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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 »
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Entrepreneur and industrialist Norbert Gehr lost his battle with leukemia in February at age 74, but his family foundation’s $20 million gift to the Keck School of Medicine of USC for research may help others fight their own. Gehr was the founder and CEO of The Gehr Group, a privately... Read More »
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, was elected as the 2015-16 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its annual meeting June 6-10 in Baltimore. Jadvar, an associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has a clear agenda, according... Read More »
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Monday, June 15, 2015
John Louie Go, MD, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). The induction took place at a convocation ceremony during the ACR meeting May 17–21 in Washington, D.C. Go is director of head and neck imaging and an assistant professor of radiology and otolaryngology... Read More »
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Maria de Fátima Reyes of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is among 21 outstanding U.S. medical students to receive 2015 Minority Scholars Awards from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation. The program promotes diversity, encourages the elimination of health care disparities and helps alleviate the high cost of... Read More »
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
An 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined twins in Haiti, the first such operation ever performed in that country. The twins, Marian Dave-Nouche Bernard and Michelle Dave-Nouche... Read More »
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
They came together to celebrate survival in the face of fear and uncertainty. For the hundreds of cancer survivors who gathered at the Keck Medical Center of USC on a recent Saturday morning, the Festival of Life was more than that: It was a celebration of hope, perseverance and a... Read More »
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Sunday, June 7, 2015
Business leader and USC Trustee Rick J. Caruso and his wife, Tina, have donated $25 million to endow and name the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, one of the nation’s largest and most highly ranked for research and treatment of diseases of... Read More »