Years of Service Breakfast honors longtime employees

USC employees were honored in May for their service to Keck Medicine of USC at the annual Years of Service Breakfast, part of Hospital Week celebrations.

More than 449 staff members who achieved a milestone of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, Read More »

May 24th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital expands surgery offering

As part of its efforts to serve an even greater segment of the Southern California community, Keck Medicine of USC is expanding its surgical offerings at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. Patients in the area previously had been able to undergo Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Nurses honored during Nurses Week

Celebrations rang out in May across Keck Medical Center of USC in honor of nurses and staff members.

Among the celebrations during Nurses Week and Hospital Week was the annual nursing awards ceremony, held in Hoffman Café at Keck Hospital of Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine recognized for equality in LGBTQ patient care

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index recently named Keck Medicine of USC as a “Top Performer in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.” The index recognizes health care organizations that provide equitable and inclusive care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Zlokovic installed as Mary Hayley and Selim Zilkha Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD, the pioneering researcher whose work has transformed modern understanding of degenerative neurological diseases, was installed as the inaugural holder of the Mary Hayley and Selim Zilkha Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research at a ceremony held Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Students share global perspectives at roundtable

Though passports were not required, students, faculty, and guests of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program gained a taste of world travel at this spring’s Global Citizenship Roundtable.

Held April 21, the biannual program featured the insights and perspectives Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Choi Family Awards celebrate compassionate care

Keck Medicine of USC nurses and physicians were honored recently for their commitment to exceptional care at a special dinner and ceremony marking the second annual USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care.

The prestigious awards honor physicians, residents, Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers create a roadmap of bipolar disorder and its effects on the brain

A new study has found brain abnormalities in people with bipolar disorder.

In the largest MRI study to date on patients with bipolar disorder, a global consortium published new research showing that people with the condition have differences in the brain Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Artist plus researcher equals infinite inspiration

What happens when you pair 14 artists with 14 USC biomedical researchers? The answer is currently on display at the Hoyt Gallery on the Health Sciences Campus.

The exhibition “Artist & Researcher” showcases the results of these creative collaborations. Barbara Kolo’s Read More »

May 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Physicians blaze trail with new liver transplant technology

Keck Medicine of USC is the first medical center in the western United States to perform a liver transplant as part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study testing the safety and effectiveness of a new Read More »

May 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Henri Ford receives highest honors

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief Henri R. Ford is CHLA’s first-ever honorary fellow admitted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Photo/Business Wire)

Henri Ford, MD, MHA Keck Read More »

May 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: Undergraduate ceremony highlights 20 years of innovative education

On May 12, 106 new graduates of the Keck School of Medicine of USC celebrated with family, friends and fellow graduates in Town and Gown at USC’s University Park campus.

Having earned bachelor’s degrees in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention or Read More »

May 16th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: Newest physicians urged to have compassion throughout their careers

Friends and family of the 132nd class to graduate as doctors of medicine from the Keck School of Medicine of USC gathered at the Galen Center on USC’s University Park Campus on May 13 to offer their congratulations and cheer Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: ‘Science does not end with discovery,’ graduates told

An excited crowd of family and friends gathered at the Galen Center on the University Park Campus May 13 to celebrate the commencement of nearly 400 PhD and master’s degree candidates from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

The ceremony Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: School of Pharmacy salutes the graduating Class of 2017

The USC School of Pharmacy marked its 110th Commencement on May 12 before an audience of more than 1,500 family, friends, faculty and staff.

Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, presided over the event at Pappas Quad, advising graduates — the new Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: PA program graduates advised to ‘be open’ in career

On May 12, the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC held a satellite commencement ceremony on the southwest lawn of the Allan Hancock Foundation Building on University Park Campus. There were 58 graduates Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: Graduates urged to grow by embracing discomfort

Amy Lamb OTD, OT/L, delivered the keynote address during the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s 75th annual commencement ceremony on May 12.

Lamb is the president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and an expert Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2017: Ostrow welcomes dean of religious life as commencement speaker

“The most important piece of advice I can give you today is make sure everyone calls you doctor! You’ve earned the right; you’ve put in the hard work; you can legally prescribe medicine; and you are now graduates of the Read More »

May 15th, 2017|Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Pharmacy’s new minor offers major advantages

Just as pharmacists compound medications to personalize them for patients, the USC School of Pharmacy now offers many undergraduate courses that can be mixed or matched to enhance the students’ undergraduate education to better prepare them for a range of Read More »

May 12th, 2017|Announcements, Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Administration takes proactive approach to medical student wellness

“Tissue,” said Donna Elliott, MD, EdD, senior associate dean for student and educational affairs at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, “is my number one office product.”

Elliott’s charge is to support students on their four-year journey. The shorthand is Read More »

May 12th, 2017|Announcements, Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|