Utah fossil reveals global exodus of mammals’ near relatives to major continents

A nearly 130-million-year-old fossilized skull found in Utah is an Earth-shattering discovery in one respect.

The small fossil is evidence that the super-continental split likely occurred more recently than scientists previously thought and that a group of reptile-like mammals that bridge Read More »

May 23rd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Symposium focuses on patient-centered care

Health care professionals from California and surrounding states recently convened at an annual symposium aimed at delivering on the promise of patient-centered care.

The second annual USC Choi Family Patient-Centered Care Symposium, held April 30, is one component of the USC Read More »

May 23rd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Niles D. Chapman, 89

Niles D. Chapman, MD, emeritus associate clinical professor of thoracic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died May 13. He was 89.

Chapman, a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, was born in Houston and raised in Butte, Montana, during Read More »

May 22nd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Professor receives lifetime achievement award

Michael Silka, MD, professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and interim co-director of the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES).

Silka is Read More »

May 22nd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

360 video tour of USC’s stem cell research center

In a 360 video, Andy McMahon, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, is joined by USC Stem Cell’s world-class scientists on a tour of the Eli and Edythe Broad Read More »

May 21st, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|