• United Way coming this way
  The 2004 MGH United Way campaign will officially begin Oct. 18, with the distribution of pledge cards and a kick-off party for all MGHers. Last year, the MGH raised approximately $250,000 for the United Way to help benefit the many services and programs funded by the organization.

• Opening soon: The new Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
  On July 12, 2002, a large steel beam was eased gently into place, marking the beginning of construction of the structural frame for the MGH's new Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care. Now, 5,358 tons of steel, 92,948 tons of concrete, and a little more than two years later, the Yawkey Center soon will open for business, and an air of excitement can be felt throughout the entire MGH community.

• Casting a vote has never been so easy
  There are no protesters, tight security measures or politicians making grand speeches at large convention halls. Only smiling employees, generous donors and grateful patients can be found at the fourth annual MGH vs. BWH Blood Donor Challenge, being held from Aug. 23 to Sept. 10. In tribute to the 2004 presidential election, this year's challenge has a political theme with "Cast your Vote" as the slogan.

• Radiation after lumpectomy may be unnecessary for some older women
  Older women treated with the drug tamoxifen after lumpectomy to remove early-stage breast cancer may safely be able to avoid radiation therapy and its unpleasant side effects. An MGH-led study in the Sept. 2 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reports that adding radiation to post-surgical tamoxifen treatment of women age 70 or older has minimal impact on the risk of local tumor recurrence and does not improve survival.

• New interim leadership for MGH Molecular Biology
  Bob Kingston, PhD, has a new role at the MGH — he has assumed the position of acting chief of the Department of the Molecular Biology as of Aug. 1. Kingston has been a member of Molecular Biology since 1985. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California, Berkley and completed his post-doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Second Taveras fellow named
  James Thrall, MD, chief of MGH Radiology, and Jack Wittenberg, MD, director of Graduate Radiologic Education at the MGH, along with the rest of the MGH Radiology Department, welcomed Cesar Fabricio Gonzalez, MD, as the second Taveras Visiting Fellow.

• A day of fun in the sun
  The MGH Pediatric Oncology Family Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit at MassGeneral Cancer Care for Children hosted "Fun in the Sun," held Aug. 8 for children who currently are in treatment for cancer and their families.

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