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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Two Florida urologists have completed a marathon drive from Florida to California in a Tesla to raise awareness about men’s health, arriving at Keck Medical Center of USC in the early afternoon on June 20. As the USC Trojan Marching Band led the way, drivers Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD, and Sijo... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
A capacity crowd of almost 400 ophthalmologists and optometrists participated in a June 19 symposium that marked the Department of Ophthalmology’s 40th anniversary at USC. The gathering at The Huntington in San Marino represented a “who’s who” in ophthalmology from around the country. Hosted by the USC Eye Institute under... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu, MD, PhD, is one of five early-career scientists to be named a 2015 Pew-Stewart scholar for cancer research. As part of this honor, she will receive $240,000 over four years to advance the understanding of metastatic breast cancer. “I’m grateful for the support from... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
A USC project to visualize and analyze connectivity networks in the mouse brain is among 15 new awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tied to the development of biomedical Big Data applications. Hong-Wei Dong, PhD, associate professor of Neurology in the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Kathryn Challoner, MD, FACEP, voluntary faculty in the department of emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was recently awarded the 2015 Humanitarian Award by the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Challoner spent several months treating Ebola patients in a rural hospital in... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Spending an afternoon playing cards with friends is something many of us would eagerly do without much of a second thought. But for patients awaiting heart transplants at Keck Hospital of USC, a couple of hours outside the 4th floor intensive care unit was much more than an opportunity to... Read More »
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Friday, June 19, 2015
It’s a story that began with a conversation on a treadmill, led to an operating room table and ended with the gift of life. For veteran Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Javier Tiscareno and Jorge Castro, it’s a story of friendship, extraordinary generosity and perseverance in the face of terminal... Read More »
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
[caption id="attachment_4462" align="alignright" width="150"] Theresa Murphy, RN[/caption] A Keck Medicine of USC nursing veteran has returned to the organization to lead USC Verdugo Hills Hospital’s nursing staff. Theresa Murphy, RN, MSHA, CENP, joined USC-VHH on June 1 as chief nursing officer to lead the hospital’s nursing and patient care activities.... Read More »
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Continuing a family tradition that spans six decades, USC Trustee Jane Hoffman Popovich BS ’65 and her husband, J. Kristoffer Popovich BS ’65 MBA ’70, have pledged $4 million to create the Jane and Kris Popovich Chair in Cancer Research at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. The couple’s gift... Read More »
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Timothy Wen, a third-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named as a Medical Student Fellow by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). The organization is dedicated to advancing neurosurgery by inspiring and facilitating scientific discovery and its translation to clinical practice, according to... Read More »
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The Etz Chaim Tree of Life Award of Compassionate Care, made possible thanks to a generous gift from Etan Chaim Milgrom, MD, MS, was presented for the first time during recent commencement ceremonies at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The annual award will recognize, in perpetuity, a Keck... Read More »