Mosqueda addresses Keck School community in town halls

Hundreds of Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty, staff and students heard about the medical school’s status and vision from the new dean recently.

Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, professor of family medicine and geriatrics, and May S. and John H. Read More »

July 12th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital appoints new chief medical officer

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) has appointed Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, as the new chief medical officer of the hospital. In this role, he will oversee medical operations at the hospital, optimizing efficiencies while upholding the highest standards of safety Read More »

July 12th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

PA Program students win national challenge bowl trophy

A team of students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC beat out 95 other teams from around the country to earn the title of National Student Challenge Bowl winners at the Read More »

July 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers enhance MRI resolution at the cellular level

Neuroscience researchers have long used MRI to study the basic structure of the brain in health and disease, but these scanners typically cannot provide insights at the cellular level. In an MRI image, each voxel — the 3D equivalent of Read More »

July 10th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Patients with early kidney cancer see significant benefits with robotic partial nephrectomy

For patients with early kidney cancer, removing part of the kidney instead of the whole kidney is often a preferred treatment because the procedure can effectively remove tumors while preserving kidney function. But when it comes to the best surgical Read More »

July 10th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|