The USC Institute of Urology at Keck Medicine of USC is pioneering a new treatment option for men with intermediate risk prostate cancer that is minimally invasive, requires no radiation and entails minimal recovery time.

The procedure uses targeted high-intensity focused … Read More »

When Gary Lieskovsky, MD, joined the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1980, he and then-chairman Donald G. Skinner, MD, were the only two full-time faculty members in the Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology.

After … Read More »

Brad Spellberg, MD, professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, joined 14 other leading infectious disease specialists in Washington, D.C., from June 12-16 as part of the 2017-18 American Association for the Advancement of Science … Read More »

Long before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease become apparent to patients and their families, biological changes are occurring within the brain. Amyloid plaques, which are clusters of protein fragments, along with tangles of protein known as tau, form in the brain … Read More »

Keck Medicine of USC physicians, nurses and other staff members have been learning performance improvement techniques and developing leadership skills through an academy provided by the Value Improvement Office.

The Lean Academy is designed to help participants develop best practices by … Read More »