Keith Hobbs of CHLA to be CEO at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital

Los Angeles area hospital management expert Keith M. Hobbs, MBA, FACHE, has been named CEO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, effective Jan. 4, 2016. Hobbs has been at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), holding multiple leadership positions over more than Read More »

December 9th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Farmers market creates healthy new connections in local community

The arrival of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables signals the beginning of a new season. In Lincoln Heights, the scent of such produce has given rise to the neighborhood’s curiosity over a relatively new phenomenon.

Funded by the USC Good Read More »

December 9th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy students gain clinical experience working with top athletes

The first time that Russ Romano, associate athletic director for athletic medicine, asked Stephen Reischl to come look at one of his athletes was in 1999.

One of the Trojan football players had been sidelined with a bad ankle, and Reischl, Read More »

December 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

LA Opera sings Christmas carols to Alzheimer’s patients

Keck Medicine of USC’s Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute is examining whether Christmas carols could help people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia recover memories.

Music to Remember, a program that ZNI and the LA Opera started in 2012, sends Read More »

December 4th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Chang is named ASTRO Fellow

Eric L. Chang, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been selected along with 16 other distinguished members to receive the Fellows designation by the American Society for Read More »

December 4th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|