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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 »
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Monday, April 18, 2016
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have demonstrated that targeting survivin — a protein that inhibits apoptosis or cell death — enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in cells and mouse models of retinoblastoma (Rb), the most common malignant tumor of the eye in children.... Read More »
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Friday, April 15, 2016
Keck Medicine of USC is taking a collaborative approach to diagnose and treat sepsis. Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. Sepsis kills about 258,000 Americans each year and is the leading cause of death in U.S.... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
A noted local philanthropist has given a donation to support urology research and innovation at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Grateful patient Joseph “Bud” Cashen, 84, a U.S. Marine who served two tours of duty in Korea and was one of the founders of Century 21 Real Estate, said... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A USC study that tracked Southern California children over a 20-year period has found they now have significantly fewer respiratory symptoms as a result of improved air quality. The finding expands on the landmark USC Children’s Health Study, which a year ago reported that kids’ lungs had grown stronger over... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Amgen recently entered into a three-year master research collaboration with USC. The agreement consists of a set of pre-defined terms and conditions in order to facilitate and streamline early discovery and translational preclinical research collaborations. It supports Amgen and USC's shared interest in advancing basic biology discovery and strengthening relationships... Read More »
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Monday, April 11, 2016
Melvin F. Baron, PharmD, who has been a full-time faculty member at the USC School of Pharmacy since 1990, has been promoted from associate to full professor. [caption id="attachment_5676" align="alignright" width="200"] Melvin F. Baron, PharmD[/caption] Baron first joined the USC faculty on a part-time basis in 1981, while operating a... Read More »
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Thursday, April 7, 2016
Los Angeles area health care executive Smitha Ravipudi, MPH, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Care Services. [caption id="attachment_5674" align="alignright" width="200"] Smitha Ravipudi[/caption] Ravipudi will be responsible for all Keck Medicine of USC ambulatory operations, including hospital-based clinics, Keck School of Medicine of USC department clinics, and outpatient joint venture partnerships and community practices.... Read More »