May 25, 2007

What's Happening

Senior HealthWISE events
The MGH Senior HealthWISE film series will host a free screening of "The Queen" May 31, from 11 am to 1 pm in the Haber Conference Room. Registration is required. Senior HealthWISE also will offer free blood pressure checks and hypertension screenings June 4, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at the Hill House, 127 Mt. Vernon St. in Boston. For more information or to register for the film screening, call (617) 724-6756.

Service Learning Series
The MGH Service Improvement Department will host the next MGH/MGPO Service Learning Series, "Great Leaders Inspire Discretionary Effort" May 30, from 9 to 10:30 am at the Holiday Inn Select, 5 Blossom St., in Capital Suite A/B. Susan Keane Baker, MHA, author of "Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding and Keeping Loyal Patients," will present. For more information or to register, e-mail Leah Abrams at labrams@partners.org.

Wellman Center lecture
The MGH Wellman Center for Photomedicine will host a lecture May 29, from 2:15 to 3:15 pm in the Thier Conference Room. P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, PhD, associate professor of Surgery and Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, will present "Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Hyperthermia: Assessment as a Primary and Adjunct Cancer Treatment Modality." A coffee reception will begin at 2 pm. For more information, contact Nicole DeVoe at ndevoe@partners.org.

Update on Medical Service Blood Drive Challenge
During the month of May, nurses and physicians in the Department of Medicine are invited to participate in the annual Medical Service Blood Drive Challenge. The Blood Donor Center is located in the Gray Lobby and is open for donations Tuesday through Thursday, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm and Friday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. For more information, call (617) 726-8171.

PCP loan repayment program
MGH primary care physicians (PCPs), medical students, residents and interns can apply for a loan repayment program meant to encourage PCPs to practice primary care in community health centers. It is offered by Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and funded by a grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Applicants must agree to work in primary care in community health centers for two years and may receive up to $25,000 per year for three years toward the repayment of medical school loans. The first round of applications is due by June 1. Decisions will be announced July 1. For more information, contact Kristen Mason at kmmason@partners.org or (617) 585-2812. To download an application, visit www.massleague.org.