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Feigin To Assist Houston Medical Strike Team Houston Mayor Lee Brown announced that Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., Baylor President, will assist in the coordination of a 150-member Houston Medical Strike Team. Under the direction of Mayor Brown, Houston Fire Chief Chris Connealy will head the strike team, which aims to achieve a preparedness for the city in the event of a crisis. Other members of the team include the Houston Police Department, City of Houston Health & Human Services Department, the Mayor’s Emergency Management Office, area physicians and nurses, and David Persse, M.D., EMS Physician Director. Add American Flag To Your Baylor ID The Office of Publications & Creative Services (PACS) is providing American Flag additions to your Baylor ID for a $2 donation. To date, $2,335 has been raised and donated to the American Red Cross. Baylor will make a Match donation of the total amount raised. PACS is located in the Services Building, Room 224H.
Baylor President Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., donates to the Americn Red Cross and receives an American Flag sticker for his Baylor badge at Baylor’s Appreciation Dessert Reception. Feigin hosted the reception as a way of saying thank you to all who have helped the College as it recovers from Tropical Storm Allison and as a tribute to those who have been affected by the recent American tragedies.
Faculty and students gather in front of the Michael E. DeBakey Building.
Members of the Baylor Family enjoy an assortment of desserts, fruit, and punch. Baylor Cow Update The College’s entry in the CowParade Project, “Baylor Cow-lege of Medicine,” will be on display through November 7. Currently, she is located in front of the Alkek Building. More than 300 “udderly” creative cows are scattered throughout Houston. They will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in December. Benefits from the CowParade Project, the largest public art event for charity, will go to Texas Children’s Hospital. For more information on the exhibit and auction, visit www.cowparadehouston.com.
Human Resources Benefits News Open Enrollment for the year 2002 begins on October 17 and ends on November 9. Any changes that are made to existing benefit programs will go into effect January 1. This year, there are three new benefit programs and two major changes to the two retirement plans as a result of the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001. Open Enrollment meetings will be held in the lobby of the Alkek Building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., October 24, 25, 26, 30, and 31. Representatives will be available from Human Resources (Benefits), MethodistCare HMO, CIGNA HMO, Fidelity Investments, and the CAN Benefits Group. The Occupational Health Program will provide flu shots during the Benefit Fair on October 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and on October 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To make changes to benefits programs or add new coverage, all completed enrollment/change forms must be returned to the Human Resources Benefits Office no later than November 9. For more information, call the Benefits Center at 713-798-1500. Continuing Medical Education The Office of Continuing Medical Education sponsors educational activities for
physicians and other health care providers. For details, visit the website at www.bcm.tmc.edu/cme/ or e-mail to cme@bcm.tmc.edu or call 713-798-8237. November 2-4: Current Neurology November 3-4: 2nd Annual Women’s Health in the 21st Century November 9: 9th Annual Upadate in Infectious Diseases December 7-8: 5th Annual Texas Pediatric Emergency Medicine Conference Beck To Give Talk on Communications Robert L. Beck, M.A., LMSW-ACP, Baylor Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, will present “Why Men Won’t Listen,” a talk on the experience many women have in their effort to be heard by the men in their lives. He will describe one component of communication difficulties often faced by men and women. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 31, at noon, in Kleberg Auditorium. TIRR Rehabilitation Centers and Baylor Physicians Open Clinic TIRR Rehabilitation Centers (TRC) in cooperation with sports medicine orthopedic surgeons at Baylor has opened a 13,000-square-foot Sports Medicine Clinic outpatient rehabilitation facility at 6560 Fannin on the 4th floor of Scurlock Tower. The new clinic offers treatment of all sports related injuries with an emphasis on return to function and pain free activities. Care is offered for pre-operative and post-operative patients as well as non-operative chronic conditions. Therapies include physical, sports, manual and orthopedic, as well as sports specific rehabilitation. Plans call for the addition of a hand and upper extremity therapy program in the near future. There are 10 Baylor College of Medicine orthopedic physicians involved in the agreement between TIRR and the medical school. The physicians treat patients with knee, ankle, shoulder, and hip problems. “The TRC-Scurlock staff, like clinicians at all TIRR Rehabilitation Centers, is committed to excellence and doing whatever it takes to achieve ultimate outcomes,” said Jeff W. Littmann, PT, Senior Operations Officer for TIRR Rehabilitation Centers. The TIRR and Baylor relationship also includes outpatient therapy in the Texas Medical Center, as well as a community Sports Medicine Outreach Program whereby high school and college athletic trainers in the Houston area work closely with premier orthopedic physicians and a rehabilitation provider. There are already 16 TIRR Rehabilitation Centers Licensed Athletic Trainers in place working with the coaches of the schools’ various competitive sports teams. “The ultimate goal is to provide state-of-the-art rehabilitation in a clinical and athletic field setting,” Littman said. “Baylor and TIRR Rehabilitation Centers are making a combined commitment to further research in the field of sports-related injuries, and will blend that with our common desire to give patients ultimate results.” Extended clinic hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Mark Your Calendars for the Holiday Luncheon Baylor President Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., cordially invites all BCM staff, faculty, students, residents, and fellows to the annual Holiday Luncheon. This year’s luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, December 13. Lunch will be served in the DeBakey and Alkek lobbies. Serving times will operate on three, hourly shifts beginning at 11:00 a.m. Invitations are being sent the first week in November and RSVPs are due to department administrators by November 27. |
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