Keck Medicine of USC announces masking updates for employees and providers

Updated masking guidelines for Keck Medicine of USC employees and providers will go into effect on Monday, April 10.

The guidelines proceed recently updated COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements at Keck Medical Center of USC, as well as a March Read More »

April 7th, 2023|Announcements, COVID-19, featured|

$40 million gift from Alfred E. Mann Charities will boost CHLA research

USC President Carol L. Folt and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles President and Chief Executive Officer Paul S. Viviano announced on Monday a new, $40 million partnership in biomedical research and innovation initiatives to improve health care.

The gift marks the final Read More »

April 6th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Surgical Skills and Education Center hosts Surgeon for a Day

This March the USC Surgical Skills and Education Center welcomed fifth- and sixth-grade students from Emma W. Shuey Elementary School in Rosemead.

At one learning station, students practiced moving small objects using laparoscopic surgical tools. At another, kids took ultrasounds of Read More »

April 3rd, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Joe Hacia, PhD, receives the Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award

Each year, graduating students of the Keck School of Medicine of USC vote for an educator to receive the Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award for Basic Science Years. This year Joe Hacia, PhD, was selected for Read More »

April 3rd, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris begins clinical trial of new drug for liver cancer and related tumors

The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with Auransa Inc., is about to begin a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a new medical treatment for cancers of the liver. In pre-clinical trials, Read More »

April 3rd, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|