Research funding programs available for investigators

The Office of the Dean, in collaboration with departments and institutes of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has announced two funding programs for FY18 that are designed to help Keck School faculty members obtain extramural research funding.

The Dean’s Read More »

August 29th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Making USC a home base for emergency preparedness research

On April 15, 2013, terrorists struck the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 260. Clinical staff across Boston’s hospitals did heroic work, treating those who suffered burns, fractures and more severe injuries as a result of the Read More »

August 29th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Sensitivity, compassion key to Choi Family Award winner’s success

Michael Wang, MD, believes it is important to treat each patient like family. Having recently lost a family member, he reminds himself that each patient is someone’s parent, sibling or child.

“I try to have a particular sensitivity to chronically ill Read More »

August 29th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Gill performs Mumbai’s first robotic kidney transplant

On July 2, a team of surgeons led by Inderbir S. Gill, MD, Distinguished Professor of Urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and executive director of the USC Institute of Urology, performed Mumbai’s first robotic kidney transplant Read More »

August 28th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Hand transplant transforms both patient and doctor

Two years ago, Alidad Ghiassi, MD, assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a specialist in hand and upper extremity surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Keck Medicine of Read More »

August 28th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|