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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 »
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The first time that Russ Romano, associate athletic director for athletic medicine, asked Stephen Reischl to come look at one of his athletes was in 1999. One of the Trojan football players had been sidelined with a bad ankle, and Reischl, DPT, adjunct associate professor for clinical physical therapy, specializes... Read More »
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Friday, December 4, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC’s Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute is examining whether Christmas carols could help people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia recover memories. Music to Remember, a program that ZNI and the LA Opera started in 2012, sends trained vocalists to sing holiday songs at long-term care and assisted living facilities... Read More »
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Friday, December 4, 2015
Eric L. Chang, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been selected along with 16 other distinguished members to receive the Fellows designation by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). The 2015 class was honored at ASTRO’s... Read More »
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Friday, December 4, 2015
USC researchers have developed a mathematical model to forecast metastatic breast cancer survival rates using techniques usually reserved for weather prediction, financial forecasting and surfing the Web. For decades, medical schools have taught doctors that the best way to treat cancer and metastatic progression is to memorize a list of... Read More »