CALENDAR

May 1 - 7

MONDAY, MAY 1

7:30 a.m. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds "Clip vs. Coil & Other Controversies in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysms," Dr. Ralph Dacey Jr., Washington University School of Medicine (MED: 444B)

8:00 a.m. Medical Housestaff Specialty Conf. "Residents & Interns: M&M" (MED: 309L)

TUESDAY, MAY 2

6:30 a.m. Podiatry Grand Rounds "Flatfoot/Cavus Foot," Dr. Johnny Alayon (MED: 209L)

8:30 a.m. Training Office "Putting Together a Job Manual," Anita Glass (call ext. 2320 to register)

11:00 a.m. TNT "Blood Banking: Essential Elements of the Blood Banking Quality Assurance Program," Dr. Connie Dunn, Brooks Air Force Base (call ext. 7-2700 for information)

12:30 p.m. TNT "Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology: PCR: Principles Through Applications," Dr. Theodore Mifflin, University of Virginia Medical Center (call ext. 7-2700 for information)

4:00 p.m. Molecular Medicine Seminar "The KRAB-Zinc Finger Superfamily of Transcriptional Repressors: A Potential Link to Heterochromatin-Mediated Gene Silencing in Mammals," Dr. Frank Rauscher, III, The Wistar Institute (IBT: 3.002)

4:00 p.m. Cardiovascular Pathobiology Research Conf. "The Role of Diabetes & Psychosocial Factors in the Pathway from Disease to Disability," Dr. Helen Hazuda (MED: 331.5B)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

6:30 a.m. Podiatry Case Conf. (MED: 309L)

7:00 a.m. Vascular Surgery Grand Rounds, Dr. Mellick Sykes (MED: 209L)

8:00 a.m. Medical Grand Rounds "HIV Pathogenesis & Therapy," Dr. David Ho, The Rockefeller University, New York (MED: 409L)

9:00 a.m. Surgery Trauma M&M Conf., Dr. Ronald Stewart (MED: 309L)

11:00 a.m. TNT "Microbiology: The Rods & Staphs That Discomfort Me: Difficult to Identify Gram-Positive Bacteria," Dr. Carol Spiegel, University of Wisconsin (call ext. 7-2700 for information)

Noon. Pharmacology Seminar Series "Genetic Mediation of Pain & Pain Inhibition: From Mice to Molecules," Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MED: 444B)

THURSDAY, MAY 4

7:30 a.m. Thoracic Surgery Resident Teaching Conf. (VA: 4th-floor CT Library A404 )

Noon. TNT "Primary Care Forum: Cross-Cultural Health Beliefs," Dr. Roberta Baer, University of South Florida (call ext. 7-2700 for information)

Noon. Pulmonary, Thoracic & Oncology Conf. (MED: 309L)

Noon. Pediatrics Research Seminar "Trafficking Mechanisms for G Protein-Coupled Receptors," Dr. Christine Saunders (MED: 409L)

Noon. Biochemistry Seminar "The Nuclear Receptor CAR as a Phenobarbital Response Signal Inducing Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes," Dr. Masahiko Negishi, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (MED: 209L)

Noon. Microbiology Seminar Series "Mechanism for the Formation of Recombination Intermediates," Dr. Patrick Sung (MED: 444B)

3:00 p.m. Surgery Tumor Conference, Dr. Anatolio Cruz (MED: 209L)

5:00 p.m. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Grand Rounds "Breast Reduction Techniques," Dr. Gary Arishita, Wilford Hall Medical Center (MED: 444B)

FRIDAY, MAY 5

7:30 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds "Update on Febrile Seizures," Drs. Joel Rutman & Akos Szabo (MED: 409L)

SATURDAY, MAY 6

7:15 a.m. Surgical Physiology Conf., Dr. Kenneth Sirinek (MED: 209L)

9:00 a.m. General Surgery Grand Rounds, Dr. Wayne Schwesinger (MED: 209L)