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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Keck Medicine of USC called for innovative ideas that would make an impact on resource utilization and efficiency of care for patients. More than 100 staff members responded. The R3 initiative focuses on providing the right care, right resources and right cost for patients. On May 16, the top seven... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Marie Poulsen, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and chief psychologist, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, has been appointed the chairperson of the Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) for Early Intervention by Gov. Jerry Brown. The ICC is a council composed of governor-appointed stakeholders interested... Read More »
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Friday, May 27, 2016
Some people see an award as remuneration for work well done. Upon being named a New York Stem Cell Foundation – Robertson Investigator, ALS researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, sees his award as motivation for work still left to do. “If you just look at the people who have won this... Read More »
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Friday, May 27, 2016
A study published May 19 by researchers at the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute in JAMA Ophthalmology found that the U.S. prevalence in visual impairment (VI) and blindness is expected to double over the next 35 years. By 2050, the number of Americans with a variety of eye... Read More »
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Thomas E. Jackiewicz, MPH, senior vice president and CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, and Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine and director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute, will present the State of the Health Sciences, at 7 a.m. June... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Hugh Gordon is not like most medical students. A Dean’s Research Scholar at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Gordon has three years of medical school under his belt and hopes to be a critical care specialist. But the former Google software engineer also is an entrepreneur, co-founding the... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
There has always been one insurmountable problem related to hearing loss: When the sensory hair cells in the inner ear die, they don’t regenerate. These microscopic cells signal to the brain that it is hearing a noise and the fact that they do not regenerate is the reason that hearing... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Betty Schreiner, MD, ’61, who established the Joseph and Mariette Schreiner Scholarship Fund at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, learned a long time ago that hard work can lead to great success. Her parents, who immigrated to the United States separately in the early 1900s, instilled this idea... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
[caption id="attachment_5878" align="alignright" width="300"] Artwork by faculty, staff and students is displayed in the Hoyt Gallery during the Spring gallery opening, April 27 in the Keith Administration Building. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)[/caption] Artwork, including photographs and paintings by Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty, staff and students, are on display... Read More »
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Monday, May 23, 2016
Employees were recognized recently for their years of dedicated service to Keck Medical Center of USC. [caption id="attachment_5875" align="alignright" width="300"] Employees enjoy breakfast at Keck Medicine of USC's Years of Service breakfast celebration during Hospital Week, May 9, 2016. (Photo/Douglas Morino)[/caption] About 470 employees were honored at the 2016 Years... Read More »
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Monday, May 23, 2016
One of the few dedicated eye pathology labs in the country has opened at the Keck School of Medicine, providing an important resource for clinical applications, education, and researchers to study the delicate, sometimes very small tissue samples that are common in ophthalmology. [caption id="attachment_5871" align="alignright" width="199"] From left, Michael... Read More »