USC Spine Center partners with Chinese hospital

A team of physicians from Keck Medicine of USC recently returned from a trip to China, where they signed a collaboration agreement with officials from Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, and John C. Liu, MD, co-directors Read More »

December 17th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

CHLA study focuses on emotion recognition in people with autism

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulty recognizing and interpreting how facial expressions convey various emotions — from joy to puzzlement, sadness to anger. This can make it difficult for an individual with ASD to successfully navigate social Read More »

December 17th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Avoid a hospital visit during the holidays: Advice from an emergency medicine doctor

The holidays are an opportunity to give thanks and celebrate life. They also can be a time of danger.

Overindulgence of alcohol or drugs is an increased health threat during the holidays, experts at Keck Medicine of USC say, as is Read More »

December 17th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Surgeons pioneer robotic outpatient treatment for prostate cancer

Three patients entered a new era of prostate cancer treatment recently, as Keck Medicine of USC became the first academic medical center in the nation to use new energy-based robotic ablative technology in an outpatient procedure for a prostate cancer Read More »

December 16th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Puliafito welcomes Alumni Board of Governors to HSC

“Ask questions. Do not assume anything.”

This was the advice of Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, at a Dec. 11 discussion featuring leading experts in patient care.

The panel, which was part Read More »

December 16th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|