January 13, 2006

What's Happening

Guaranteed Ride Home program
All MGH employees have free access to the Guaranteed Ride Home program through the hospital's membership in the Artery Business Committee Transportation Management Association, which sponsors the program. The service provides employees a free ride home in the event of an emergency or unscheduled overtime. For more information or to register, visit www.abctma.com/services_ridehome.htm or call the MGH Commuter Service Office at (617) 724-6588.

Eldercare discussion group
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will host its monthly eldercare discussion group Jan. 24, from noon to 1 pm in the Doerr Conference Center, Room 10650, in the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care. Facilitator Janet T. Loughlin, LICSW, CEAP, and speaker 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.

McGovern award
Nominations now are being accepted for the Brian A. McGovern, MD, Clinical Excellence Award, established in memory of MGH cardiologist Brian A. McGovern, MD. The award recognizes physicians who demonstrate the qualities that characterized McGovern — clinical excellence, commitment and compassion. All MGH employees can submit a nomination, which must be received by Feb. 16. To submit a nomination online, visit http://is.partners.org/mgpoOnline/mcgovern.asp.
For more information, call Beth LaRossa at (617) 724-4549.

Comfort and support after loss group
The comfort and support after loss group will hold its monthly meeting Jan. 17, at 7 pm in the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Schiff Conference Center, Room 4810. The group will provide the opportunity to discuss the challenges parents and loved ones face after the death of a child or baby. For more information, call Fredda Zuckerman at (617) 724-3177.

Timilty science fair judges needed
The James P. Timilty Middle School is seeking MGH volunteers to judge student projects at the annual science fair Feb. 6 to 9, from 8:45 to 11 am. Volunteers may sign up for more than one day. The Partners shuttle will provide roundtrip transportation, departing from the MGH at 8 am and returning at 11:45 am. For more information, or to register, send e-mail to sberglund@partners.org or call (617) 724-3210 or (617) 445-5712.

Wellman Center lecture series
The Wellman Center for Photomedicine's lecture series will host "DNA-Medicine: About Preventive or Therapeutic Gene Expression and DNA-Based Immunomodulation" Feb. 21, from 2:15 to 3:15 pm in the Thier Conference Room, with a coffee reception at 2 pm. Burghardt Witting, PhD, will present. For more information, visit www2.massgeneral.org/wellman/calendar/2006February.asp.