April 7, 2006

What's Happening

Nominations for Family-Centered Care Awards
MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHC) now is accepting nominations for the annual Family-Centered Care Awards for employees who best exemplify the MGHC's mission. All MGHC employees are eligible and can be nominated by any employee, patient, family or visitor. Nomination letters can be sent to Judy Newell, RN, on Ellison 17 and must be received no later than April 18.

Wellman Center lecture series
The Wellman Center for Photomedicine will host "Engineering Human Melanoma: Discovery and Definition of Therapeutic Targets" April 11, from 2:15 to 3:15 pm in the Thier Conference Room, with a coffee reception at 2 pm. Hans Widlund, PhD, MSc, 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.

Advanced cardiac life support course
The MGH Emergency Department will host an advanced cardiac life support course April 28, from 8 am to 2 pm. For more information or to register, contact Cristina Catt at (617) 726-3905 or ccatt@partners.org.

Innovation in research panel discussion
The MGH Office for Research Career Development, in collaboration with MGH Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing, will host a panel discussion "Funding through Innovation" April 14, from 4 to 5:30 pm in the Thier Conference Room. For more information or to register, call (617) 643-1606 or send e-mail to orcd@partners.org.

Be Fit events
The MGH Be Fit program now is sponsoring "Fire it Up Friday" walks with Be Fit survivor Allan Dolinski of MGH Environmental Services. The walk takes place on Fridays, beginning at 12:15 pm at the Jackson entrance. Be Fit also is hosting stair climbing sessions with Dan Murphy, a personal trainer at The Clubs at Charles River Park.The sessions take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning at 4 pm at the Ellison 1 staircase. For more information, call (617) 726-2900.

Senior HealthWISE events
MGH Senior HealthWISE will host a diabetes expo April 11, from 11 am to noon in the Walcott Conference Rooms. Topics will include sugar tests, glucometer calibration and diabetes management information. Frank Bellistri, NP, and Brenda Reen of Neighborhood Diabetes, will present. Senior HealthWISE also will host "Advance Directives: How, What, Where, When and Why?" April 17, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at the Hill House at 127 Mount Vernon St. Barbara Moscowitz, MSW, LICSW, will present. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.