon at CNY Building 36. Information will be provided about graduate programs in Nursing, Physical Therapy, Clinical Investigation and Speech Pathology offered at the CNY campus. For more information, call (617) 726-3140 or send e-mail to admissions@mghihp.edu

Drop-in discussion group
A drop-in discussion group for hospital employees about psychosocial issues related to genetic testing for cancer will be offered on the second Friday of each month beginning Sept. 13, from noon to 1 pm in the Cancer Resource Room. For more
information, contact William Pirl, MD, at wpirl@partners.org

Reproductive medicine workshop
The MGH Vincent Center for Reproductive Medicine and IVF will hold its third meeting of a four-part workshop series "Psychospiritual Healing of Infertility" Sept. 18, from 5:15 to 7 pm on Vincent 210. The workshop is an introduction to energy healing techniques that can activate the energetic psychospiritual possibilities underlying the infertility process. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-3500.

Science fair mentors
The MGH/Timilty Partnership is seeking science fair mentors. Mentors meet with students at the MGH on two Friday mornings per month, from October to January. The Partnership provides mentor training, resources to get mentor and student started and ongoing support. For more information about the Science Fair Mentoring program, contact the Partnership Office at (617) 724-3210 or send e-mail to Timilty@partners.org

Fall 2002 schedule for computer training
The Partners Information Systems Training has released the fall 2002 computer workshop training schedule for Microsoft Office applications. Classes are held at Corporate Training, Charles River Plaza, 185 Cambridge St. For more information about schedules, course descriptions and registration, visit http://is.partners.org/training Schedules and registration forms also are available by calling (617) 724-1240.

CNY blood drive
MGH employees working at CNY are invited to participate in the next blood drive Sept. 25, from 8:30 am to 2 pm. The MGH Bloodmobile will be located at CNY Building 149. Donors that day will be treated to free ice cream. 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

Career development seminar
The Research Management Department will be hosting a seminar for research employees with PhDs with Harvard Medical School appointments Sept. 25, from 11:30 am to 1 pm at CNY Building 114. Send an RSVP by Sept. 20 to research@partners.org

Nursing Career Expo
The MGH Nursing Department will hold its Career Expo Sept. 15, from noon to 4 pm in the North and East Garden Dining Rooms. Parking will be provided in the Fruit Street and Parkman Street garages. For more information, call (617) 726-5593.

2002 Partners in Excellence Awards
Nominations for the 2002 Partners in Excellence Awards now are being accepted. Forms are available through managers and also are available in this week's Hotline
(see insert). Employees with Internet access through a Partners workstation also can submit nominations online at http://intranet.partners.org/PIE/ The deadline for all
nominations is Sept. 27. This year's Partners in Excellence Awards ceremony will be held Dec. 11 at 4 pm in the Wang Lobby and Cafeteria.