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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC is calling for staff nominations for the ninth annual USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care, which will be presented the evening of June 6. The awards were created when the Choi family estate made a generous gift to Keck Medicine’s Patient Experience Department... Read More »
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Monday, March 4, 2024
J. Dominic Femino, MD, has joined Keck Medicine of USC as chief of musculoskeletal oncology, a USC Orthopaedic Surgery program. A former USC faculty member, Femino returns to Keck Medicine after spending 16 years as City of Hope National Medical Center’s chief of orthopaedic surgery. As chief of Keck Medicine’s... Read More »
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
On Tuesday, four researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC were named senior members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a nonprofit member organization that supports inventors in higher education. Andrew MacKay, PhD, of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, was also... Read More »
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
With the designation of a multi-million-dollar estate gift that includes support for Keck School of Medicine of USC, Jim Berchtold and his late wife, Amy King Dundon-Berchtold, established one of the school’s most significant planned legacy gifts. A significant portion of the gift will establish the Howard A. Liebman, MD,... Read More »
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Monday, February 26, 2024
Mika Taylor has been named Keck Medicine of USC’s chief of financial planning and analysis (CFPA), effective Feb. 26. The news was shared by Chief Financial Officer Chris Allen on Feb. 22. Taylor will report directly to Allen and oversee budgeting, data management and reporting, as well as financial analytics... Read More »
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
The American Physical Therapy Association has recognized Kornelia Kulig, PhD, MS, with a 2024 Career in Excellence in Biomechanics Research Award, which is annually bestowed on a biomechanics expert who has made an important scholarly contribution and impact on the physical therapy profession. Kulig has a long career as an... Read More »
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
“The Cutting Edge: The USC Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Surgical Skills Course” has reached such a high level of demand that it has expanded to the USC Health Sciences Campus Conference Center to allow for more surgery stations, participants and preceptors than ever before. The expansion also makes room for more... Read More »
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
USC geneticist Marlena Fejzo, PhD, who earned international acclaim for identifying the cause of morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum, is one of Time magazine’s 2024 “Women of the Year.” She was named along with notable women including, but not limited to, Greta Gerwig, Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin, Chanel CEO Leena Nair... Read More »
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Paul M. Thompson, PhD, associate director of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute and co-founder of the ENIGMA Consortium, has partnered with ENIGMA collaborator Roberto Goya-Maldonado, PD, of the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany, to improve a new depression treatment. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)... Read More »
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
On Jan. 1, Sukgu Han, MD, began his new role as chief of the Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Program at Keck Medicine of USC. The news was announced by Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, executive director of the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute. Han took over for Fred A. Weaver,... Read More »
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Monday, February 12, 2024
The first annual AI West Med Symposium, established by physicians and scientists from USC Urology, part of Keck Medicine of USC, as well as from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, discussed how artificial intelligence is changing numerous health care specialties, improving diagnostic accuracy and innovating treatments. The event,... Read More »