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Friday, January 16, 2015
Some artists are inspired to draw or paint by bucolic scenery, but Ben Ferrer, RN, said he believes that being a nurse is what brought out his inner artist. “There are different ways of drawing a portrait and one is to capture their essence,” said Ferrer, a nurse in the... Read More »
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Friday, January 16, 2015
Dilip Parekh, MD, professor of clinical surgery and director of the Department of Surgery’s cancer program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been appointed to the role of director of external outreach and physician network development for the clinical cancer program at Keck Medicine of USC. “This... Read More »
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Friday, January 16, 2015
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for children’s cancer research, has awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant to Keck Medicine of USC. Keck Medicine of USC includes one of the most comprehensive adolescent and young adult (AYA) programs in Los Angeles — the Adolescent and Young... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
It starts with selected hospital scrubs that are impermeable to fluids and cover the torso, arms and legs. Next come booties for the feet and ankles that extend to mid-calf. A fluid-resistant gown follows. Then a battery-powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) is deployed, attached to a hood with a full... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
The USC Eye Institute has recruited 12 physician scientists specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide spectrum of vision disorders at some of the world’s leading institutions. The recruitment is part of an overarching growth strategy that anticipates increased demand in eye care services. According to the National... Read More »
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
[caption id="attachment_3334" align="alignright" width="201"] Cheng-Ming Chuong has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[/caption] Keck School of Medicine of USC scientist Cheng-Ming Chuong has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Chuong, professor of pathology at the... Read More »
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Friday, January 9, 2015
An overflow crowd of friends, family and coworkers gathered Jan. 7 in Mayer Auditorium for a memorial service in honor of Yoshimasa “Yoshi” Makino, MD, an assistant professor of clinical medicine with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who died Dec. 12 on the USC Health Sciences Campus. He... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Russell Smith, a former chairman of the board of directors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and a benefactor to Keck Medicine of USC, died recently at the age of 100. Smith and his wife, Jeanne, became involved with CHLA in the late 1970s when the hospital was going through... Read More »
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Several hundred faculty, staff and students from the USC Health Sciences Campus attended a holiday breakfast Dec. 19 on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad. They were welcomed by Carmen A. Puliafito, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and R. Pete Vanderveen, dean of the USC School... Read More »
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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Fatih Uckun, MD, Jianjun Cheng, PhD, and their colleagues have taken the first steps towards developing a so-called “smart bomb” to attack the most common and deadly form of childhood cancer — called B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In a November study in the new peer-reviewed, open-access journal EBioMedicine, the... Read More »
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Friday, December 19, 2014
Titled "De Novo," this sculpture was created as part of an ongoing collaboration between USC Stem Cell and the USC Roski School of Art and Design. Doctor of Pharmacy candidate Loranna Grigoryan and undergraduate biological sciences major Jonathan Lee fashioned a series of human ears attached to a two-and-a-half foot... Read More »