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On Saturday, April 19, the escalators will be installed in the Tower Lobby. Visitors and staff access in the lobby will be limited, and there will be no access between the Amory Elevators and the Gift Shop/Emergency Department area. All vehicular traffic will be redirected from 75 Francis St. to 45 Francis St. The escalators will be rolled in through the drive-in entrance and storefront at the Lobby waiting area and then lifted into place.
The second of three partial power interruptions is 8 p.m. Saturday, April 19, to 6 a.m, Sunday, April 20, as BWH upgrades its electrical systems. Emergency rolling one-hour shutdowns will occur throughout the main campus, and lights will blink hourly. Staff will be alerted in advance of area shutdowns, and emergency power is available through red outlets. The next outage is 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, to 6 a.m. Monday, April 28. Call George Player or Colin MacLachlan in Engineering at ext. 2-6721 with questions.
The Department of Neurosurgery hosts a special reception in honor of its new faculty member Edward Laws, MD, on April 22, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., in the PBB Rotunda at 15 Francis St. The evening also will pay tribute to Dr. Harvey Cushing, who came to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1912 as the first surgeon in-chief. A short program led by Neurosurgery Chair Arthur Day, MD, begins at 6 p.m. and features comments by Peter Black, MD, PhD, and Laws on the legacy of neurosurgical science at BWH. With questions, contact Tammy Gilson-Hodge at 617-525-8395.