Schedule for March 1998 Wednesday, March 4 noon-1 p.m. ETHICS GRAND ROUNDS DNR in the OR Robert Wittes, M.D., Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, Moderator H. Richard Alexander, M.D., Head, Surgical Metabolism Section, Surgery Branch, NCI, Presenter and Bob Truog, M.D., Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, Boston, Guest Discussant   Wednesday, March 11 noon-1:30 p.m.* Drugs and the Brain: A Science-Based View of Drug Abuse and Addiction Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Director, NIDA Tumor Specific Translocations as Targets for Immunotherapy Lee J. Helman, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, NCI A Live Interactive Video Conference to 50 Medical Schools and 1,000 hospitals across the country. Broadcast Live on NIH Campus Channel 41   Wednesday, March 18 noon-1 p.m. New Feature CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE A Case of Progressive Pulmonary Infiltrates Henry Masur, M.D., Chief, Critical Care Medicince Department, CC, Moderator   Wednesday, March 25 noon-1 p.m. Bench to Bedside Combined Visual and Drug Activation During PET: Implications for Augmenting Cholinergic Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease Trey Sunderland, M.D., Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, NIMH and Marc J. Mentis, M.D., Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Neurosciences, NIA

All health care professionals are invited to CC Grand Rounds. Lectures will be held in the Lipsett Amphitheater, First Floor, Clinic Building, (ACRF), Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD. Parking is very limited on the NIH campus, but Medical Center Metro Station on the Red line is within a 10-minute walk of the Clinical Center. Metro buses J2 and J3, and Montgomery County Ride-On Bus #35 all stop right in front of the Clinical Center. If you must drive, please park in the overflow lot. This is Mid-Pike Plaza, located north of NIH at Montrose Rd. and Rockville Pike. This lot is served by shuttle buses, which run to the Clinical Center every 20 minutes. For permits or shuttle schedules, call the Clinical Center Special Events Section at 496-3475. Parking in the P-3 level of the ACRF garage is intended for patients, their visitors, and staff members with handicap-parking stickers. The National Institutes of Health /The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The National Institutes of Health/The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. designates this continuing medical education activity for 1 credit hour in Category 1 of the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. Videoconferences are 90 minutes.

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