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EVENT: Pennsylvania State Representative Dwight Evans will receive the Annual Distinguished Lecturer Award presented by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Rep. Evans will use the occasion to outline his “Blueprint for a Safer Philadelphia” project to stem youth violence. The event is open to the Jefferson community and to the public at-large.

SPECIAL GUESTS:

• Robert L. Barchi, M.D., Ph.D., President,
  Thomas Jefferson University
• Thomas J. Lewis, President and CEO,
  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Theodore A. Christopher, M.D., FACEP, Chair of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Theodore Corbin, M.D., Director of the Jefferson Violence Prevention Program

WHEN: Thursday, March 30 th, 11 am-Noon

PLACE:
Foerderer Auditorium, 2 nd floor
Jefferson Medical College Building
1025 Walnut St., Philadelphia

BACKGROUND: Representative Dwight Evans was born and raised in Philadelphia and was educated in its public school system. He was first elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in November 1980. He took the lead in bringing together a league of legislators to examine the issues of public safety in Philadelphia.

The Jefferson Violence Prevention Program was developed in 1997, through a collaborative grant from William Penn Foundation to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Pastoral Care and Education, in response to concerns about an increase in youth violence.

The program identifies victims of violence and connects them with the existing network of community-based resources. The program identifies at-risk youth by targeting assault victims between ages 16 and 24 brought to Jefferson’s Emergency Department. The goal is to reduce episodes of repeat and retaliatory violence by and toward young victims of intentional violence.

The program is directed by Dr. Theodore Corbin, who works with Representative Evans on the “Blueprint” initiative, and is the recipient of a grant through the international Soros Foundation’s Physician Advocacy Fellowship to focus on advocacy for young victims of intentional injury.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Department is staffed by a team of Jefferson physicians board-certified in Emergency Medicine. They staff the Emergency Department 24 hours a day, seven days week, to handle patients' emergency needs. The department offers a range of services including emergency pediatric care, a Sexual Assault Center, and a Violence Prevention Program.