Helping hands for sore bodies

More than 180 volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine — led by Sean O. Henderson, chair of the department, and department physicians Clare Roepke and Dhara Amin — turned out to offer aid at the Read More »

March 28th, 2014|Announcements|

Lasker Lecturers shed light on major breakthroughs

Keck School of Medicine of USC students and faculty gathered to learn more about genetic cancer therapy and neurotransmitter release in the brain at the 2014 Lasker Lectures Program, held on March 4 at Mayer Auditorium.

Richard H. Read More »

March 28th, 2014|Announcements|

Symposium highlights key stem cell advances

USC stem cell researchers discussed the promise of regenerative medicine and cellular therapies — from curing HIV to building organs such as kidneys and intestines — at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Annual Symposium, Read More »

March 28th, 2014|Announcements|

Ron Smith, former chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, 71

Ronald E. Smith, MD, former chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died on Monday, March 17. He was 71. He led the department from 1995 until retiring in 2013, and Read More »

March 28th, 2014|Announcements|

Hospitals are good neighbors

Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital proved they’re good neighbors in the Los Angeles community by matching funds raised in the 2013 USC Good Neighbors Campaign. Hospital employees raised $106,000 — an increase of 33 percent over Read More »

March 28th, 2014|Announcements|