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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Siegel, a physician-scientist who specializes in the treatment of people who live with schizophrenia and psychosis, also holds the Franz Alexander Chair in Psychiatry. Steven Siegel... Read More »
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Monday, August 10, 2020
Three USC faculty members are working together to utilize a new treatment against the world’s most insidious and debilitating neurological diseases: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and stroke. Combining their expertise in neuroimaging and biokinesiology, they conduct their cutting-edge research at the USC SensoriMotor Assessment and Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality (SMART-VR)... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
A landmark consensus paper on brain death, published on Aug. 3 in JAMA as a “special communication,” aims to guide physicians in determining brain death as well as help families accept its irreversibility. Gene Sung, MD, director of the neurocritical care and stroke division at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is senior... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Keck Medicine of USC has named renowned oncologist and cancer researcher Steven Grossman, MD, PhD, as USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center’s cancer physician in chief. He will step into the role on Sept. 15. In this inaugural position, Grossman will provide executive leadership for oncology services, partnering with academic and... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
On Aug. 1, Dima Mazen Qato, PharmD, PhD, MPH, joined the USC School of Pharmacy faculty as the Hygeia Centennial Chair and associate professor (with tenure) in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy. She has also been appointed as a Senior Fellow with the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center... Read More »
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Monday, August 3, 2020
Modifying 12 risk factors over a lifetime could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an updated report by the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2020). Twenty-eight world-leading dementia experts, including researchers from the Keck School of... Read More »
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Friday, July 31, 2020
On July 13, Peter Conti, MD, PhD, director of the USC Molecular Imaging Center, was awarded the Benedict Cassen Prize during the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). The $25,000 award is bestowed every two years by the Education and Research Foundation (ERF) for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular... Read More »
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
On Friday, July 24, Han Joo Kim, MD, died. He was a gifted radiation oncologist for Keck Medicine of USC, and his death is a significant loss that will be felt by all who were fortunate enough to know him. Kim had the distinction of becoming Keck Medicine’s first satellite... Read More »
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
On August 1, after a long career as a chaplain for USC’s health care system, including as spiritual director for Keck Medical Center of USC, Chaplain Phil Manly has retired. During his long career, Chaplain Manly spent 40 years as chaplain for Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center as... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Keeping patients safe and healthy has been on the top of all our minds throughout the pandemic, and using telehealth has been one of the best ways to continue to provide care while maintaining the safety of all involved. While there has been plenty of advice for patients to have... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
In order to enhance support for lung transplant recipients, the Keck Medicine of USC lung transplant team launched a two-year observational pilot study in 2018 in order to monitor patients post-discharge via Bluetooth-enabled devices and computer tablets. The devices measured blood pressure, heart rate, weight, blood glucose, oxygen saturation and... Read More »