April 18, 2012

Location

Conference Room D, 21 Penn Tower 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Present

Drs. Bloch, Goldfine, Heyner, Kefalides, McGregor, Meadows, A. Myers, J. Myers, Saunders, Steinberg, Winegrad; Julian Pugh (FAPD) and Vicki Mulhern (FAPD).

Absent

Drs. Allen (PASEF), Deren, Nachmias, and Rachael Berget (FAPD)

The meeting was called to order by Dr. Kefalides at 12:15 p.m. The minutes of March 20 were approved.

President's Report

Dr. Kefalides reported that ASEF has been recognized by PASEF by the election of Dr. McGregor as President-elect of PASEF. This announcement was met with applause.

Administrative Office

Vicki Mulhern reported that there are six working groups linked to the Strategic Plan and their reports are due at the end of the month. These will be sent to a committee for evaluation and editing before passage to the Dean and then to the Trustees. She noted the large degree of faculty (as opposed to Chairs) participation.

Nominating Committee

Dr. Goldfine reported that the ballots had been sent out and about 26 responses received in favor of the slate. To replace two retiring members of the ASEF Executive Council, Dr. Salcido will come on and later in the year Dr. Charles Stanley will also join, but as a visitor initially.

Give Kids a Sight Day

Dr. Goldfine had sent out a request for volunteers to assist in large scale eyesight screening for Philadelphia school children at Willls Eye Hospital. He did not have any report on the outcome.

Task Force

Retirement Communities: Dr. Goldfine reported that the working group organized by PASEF has constructed a questionnaire for members living in a retirement community. Dr. Goldfine asked whether we should ask them if they would be willing to act as a consultant. This would allow information on specific retirement communities and information regarding their facilities and level of resident satisfaction. Dr. J. Myers asked if there is information available on rehabilitation centers. This was discussed at some length and Dr. Steinberg proposed that it is a suitable topic for the HUP Discharge personnel.

Committees

Service

Dr. McGregor reported that he had met with Victoria Rich to clarify that a number of requirements for general volunteers did not apply to the Physician Visitation Program. The revised proposal will be sent to the Head of Volunteers and he hopes to have the program off the ground by the end of June.

Luncheon Seminars

Dr. Winegrad reported on the next two seminars (April and May) and commented again on the difficulties he has encountered with the Inn at Penn with respect to timely setup of the audiovisual aids. Roy Vagelos will be speaking on May 17 and it is important that the Hourglass room be available. Dr. Bloch will be assuming the Luncheon Seminar program for the Academic Year 2012-2013. He has identified five speakers who have agreed to give presentations. These include: Dr. David Dinges (neurobiology of the circadian cycle); Dr. Akhil Vaidya (evolutionary footprint of malaria on the human genome); Dr. Andy Minn (evolving paradigms on mechanisms of metastasis); Dr. Ben Voight (biological underpinnings and evolutionary history of human phenotypes) and Dr. Edna Foa (posttraumatic stress disorder). Joshua Plotkin who works on the evolution of viruses has already agreed to speak in the Spring. There was further discussion of venues for lunchtime seminars and the possibility of using Conference Room D, Penn Tower 21 was raised. There is enough space, ASEF has a projector and the seminar venue would provide some exposure to ASEF facilities. Attendees would have to bring their own lunch. Dr. Meadows suggested that we identify a particular week of the month for seminars and preferably, a particular day (Tue Wed or Thurs).

Program

Dr. Steinberg reported that the opening event for Fall will be the Emeriti Reception which will be held on October 10 in BRB II and the Dean will speak. The Holiday Party will be December 18. In February 2013 ASEF Retirement Seminar will be held and in March or April. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel will be invited to be the speaker for the major spring talk although he is already speaking to other groups on campus. The end of year party will be June 18, 2013. Dr. J. Myers commented on the caterer and concluded that for the Spring Social we have selected Jack Kramer. She asked for feedback on the quality at the Spring Social to assist in deciding the caterer for the Fall. Invitations to PASEF to our functions was discussed and concluded that while PASEF will be invited to social events and the Emeriti reception should be kept separate. Dr. J. Myers said that she is in contact with some sources for music and we should have it for the Fall party. June Executive Council meeting will start at 2:30 p.m. and invitations to the party will read 4 – 6 p.m. Vicki will take photographs.

Communications

Dr. A. Myers had nothing new to report. Dr. Meadows asked members to access the website on a regular basis and provide feedback to him.

New Business

Dr. Meadows suggested moving the monthly meeting to the fourth Tuesday of the month. It was agreed to do this for the next Academic year. Dr. Meadows will be going to the AROHE meeting in North Carolina to make a presentation. The topic suggested was “How Penn presents information to the Senior Faculty”. Vicki Mulhern already has a PowerPoint presentation that can be used. Vicki Mulhern told the Council that the budget renewal should be submitted at this time.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 pm Respectfully submitted Susan Heyner, Secretary, Treasurer