MEDICAL MEMOS.

COLUMN: MEDICAL MEMOS

Saint Vincent Hospital and Fallon Clinic will host a breast cancer awareness event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Atrium of Saint Vincent Hospital, 123 Summer St., Worcester. Staff, patients and partners, such as the American Cancer Society, will provide educational materials and direct visitors to community resources. For information, call [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Dr. Thomas E. Jaquith-Houston has joined the Saint Vincent Medical Group office at 826 Southbridge St. in Auburn.

Dr. Joseph Tennyson has joined the UMass Memorial Medical Group and the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Dr. Elyssa Pellish has joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Dr. Sean Rhyee has joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Dr. Michael Hochberg has joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center as the director of clinical operations.

Dr. Venu Gopal Bathini has joined the Cancer Center of Excellence at UMass Memorial Medical Center as a hematologist/pathologist.

Dr. Neil Kluger has joined the Cancer Center of Excellence at UMass Memorial Medical Center as a hematologist/oncologist.

Dr. Lawrence Madoff has joined the UMass Memorial Medical Group and the Department of Infection Control at UMass Memorial Medical Center as associate hospital epidemiologist.

Dr. Andrew Monte has joined the UMass Memorial Medical Group and the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Dr. Michelle A. Kelliher, associate professor of cancer biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was among five researchers named Stohlman Scholars by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The award recognizes the researchers' outstanding contributions to the advancement of blood cancer research.

Dr. Kelliher's research is focused on T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), a form of pediatric blood cancer that still has a very poor prognosis. She has studied how the oncogenes TAL1 and NOTCH1 cooperate to cause T-ALL. Kelliher and colleagues recently discovered that NOTCH1 contributes to leukemia by directly inducing expression of the gene C-MYC. Her laboratory also recently demonstrated that NOTCH inhibitors extend the survival of leukemic mice, suggesting that these drugs may prove effective in T-ALL patients.

Phase 1 of Day Kimball Hospital's new state-of-the-art fetal monitoring and documentation system, the GE Centricity System, successfully went live in the Maternal Child Health Unit. The Burdick family made this advancement possible by giving Day Kimball its largest gift to date. The birthing center has since been re-named the Burdick Family Birthing Center. Nurses, physicians and midwives now electronically document all patient admission assessments, fetal monitoring observations and delivery procedures.

SALMON Health and Retirement of Westboro has appointed Edmund J. Taglieri Jr., RPh, NHA, MSM, as executive director for Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center - University Campus, the former University Commons Nursing Care Center and its child care center in Worcester that SALMON purchased on Sept. 2. SALMON Center for Early Education will be the new name of the child care component.

Taglieri has a 24-year background managing a home health agency, skilled nursing centers and most recently, the Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westboro.

Fallon Clinic's Diabetes support group meeting will meet 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence St., Worcester. The group is for individuals with diabetes who are interested in learning more about managing their diabetes. Family members and friends are welcome. For information, call [phone] or [phone].

Child passenger safety seat education will be held 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the UMass Memorial Health Care EMS Garage at 23 Wells St., Worcester. The program, sponsored by UMass Memorial Medical Center, educates parents and caregivers about child passenger safety. Technicians are available to check car seats and help parents install them. Appointments are required, and the inspections are open to everyone. To schedule an appointment or for information, call Carol Carpenter at [phone].

The UMass Memorial weight center orientation meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Hiatt Auditorium (S1-608) in the UMass Medical School, 55 North Lake Ave., Worcester. The meeting, which will discuss behavioral and surgical weight loss options. For information, call [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Oriol Health Care announced the promotion of Elizabeth Hawkins, R.N., to director of nursing services at the Oakdale Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, 76 North Main St., West Boylston.

UMass Memorial health insurance counselors will be available to explain programs, answer questions and fill out and submit the paperwork to enroll in health care at Epworth United Methodist Church, 64 Salisbury St., Worcester, from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6; Akwaaba Clinic-International

Central Gospel Church, 52 Harlem St., Worcester, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 9; Salvation Army, 72 Cambridge St., Worcester, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 9. For information, call [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Dr. Murray Buttner has joined the Putnam Medical Associates medical staff.

The VNA Care Network offers free keep-well clinics for residents age 60 and older, from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Council on Aging, 666 Main St., Bolton; noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Peter's Grove, 11 Lake St., Hudson; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at the Senior Center, 29 Church St., Hudson; 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Senior Center, 5 Pond St., Leominster; 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 at Colonial Gardens, 49 Boston Road, Southboro. For information, call [phone], ext. 5603, or visit www.vnacarenetwork.org.

ART: PHOTOS

CUTLINES: Dr. Jaquith-Houston, Dr. Kelliher, Mr. Taglieri