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1986-04

Take one: April 11, 1986

Office of Informational Services, Boston University Medical Center

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https://hdl.handle.net/2144/25579

Boston University

Apri I 11, 1986

a publication for the people of University Hospital

WARM WELCOME--New Surgeon-in-Chief Robert W. Hobson II, M.D., was welcomed to University Hospital by at a recent reception in the Hiebert Lounge. Hobson, who assumed his UH position on Feb. 1, is pictured here with his wife, Joan, and Hospital President J . Scott Abercrombie Jr., M.D. (Photo by David Keough , Educational Media)

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PATIENCE OF UH EMPLOYEES REQUESTED THROUGHT F-1 REPAIR PROJECT

The ongoi ng const r uc tion repair process on the fir st floor of the Preston Family Building shoul d be completed in approximately three weeks, according to Alfred Busa, assistant administrator of UH Plant Services. The repa i rs, which have been taking place for approximately f our weeks, are made necessary by col lapsed s ewer l ines beneath the building. These lines must be repaired, and the slabs above them mus t be rep laced. The pat ience and cooperation of UH employees t h roughou t t he remai nder of the proj ec t i s apprecia t ed, s a i d Busa .

ORGAN TRANSPLANT FUND TO COVER COSTS OF UH PATIEN T ' S BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT

The Organ Tr ansp l ant Fund , a progr am funded through t he Conunonwea l th ' s Depar t ment of Public Heal th , will make it possib l e f or a Uni ver s ity Hospital pat ient t o receive a poss i bly li fe-sav i ng bone-marrow t r anspl ant . The Fund, which is s upport ed t hr ough tax dolla r s, wi ll p rovi de money f or the pa t i ent' s trave l , f ood and living expenses, whi ch are no t covered by t he pat ient ' s i nsurance.

The pat i ent , Jean Frugoli of Marshf ield, Mass., a pat ient on F-4 , current l y i s undergoing c hemothe r apy a s treat ment f or leukemia. Her her s i ster, Edith Sch l ege l of Rock land, will donat e pa r t of the bone marrow needed fo r the t r ansplant, whi ch wil l be perf ormed in June a t a Seatt l e ho spi t a l .

In add i tion , fr i ends of the pat i ent he l d a fund-ra i s i ng party l as t Fri day. Money ra i sed by t he part y wi l l be us ed as up- f ront money which is no t ava i l able from the Fund . Frugoli's friends, Donna Farmer , Me l ody Figueiredo, Debbie Joyce and Li nda Connel ly , a l so ra i sed mo r e t han $1,000 by raffling of f a donated color televi s i on set.

events UH NURSING DEPARTMENT KICKS OFF NATIONAL NURSES WEEK THROUGH TEAMWORK IN UPCOMING WALK FOR HUNGER

To initiate National Nurses Week, May 4 to May 10, members of University Hospital's Nursing Department will be walking as a team in support of the 17th Annual Greater Boston Walk for Hunger. In addition, Nursing Department members will coordinate a first-aid station for participants in the Walk.

The Walk, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 4, is held annually to support Boston-area programs to relieve hunger and to provide shelter for the homeless. Each year thousands walk all or part of the 20-mile course.

Hospital employees interested in participating in the event may choose to walk, or to sponsor another participant. (Although the Nursing Department is participating as a team, all Hospital employees are welcome to take part in this event.)

Volunteer s also are needed to serve at the Nursing Department's first-aid station for a few hours. The f i rst 100 University Hospital Nursing Department volunteers will each receive a UH Nursing Team t-shirt.

Informational sess i on s abou t the Walk for will be held at the Nursing Department's Clinical Update on April 2 and 3, from noon to 1 p.m., in the F-1 Conference Room. To sign up as a Nursing Department volunteer, please contact Marilyn Pires, R.N., beeper 305, or Patti Wise, R.N., beeper 130.

In addition, a limited number of pledge sheets still are available from the Office of Informational Services at DOB-600. For more information, drop by the Office or call x8482 (638-8482).

Take One is published for the employees of University Hospital every second Thursday by the Office of Informational Services, Boston University Medical Center. For copy submission or information, please contact April Lindner, editor; or Owen J . McNamara, director, Office of Informational Services, DOB-600, x8482.

EVENTS SCHEDULED TO COMMEMORATE NATIONAL MEDICAL LABORATORY WEEK

A number of events are scheduled by the Hospital's Department of Laboratory Medicine in recognition of National Medical Laboratory Week, April 13 to 19. Informational posters will be displayed in the lobby of the Evan's Building. Individual sections of the Department will present daily displays outside the F-1 Cafeteria from noon to 2 p.m. A slide show will be presented on Wednesday.

In addition, tours of the Department's laboratories will be held from Tuesday through Thrusday between 10 a.m. and noon, and 2 and 4 p.m. The tours will begin every 15 minutes, starting at the Blood Bank, room 415 of the Health Services Building.

The Department is located on the third and fourth floors of the Health Services Building.

AUDITIONS UNDER WAY FOR BUMC MUSICIANS TO PERFORM IN SECOND LOWENSTEIN MEMORIAL CONCERT

Auditions to choose performers for the second annual Leah Lowenstein Memorial Concert will be hP. ld during April and May. Instrumental and voca l soloists and groups of chamber musicians are needed to perform at this event. The concert, which wil l consist of classical music, is scheduled to take place in the fall of 1986.

The concert last year was established as an annual event when friends and colleagues of the late Leah Lowenstein, M.D., D. Phil., organized the first concert in her memory. Lowenstein, who died in March 1984, was a member of the Evans Department of Medicine staff, and served on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine for 14 yea r s.

Last year's concert featured Bernard E. Krege r, M.D., attending physician in the Evans Medical Group, who played the piano, and Jonathan Rubin, M.D., who played the cello. The duo played pieces by Prokofieff, Faure and Beethoven.

Those eligible to audition are faculty, students, trainees and staff of University Hospital, the School of Medicine, the School of Graduate Dentistry, the School of Public Health, and Boston City Hospital. A committee from the

Medical Center and the Boston Un i versity School for t he Ar ts will choose from among the appl i cants.

App l icat i ons f or those who wish to audition may be obta ined from ro om 103 i n the School of Medicine ' s Instruct i onal Bui lding .

A SPRINGTIME REMINDER

As spring begins , Medical Center employees are reminded that petty thefts tend to occur wi th great e r fre quency in the workplace and the home during warmer seasons when wallets are often more visible to potential thieves . Edwin Stedman, director of the BUMC Department of Security and Telecommunications, reminds BUMC empl oyees t o be alert in crowds during the upcoming warm weather.

UH MAGAZI NE NAMED TOP N.E. HOSPITAL MAGAZINE; OPilHON ARTICLE WINS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

Un i ver s i ty Ho spi tal magazine, launched two years ago by the Office -of Inf ormational Services, has been p ronounced the best of i ts kind by the New England Ho spital Pub l i c Rel ations Association .( NEHPRA) . At i t s annual meet ing , held at the Marriot t Copley Pl ace on Wednesday, March 26, NEHPRA awa rded fi r st prize fo r exter na l pub l ica tions to Owen J. McNamara, director of the Office of Informational Services and editor of University Hosp i t a l .

In addi tion , NEHPRA sel ected UH as a winner in t he wri ting category : UH was g i ven an award of excellence in wri ting fo r " The Business of Ho sp i t a l s , " an edito r ial wr i t t en by Hospital President J . Sco t t Abe rc r ombie Jr., M.D., which appea red i n the Sp r i ng 1985 i s sue of University Hospi t a l mag az ine, and in the Boston Gl obe's "Bus iness Ext r a" section.

NEHPRA , whi ch has about 200 member hospitals t h roughou t New Eng l a nd, holds i ts annual meeting in conj unc tion wi t h the New England Hospita l Assemb l y. Thi s yea r ' s "Lamp lighter" awards competi t ion was j udged by t he New J ersey Hospital Mar ke t i ng and Publ i c Relat i ons Association.

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR THERAPY SESSIONS TO HELP HEAD-INJURED BOY REACH FULL POTENTIAL

A former Evans Medical Group staff member and her husband are appealing to members of the UH community for help with a rehabilitation program for their son. Andrew Cuns, 18, was struck by a car as he was riding his bicycle home from work on Dec. 8, 1984. He sustained a severe brain injury that rendered him unconscious for several weeks.

After one year of surgery and hospitalization, Andrew is living at home in Randolph, Mass., and showing some signs of progress. However, for Cuns to achieve his full potential, he needs to undergo a comprehensive rehabilitation program. This program includes a routine called "patterning" that requires the- coordinated efforts of five people.

Volunteers are needed to guide Andrew's extremities, in imitation of the movement of a crawling baby. These volunteers need no special training, but should be able to spare an hour or more a day or a week.

These session should take place three times each day. Volunteers are needed for all sessions, especially for Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m., and on Sundays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Petra Cuns at 986-8879.

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