Cancer survival rates for 15- to 39-year-olds have not improved, study says

Historically 15- to 39-year-olds have been treated like an overlooked middle child whose parents are too busy lavishing cancer prevention and therapeutic attention on the youngest and oldest, but the Keck School of Medicine of USC is looking to change Read More »

June 7th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Meet the Faculty: Soma Sahai-Srivastava’s holy visit

Soma Sahai-Srivastava, MD, associate professor of neurology, is a board-certified headache specialist who advocates for an integrated approach to the management of headache disorders. But the medical director of the Neurology Clinics and director of the USC Headache Center also Read More »

June 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Baxter Foundation visits Health Sciences Campus

Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the USC Health Sciences Campus on May 9, to hear presentations from Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and meet with participants in the Baxter Foundation Student Research Read More »

June 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Symposium examines state of Alzheimer’s disease research

Several of the world’s foremost neurology and neuroscience experts gathered recently to discuss the state of Alzheimer’s disease research at the third annual Zilkha Symposium on Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders.

Titled “Bench to Bedside and Beyond: Relating Discovery Research to Read More »

June 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC leads international plastic surgery simulation training for Operation Smile

Nearly two dozen doctors from around the world visited the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently to enhance their medical skills and learn new surgical techniques.

The group of physicians was part of a larger contingent of Operation Smile-credentialed surgical Read More »

June 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|