USC Mann announces speaker for PharmD White Coat Ceremony

USC alumnus Robert Popovian, PharmD, will deliver the keynote speech at USC Mann’s White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 18.

Popovian is a longtime member of the pharmacy school’s Board of Councilors, as Read More »

July 31st, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Hospital of USC earns a perfect score from CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave the Keck Hospital five out of five stars in its 2023 Overall Star Rating Hospital-Specific Report, an achievement accomplished by only 16% of participating institutions from across the country.

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July 26th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

CMS deems the streets a legitimate locale to deliver health care

The new designation will allow nationwide programs like USC Street Medicine to be reimbursed for services provided to patients who are unhoused. The policy change is the result of a formal proposal by the Read More »

July 25th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study finds new, unexpected mechanism of cancer spread

A Keck School study has identified that the protein GRP78, implicated in both cancer and COVID-19, allows cancer to spread and resist treatment. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy Read More »

July 25th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs boosts prescription fills

The Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin has already led to increases in the total number of insulin fills for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics Read More »

July 24th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

An interview with Felipe Osorno, Keck Medicine’s chief post-acute care officer

In his role as chief post-acute care officer and chief of staff at Keck Medicine of USC, Felipe Osorno provides executive oversight of the post-acute care (PAC) service line, working closely with hospital leaders across the system Read More »

July 19th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

The Keck School’s Office of Continuing Medical Education earns accreditation with commendation

For the first time, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has awarded full accreditation with commendation to the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Continuing medical education is one Read More »

July 14th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD, named chair of radiology

On July 10, Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD, officially stepped into the role of chair of the Department of Radiology and inaugural holder of the Stewart Dale Fordham, MD, Chair in Radiology for the Read More »

July 11th, 2023|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

After two decades, the FDA approves a new Alzheimer’s drug

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved lecanemab (Leqembi) — a drug to slow the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease —making it soon available to more than a million Medicare patients.

Experts from the USC Leonard Read More »

July 10th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Roski Eye Institute celebrates 47 years of groundbreaking care

Clinicians, educators, alumni and distinguished guests from across the country gathered at the annual symposium and banquet on Saturday, June 24 to celebrate USC Roski Eye Institute’s ongoing track record of excellence in ophthalmic care.

The event offered Read More »

July 10th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

How nativity status affects liver cancer survival rates

A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC,  has identified a previously unrecognized disparity in survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients across all major racial/ethnic groups. The results, published Read More »

July 10th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Center for Vascular Care earns top distinction

Keck Medicine of USC’s Center for Vascular Care is one of just four programs in the entire country to be verified by the new Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP) overseen by the Read More »

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

New insights could lead to hepatitis C vaccine

A Keck School of Medicine study used advanced techniques to isolate and analyze individual immune cells to understand how they respond to the hepatitis C virus. Findings from the first-of-its-kind Read More »

July 5th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

The impact of physical therapy on gender-affirming surgery patients

Kelsie Kaiser, DPT, had been treating a woman for hyper-mobility. One day the patient introduced Kaiser to her transgender son — he had just had chest masculinization surgery (top surgery) and hoped that the physical therapist could Read More »

July 5th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Experts discuss the impact of the ‘Roe v. Wade’ rollback one year later

Saturday, July 1, marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections for abortion when it issued its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Today the national debate over abortion access and reproductive rights continues.

Experts at Read More »

July 5th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|