March 17, 2006

What's Happening

Eldercare discussion group
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will host its monthly eldercare discussion group March 28, from noon to 1 pm in the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Doerr Conference Center, 10th floor, Room 10650. Janet T. McLaughlin, LICSW, CEAP, and Barbara Moscowitz, LICSW, MGH geriatric social worker, will discuss normal aging, identifying when there is a problem and basic steps to begin planning for care. For more information, call (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.

Senior HealthWISE lecture
The MGH Senior HealthWISE lecture series will host "Advance Directives: How, What, Where, When, Why?" March 22, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in the West End Civic Association Community Room at One Emerson Place for seniors age 60 years and older. Barbara Moscowitz, MSW, and Frank Bellistri, NP, will present. Admission is free. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.

Wellman Center lecture series
The Wellman Center for Photomedicine will host "Cellular and Molecular Bioluminescence Imaging in Mouse Cancer Models" March 21, from 2:15 to 3:15 pm, in the Thier Conference Room, with a coffee reception at 2 pm. Andrew L. Kung, MD, PhD, of the Pediatric Oncology Department at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, will present. To see a complete schedule of Wellman Center events, visit www2.massgeneral.org/wellman/calendar.asp.

CCRP massage workshop
The Clubs at Charles River Park (CCRP) is hosting a partners massage workshop March 25, from 3 to 6 pm. Swedish and sports massage techniques will be taught and will focus on back, neck and shoulders. The cost is $100 per pair for members, and $115 per pair for non-members. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call (617) 726-2900.

Pamela Ellis Memorial Secretarial Award
Nominations now are being accepted for the Pamela J. Ellis Memorial Secretarial Award, which was established in memory of Pamela Ellis, an MGH executive secretary from 1992 to 1996. All executive secretaries, secretaries, administrative assistants, front desk receptionists and operations workers are eligible for the $1,000 award, which will be presented at the Secretarial/Clerical Support Staff Day luncheon to be held April 26. Nomination forms are available at is.partners.org/hr/New_Web/mgh/Pamelajellis2006.htm or at the Employee Access Center, Clinics 117, 75 Blossom Court and CNY Building 149, seventh floor. Forms also are available at the MGH Chelsea, Charlestown, Revere and Back Bay health centers. Completed forms can be sent to Clinics 117 or mghhrevents@partners.org and must be received by March 22 at 3 pm.