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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
David A. Berman, PhD, a distinguished emeritus professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a fixture on the USC Health Sciences Campus for 60 years, passed away on Saturday, March 8. … Read More »
U.S. News & World Report released its annual “Best Graduate Schools Guidebook 2015” today showing the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranks 31st in research among 153 medical schools nationwide. The new rankings appear online … Read More »
In a lab in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, director of the Phase 1 Drug Development Program at USC Norris, told a crowd of donors and scientists one simple fact: “With the right support, … Read More »
The weather was a balmy 80 degrees at Town & Gown of USC on the evening of March 8 — a lovely setting to celebrate and raise funds for medical scholarship at USC at the Keck Scholarship Gala.
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Frank Jobe, MD, a clinical professor of orthopaedics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC who was best known as the originator of Tommy John elbow surgery that helped preserve the careers of a number of Major League Baseball … Read More »
With concerns about the effectiveness of prostate cancer diagnosis still in question, newly published research led by Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists reveals clues that could lead to more precise understanding of the disease and ultimately … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC faculty physician Marc Weigensberg, MD, has been awarded a $3.4 million NIH grant to study the role of guided imagery in improving youth behaviors and health.
The study will be conducted in collaboration with the Los Angeles … Read More »
The Pasadena Guild of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has pledged a $3 million endowment to fund the Pasadena Guild Chair in Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
The inaugural holder of the endowed chair is David Warburton, … Read More »
A Keck Medicine of USC-led team of microbiologists has identified previously unknown interactions between critical proteins in the human immune response system, uncovering two independent regulatory mechanisms that keep the body’s immune response in check.
Their findings appear in … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Emergency Medicine recently hosted the first All LA Emergency Resident lecture series of the year.
The series, which is held three times each year, unites emergency medicine residents from across Los Angeles … Read More »
Cutbacks in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding have made the climate for new research challenging. Three studies from investigators in the Department of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have bucked this trend, receiving … Read More »
Grace Aldrovandi, MD, professor of pediatrics, pathology and molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded $17 million by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of … Read More »
Celebrating the move to its new home at 830 S. Flower St., Keck Medicine of USC’s Downtown Los Angeles practice held a festive grand opening in February.
The event highlighted the office’s convenient location, improved access and expanded services for patients … Read More »
Celebrating the move to its new home at 830 S. Flower St., Keck Medicine of USC’s Downtown Los Angeles practice held a festive grand opening in February.
The event highlighted the office’s convenient location, improved access and expanded services … Read More »