June 15, 2007

What's Happening

Senior HealthWISE events
MGH Senior HealthWISE will offer a special event, "The Breast Cancer Three-Day Project Kick-Off" June 21, from 11 am to noon in the Haber Conference Room. Stephanie Sordillo of the HOPES program and Alexis Edwards of Senior HealthWISE will present. Senior HealthWISE also will offer free hypertension screenings and blood pressure checks June 25, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at the West End Branch Library. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.

MGH Chelsea Summer Safety Health Fair
The MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center will host the 10th annual Summer Safety Health Fair June 23, from noon to 3 pm at MGH Chelsea, 151 Everett Ave. The fair will feature safety tips for home, water, fire, sun and car as well as bicycle and helmet checks and visits from Geoffrey the Giraffe and McGruff the Crime Dog. For more information, call (617) 889-8535.

Floor closings in Clinics, VBK and Tilton Buildings
In preparation for the new Building for the Third Century, the following floors in the Clinics, VBK and Tilton Buildings will be closed to all MGH patients and staff beginning June 18: Clinics basement and floors 2 and 3; VBK basement and floors 2, 3, 4 and 5; and all floors in Tilton. The Clinics 1 corridor to the MEEI will remain open until mid-July. The Vincent 1 corridor to the elevator lobby, as well as floors 6, 7, 8 and 9, also will remain open until mid-July. For more information, contact Barbara Welanetz of the MGH Planning Office at (617) 726-2442.

Channel 7 News/Partners HealthCare Expo
Partners HealthCare and Channel 7/CW 56 will host the Boston Health and Fitness Expo June 23 and 24 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The free event is open to the community and will feature health tests and screenings, healthy cooking demonstrations, interactive sports and fitness activities, celebrity guests and more. The expo also will give MGH caregivers and staff the opportunity to showcase the innovative services available at the hospital, such as the Women's Heart Health Program at the MGH Heart Center, gastrointestinal health, the MGH Cancer Center's HOPES program and sports injury prevention and management. For more information, visit www.bostonhealthexpo.com. To volunteer for the event, contact Amanda Westerling at (617) 643-2366 or awesterling@partners.org.

McGovern Award nominations
Nominations now are being accepted for the 2007 McGovern Clinical Excellence Award, established in memory of MGH cardiologist Brian A. McGovern, MD. The award recognizes physicians who demonstrate the qualities — clinical excellence, commitment and compassion — that characterized McGovern. Anyone may submit a nomination. All nominations are due by July 20 and must be submitted online at is.partners.org/mgpoonline/mcgovernaward/. For more information, contact Cary Shaw at (617) 643-3985 or crshaw@partners.org.

Summer computer training schedule
Partners Information Systems Training has released the summer 2007 computer training schedule for computer workshops, including Microsoft 2003 applications. For a complete schedule, course descriptions or to register, visit is.partners.org/training and click "Microsoft Office Classes" and the MGH logo. Schedules and information also are available by calling (617) 724-6523. Registration forms may be faxed to (617) 724-1402.