February 12, 1999

Cardiac Catheterization lab open house
All are welcome to tour the new Knight Center for Intraventional Cardiovascular Therapy, located on Blake 9 at its open house Feb. 23, 3 to 7 pm. Light refreshments will be served. The Knight Catheterization Lab currently located on Gray 1 will move to the new location March 1. The main phone number will remain 6-7400. For more information about the open house, call 6-5544.

Ash Wednesday services
The MGH Chaplaincy will offer the following services in observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 17 in the MGH Chapel: Roman Catholic Mass, 11 am and 4 pm; ecumenical prayer service, 12:15 pm; and Episcopalian Mass, 1 pm. Distribution of ashes will take place from 9 am to 5 pm, in the MGH Chapel and on patient care units; noon to 2 pm, CNY Building 149; and 1 pm, 11th floor, Patient Lounge, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary. All chapel services will be broadcast on Channel 16. For more information, call the Chaplaincy Office at 6-2220.

Home buying seminar
For those buying a condo or house for the first time, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will sponsor a seminar entitled "Home Buying – Be an Informed Customer" Feb. 18, noon to 1 pm, in the Wellman Conference Room. The next in the EAP’s Work/Life seminar series, the presentation will feature guest speaker Peter Buchanan, chief lending officer at the Harvard Credit Union, who will discuss the financial aspects of the purchasing process, including the steps necessary to secure a mortgage and obtain pre-qualification status. For more information, call the EAP at 6-6976.

Schwartz Center Rounds
All MGH caregivers are invited to the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center Rounds Feb. 26, noon to 1 pm, in the Walcott Conference Rooms. The topic of this month’s rounds is "Cancer Care in the Elderly: Assumptions and Challenges." Lunch will be served starting at 11:45 am. To register, call 4-6862.

Biostatistics for clinical investigators
The Clinical Research Program, the General Clinical Research Center and the Center for Clinical Nutrition are sponsoring "Seminars in Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators" March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 4 to 5 pm, in the Walcott Conference Rooms. This course is designed for investigators at the fellow and faculty level with minimal statistical experience. Recommended readings will be assigned from the textbook Basic and Clinical Biostatistics, which is on reserve at the Treadwell Library. To register, visit the CRP website at www.crnet.mgh.harvard.edu or call the CRP at 6-1669.

Eating disorders forum
The Harvard Eating Disorders Center will sponsor a free public forum entitled "Culture, the Media and Eating Disorders: The Challenge of Promoting Self-Acceptance," Feb. 23, 7 pm, Askwith Lecture Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge. Taking place during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the forum will feature renown guest speakers, including Jean Kilbourne, EdD, creator of the films "Slim Hopes" and "Still Killing Us Softly." There will be a panel of MGH clinical experts, including David Herzog, MD, director of the MGH Eating Disorders Unit and president and founder of the Harvard Eating Disorders Center. Judy Foreman, a health columnist for the Boston Globe, will moderate. For more information, call 236-7766.

IHP diversity lecture
The MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) will host "Health Diversity in the Home," a presentation discussing the issues caregivers face providing home care, Feb. 18, noon to 1:30 pm, room 336, 101 Merrimac St. The talk will be given by Robert Simmons, founder of Boston Home Infusion, a home health care organization. To attend, call 4-3103.