MSG Weekly Newsletter, December 8th , 2013 Edition
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1. THIS WEEK’S STUDENT EVENTS
a. Interventional Radiology Chat/Dinner; Monday, 6:00-7:00pm
b. Penn Med Yoga; Tuesday 5:15-6:15; Thursday 4:15-5:15pm
c. Penn Med Music on Call Christmas Concert; Tuesday, 7:30-9:00pm
d. HMET - Lecture Series Talk: Dr. Raina Merchant; Tuesday 12:00-1:00pm
e. Elizabeth Kirk Rose, M’26 Women in Medicine Lunch; Wednesday, 12:00-2:00pm
f. HMET - Lecture Series Talk: Dr. Gary Kurtzman; Thursday, 5:30-7:00pm
g. PASM - Discussion of Incentive Programs in Public Health Initiatives; Friday, 12:00-1:00pm
2. NEWS FROM MSG
a. MSG MERCHANDISE HOLIDAY SALE  Monday, 1:00-3:00pm
b. Suite 100 Holiday Party  Tuesday, 5:00-7:00pm
c. ADVISING Office Hours Updates!!
d. Smile-inducing Image of the Week
3. COMING SOON
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1. THIS WEEK’S STUDENT EVENTS
a. Interventional Radiology Chat/Dinner
Student Group: Radiology Interest Group
When: Monday, December 9th, 6:00-7:00 PM
Where: The Lookout
Contact: Yan Yan (yan1@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: All medical students interested in IR
Come hear about interventional radiology from a Penn IR attending.
RSVP at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kf7CTdIMZ3WKCBQ5i_JyLZUZuEPspWPbG569se2xuDA/v
iewform
b. Penn Med Yoga
Student Group: Penn Med Yoga
When: Tuesday, December 10th, 5:15-6:15 PM; Thursday, December 12th, 4:15-5:15pm
Where: Stemmler 106A (Tuesday), Student Lounge (Thursday)
Contact: Tiffany Liu (tiffliu@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: All grad students
Please arrive a few minutes early and bring a mat if you have one.
c. Holiday Concert
Student Group: Penn Med Music on Call
When: Tuesday, December 10th, 7:30-9:00 PM
Where: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine lobby
Contact: Arthi Kumaravel (arthik@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone
Penn Med Music on Call would like to invite you to our Holiday Concert on Tuesday, December
10th at 7:30pm in the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine lobby. Penn Med Music on Call
is a group of medical students, graduate students, residents and attendings that is committed to
bringing music to the medical community. We look forward to performing for you all and hope
to have you join us!
d. Lecture Series Talk: Dr. Raina Merchant
Student Group: Healthcare Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Certificate Program
When: Tuesday, December 10th, 12:00-1:00 PM
Where: Stemmler Hall Student Lounge (Room 213)
Contact: Jacqueline Soegaard (jsoeg@med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Whole medical student body (and other graduate/professional students)
H-MET & Cardiology Interest Group Lecture - Social media and opportunities for health services research
Bio for Raina Merchant:
Dr. Merchant is the Director of the Social Media and Health Innovation Lab at the Penn Medicine Center
for Health Care Innovation as well as other prominent appointments including the US Department of
Health and Human Services. Her work involves development and testing of health related mobile apps
and evaluating health communication on sites like Facebook, Yelp, Foursquare, and others. She also runs
a Twitter lab which analyzes tweets related to resuscitation, critical care, and public health/policy. In
2012, she was recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as one of the ten most promising
health care leaders in the nation under the age of 40.
e. Elizabeth Kirk Rose, M’26 Women in Medicine Lunch
Student Group: Elizabeth Blackwell Society & The Office of Development and Alumni Relations
When: Wednesday, December 11th, 12:00-2:00 PM;
Where: BRB 14th FLoor
Contact: Camilia Kamoun and Courtney Hain (haincb@upenn.edu)
Open to: Medical Students and Alumni
The Elizabeth Blackwell Society and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations invite you to mix
and mingle over lunch with students, residents, fellows, faculty, and alumnae at the Elizabeth Kirk Rose,
M’26 Women in Medicine Lunch and the presentation of the annual Elizabeth Kirk Rose, M’26 Women
in Medicine Award to Marcelle J. Shapiro, M’80, INT’81, RES’86, FEL’87 recognizing those who have
made extraordinary commitments and contributions to advancing the education and careers of women
in academic medicine.
Bring your questions and get some answers
Register here:
https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UPNM/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=1641
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Inquiries: Courtney Hain at haincb@upenn.edu or 215.746.2203
f. Lecture Series Talk: Dr. Gary Kurtzman
Student Group: Healthcare Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Certificate Program
When: Thursday, December 12th, 5:30-7:00pm
Where: Stemmler Hall Student Lounge (Room 213)
Contact: Jacqueline Soegaard (jsoeg@med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Whole medical student body (and other graduate/professional students)
H-MET Lecture - Lessons from a Healthcare Investor (Managing Director of Healthcare Investing at
Safeguard Scientifics)
*Mixer from 5:30-6 pm
Bio for Gary Kurtzman:
Safeguard Scientifics is a venture capital firm cited in 2013 one of the significant investors in the Digital
Health space. Dr. Kurtzman began his career with Gilead Sciences, Inc.—at the time, a pre-IPO
biotechnology company—as virology group leader. He has authored more than 40 research articles,
book chapters and reviews, and is credited as inventor on twelve issued United States patents.
g.Discussion of Incentive Programs in Public Health Initiatives; Friday, 12:00-1:00pm
Student Group: Bioethics Interest Group and PASM (Physician Advocacy and Social Medicine)
When: Friday, December 13th, 12:00-1:00pm
Where: Stemmler 111A
Contact: Alicia McDonnell (amcdon@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone
Dr. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Penn and a Research Associate
at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics. His research interests are centered
around personal responsibility for health, public health ethics and fairness in resource allocation. His talk
will provide an overview of current policy initiatives and identifies key ethical issues that are at stake.
The interactive presentation will include discussion of the following issues:
Should obese people pay more for health insurance? Should employers offer health risk assessments
and biometric screening for all employees, to improve the prevention of chronic conditions? Should
employers go further and reward the uptake of health screenings with financial incentives? Should they
penalize employees who do not use them? Or should they require use of health screenings as a
precondition for enrollment? These are not merely abstract questions inviting reflection of issues
around the ethics of personal responsibility, scientific evidence, and the scope and limitations of health
policy. Through action or inaction at the policy level, employers providing health insurance answer them
on a day to day basis, and some fraction answers each of the questions affirmatively. Their responses
therefore have very direct consequences for around 50% of the population who are covered by
employer health insurance. However, it is not straightforward to say which policies are justified and
which ones are not.
Dr. Schmidt did his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics and Political Science’s LSE Health. He
previously studied Philosophy at the Universities of Bremen, Oxford and Münster. Before coming to
Penn he was a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at the Harvard
School of Public Health, and for seven years served as an Assistant Director of the UK’s Nuffield Council
on Bioethics in London.
Chinese food will be served for lunch.
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2. NEWS FROM MSG
a. MSG Holiday Merchandise Sale!
When: Monday, December 9th, 1:00-3:00pm
Where: PUB (downstairs in Stemmler Hall! follow the signs from Suite 100)
Contact: Courtney Gallagher (cogal@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Open to: Everyone!
Come buy various Penn Med Merchandise
b. Suite 100 Holiday Party
When: Tuesday, December 10th, 5:00-7:00pm
Where: Suite 100 Lobby
Come celebrate the end of the year with our favorite folks from Suite 100!
c. Advising Updates!!!
Freaking out about starting clerkships?
Have a question about choosing a specialty?
Need to vent? Laugh? Cry? Panic?
Wondering what happens next, and next, and next?
The mentors in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion in Suite 100 are open to ALL STUDENTS to ask ANY
QUESTION. No appointment required. Just walk into office hours to ask your question. This time is set
aside specifically for students to come by and ask whatever’s on their minds.
Mondays 2-5: Dr. Horace DeLisser
Tuesdays 2-5: Dr. Benoit Dubé
Wednesdays 3-5: Dr. Horace DeLisser
Thursdays 3-5: Dr. Cindy Christian
Fridays 3-5: Dr. Roy Hamilton
Office Hours are located in Suite 100.
d. SMILE!!
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3. COMING SOON
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