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Friday, December 18, 2015
On Dec. 16, volunteers from Keck Medicine of USC and the USC Department of Public Safety visited Santa Teresita Elementary School in Los Angeles as part of their annual Holiday Toy Drive. [caption id="attachment_5393" align="alignright" width="300"] Keck Medicine of USC and USC Department of Public Safety officials bring toys from... Read More »
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Friday, December 18, 2015
Keck Hospital of USC and the USC Norris Cancer Hospital will have a new leader as Alice Issai, MBA, has been named the new chief operating officer of Keck Medical Center of USC beginning Dec. 21. Issai will report to Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medical Center and COO of... Read More »
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
To do what’s best for a patient, sometimes a combined effort is the best approach. That was the case recently at Keck Medical Center of USC, where an experienced neurosurgeon and an expert in robot-assisted urologic surgery teamed up successfully to remove a particularly troublesome spinal tumor. Patrick C. Hsieh,... Read More »
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Christine Hovagimian was hoping her colleague would win. But as the annual Employee of the Year Award was announced Dec. 9 at the 2015 Holiday Party, Hovagimian heard her own name called. “It was very surprising,” Hovagimian said of winning the Keck Medicine of USC Employee of the Year Award.... Read More »
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
A team of physicians from Keck Medicine of USC recently returned from a trip to China, where they signed a collaboration agreement with officials from Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province. Jeffrey Wang, MD, and John C. Liu, MD, co-directors of the USC Spine Center, joined Paul Craig, RN, JD, chief... Read More »
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulty recognizing and interpreting how facial expressions convey various emotions — from joy to puzzlement, sadness to anger. This can make it difficult for an individual with ASD to successfully navigate social situations and empathize with others. A study led by researchers... Read More »
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
The holidays are an opportunity to give thanks and celebrate life. They also can be a time of danger. Overindulgence of alcohol or drugs is an increased health threat during the holidays, experts at Keck Medicine of USC say, as is accidental consumption of harmful substances. Children may be most... Read More »
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Three patients entered a new era of prostate cancer treatment recently, as Keck Medicine of USC became the first academic medical center in the nation to use new energy-based robotic ablative technology in an outpatient procedure for a prostate cancer patient. USC Institute of Urology surgeons used a Food and... Read More »
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
"Ask questions. Do not assume anything.” This was the advice of Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, at a Dec. 11 discussion featuring leading experts in patient care. The panel, which was part of the USC Alumni Board of Governors quarterly meeting, discussed many... Read More »
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Los Angeles area hospital management expert Keith M. Hobbs, MBA, FACHE, has been named CEO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, effective Jan. 4, 2016. Hobbs has been at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), holding multiple leadership positions over more than 20 years. “Keith Hobbs’ skills and experience make him the... Read More »
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The arrival of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables signals the beginning of a new season. In Lincoln Heights, the scent of such produce has given rise to the neighborhood’s curiosity over a relatively new phenomenon. Funded by the USC Good Neighbors Campaign, the Lincoln Heights Farmers Market has become a gathering... Read More »