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Monday, April 25, 2016
Keck Hospital of USC is among 77 leading hospitals selected nationwide to participate in a campaign that aims to make the improvement of intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes as easy as A, B, C. The Society of Critical Care Medicine, a nonprofit medical organization that promotes excellence and consistency in... Read More »
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Sunday, April 24, 2016
Thousands of visitors heard about healthy living practices and learned about their own health at the Keck Medicine Health Pavilion during the 21st annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held April 9-10 on the University Park Campus. Students, faculty and staff volunteers from throughout the Health Sciences Campus conducted... Read More »
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Friday, April 22, 2016
For Joseph T. Rodgers, PhD, the path to becoming an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at USC began in the woods of Ohio. “My dad is a chemical engineer, and he’s always been an outdoorsy person,” Rodgers said. “You just go off in the woods and... Read More »
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Whether you like your coffee black, decaf, half-caff or even instant, feel free to drink up because coffee consumption may decrease the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a new study. Researchers from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and others examined more than 5,100 men and women who had been diagnosed with... Read More »
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Professor Emeritus Joseph P. Van Der Meulen, MD, former USC vice president for health affairs, died April 6 after a long battle with Parkinson disease. He was 86. Van Der Meulen was recruited to the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1971 as chair of the Department of Neurology... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Participants are sought to join Keck Medicine of USC team Trojan Hearts in the Greater Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk at 8 a.m. May 1 at the Griffith Park Crystal Springs Picnic Area, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles. The team’s goal is to raise $3,000. The annual event is organized... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Attendees were treated to several operatic performances and a discussion about the ways music affects the mind during "Music and Medicine: Experiments and Explorations," a Visions and Voices event held March 31 at Mayer Auditorium on the Health Sciences Campus. Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Keck School of Medicine faculty member and director of Pancreas Transplantation, Kiran Dhanireddy, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of USC Care. Dhanireddy will serve as the lead clinical administrator, oversee quality and patient safety concerns, create and implement quality initiatives, and foster physician advocacy and engagement. He will... Read More »
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Monday, April 18, 2016
[caption id="attachment_5700" align="alignright" width="225"] The Siemens Magnetom 3T Prisma MRI scanner is lowered into place by a crane March 21 at the USC Health Sciences Campus. (Courtesy)[/caption] The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) received its new research-dedicated Siemens Magnetom 3T Prisma MRI scanner March 21,... Read More »
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Monday, April 18, 2016
The importance of studying young emergent lung cancer was emphasized recently during a luncheon for the USC Norris Ambassadors on March 24. Barbara Gitlitz, MD, and Ite Laird-Offringa, PhD, gave a presentation on the genetic predisposition to lung cancer as well as answered audience questions at the Ambassadors Friends and... Read More »
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Monday, April 18, 2016
For decades after leaving the former Soviet Union, Vladimir Zelman, MD, PhD, worked to expand and promote the Russian scientific community, organizing international exchanges between scientists and supporting his former colleagues as they advanced in research and medicine. Now, the Keck School of Medicine of USC professor and co-chair of... Read More »