June 17, 2005

What's Happening

Stoeckle Center seminar on advance directives
As a part of the Stoeckle Center primary care seminar series, the center will be hosting a special session "Respecting Choices: Improving the Completion of Advance Directives in Primary Care" June 24, from 7:30 to 9 am in the Walcott Conference Room. The featured speakers will be Cornelia Cremins, MD, of the MGH Geriatric Unit, Alexandra Cist, MD, of the Pulmonary Unit, Theresa Cantanno, RN, of Ellison 20, and Sharon Brackett, RN, of the SICU. The discussion will include how to counsel patients and family members about completing advance directives for their care and how primary care practices can better manage advance directives. The seminar will be videoconferenced to off-site practices, and free breakfast will be made available to these locations. CME credits also will be available. This event is open to all. For more information, call Pat Gavin at (617) 726-1218.

EAP training for managers and supervisors
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer training courses this fall for managers and supervisors regarding the use of the EAP as a resource to assist with behavioral and mental health and substance abuse concerns. The training sessions will be held Sept. 21, from 3 to 5 pm and Nov. 3, from 1 to 3 pm in the Haber Conference Room. To register for either session, call (617) 726-6976.

Making a Difference Grant reception and poster display
The Making a Difference Grant program will host a special reception and poster display for the 2005 grant recipients June 29, from 3 to 4:30 pm in the Trustees Room. Applications for the 2006 grant program will be available. For more information, call Melanie Cassamas at (617) 726-1816.

Disparities in health care conference
The MGH will host a Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Conference June 27, from noon to 1 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The conference will feature the viewing of "Worlds Apart" a documentary that captures the experiences of a group of diverse patients with chronic medical conditions as they face the cross-cultural challenges of today's health care environment. Speakers include Robert Phillips, a kidney transplant recipient who was featured in the documentary; Win Williams, MD, director of the MGH Interventional Nephrology and Transplant Unit and director of the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office; and Angelleen Peters-Lewis, RN, PhD(c), nurse manager for the MGH Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit.

Memorial service
A memorial service for Austin L. Vickery, Jr., MD, of MGH Pathology, will be held June 23, at 4 pm at the Club Room at Fox Hill, 10 Longwood Dr., Westwood, Mass.