NEWS & REMINDERS
It's National PA Week!
Every year from October 6 – 12, we celebrate National PA Week, which recognizes the physician assistant profession and its contributions to the nation’s health. PAs practice medicine in every setting and specialty. This #PAweek, Suburban Hospital would like to recognize and celebrate PAs for everything they do!
Annual Leadership Meeting and State of Johns Hopkins Medicine
Immunotherapy Presentation by George Sotos, M.D.
Suburban Hospital ECHO Fund
Through the month of October, physicians can make a donation to help their colleagues through this special fund. Donations can be made by credit card, cash or check. For more information and to give online, please visit https://donate.suburbanhospital.org/echo.
All employees or affiliated Suburban Hospital staff who donate by Friday, Oct. 25 will be eligible for one of several gift card giveaways! To learn more about ECHO, feel free to contact the Foundation at 301-896-GIVE.
Changes to Logon System Coming Soon
Special Event: Let’s KNOCK OUT Breast Cancer!
Join co-chairs Pamela Wright, M.D., and Susan Stinson, M.D., for a fun workout to support a great cause during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. No boxing experience is needed!
When: Thursday, October 24, 6 – 7 p.m.
Where: Title Boxing, 10028 Darnestown Road, Rockville, MD
Cost: $20 donation per person
All proceeds will benefit Suburban Hospital’s Oncology Nurse Navigator Program. This free service provides cancer patients with resources and guidance with everything from appointment scheduling and insurance questions to helping with transportation to appointments and childcare.
Call 301-637-9360 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knockout-breast-cancer-tickets-73898916649 to register.
Call Debra Scheinberg at 301-896-7620 with questions.
MEDICAL STAFF CALENDAR
Click here for the October 2019 calendar on HopkinsGreaterWashingtonMD.org. You can download a PDF copy here.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins Medicine Continuing Medical Education Series
Oct. 9: Translational Research Conference “Cancer Deprived Organoids for Drug Discovery in Liver Cancers”—to access click here. Text CME Code 22728 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.
Oct. 10: Surgical Grand Rounds—to access click here.
Oct. 11: Oncology Grand Rounds “Diagnostic Delay and Missed Opportunities for Cure in Hodgkin Lymphoma”—to access click here. Text CME Code 24101 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.
Oct. 11: Medical Grand Rounds—to access click here.
RESEARCH CORNER
Restoring the Sense of Smell
What Drives the Spread of Melanoma?
EPIC TIP OF THE WEEK
Send specimens, blocks, or slides to a lab using a packing list