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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
In August of this year California Governor Gavin Newsom named USC alumna Diana Ramos, MD, to the state’s surgeon general post. Ramos is a proud double Trojan, first attending USC as an undergraduate student in communications, then going to the Keck School of Medicine of USC to receive her medical... Read More »
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The USC Institute for Addiction Science (IAS), in an effort to revolutionize the way substance use disorders are discussed and treated, has launched the Master of Addiction Science program — the first of its kind to be offered at a major university. Currently, the standard approach to addiction treatment is... Read More »
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Keck Medicine of USC is set to discontinue its use of desflurane, one of the most commonly used and environmentally toxic general anesthetics, in favor of more sustainable alternatives. The health system has not ordered any desflurane for the past year, so when the anesthetic runs out, it will no... Read More »
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Monday, December 12, 2022
Last year, Mitzi D'Aquila, MACM, PA-C, stepped into the role of interim director for the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. On Dec. 6, the Keck School announced that D'Aquila will continue in this position in a permanent capacity. D'Aquila herself graduated from... Read More »
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Monday, December 12, 2022
The USC Division of Biokenesiology and Physical Therapy will soon launch the Upper Extremity Athlete Physical Therapy Fellowship, which — among other widespread benefits — will give physical therapists the opportunity to develop relevant skills while working with the San Diego Padres. It will also give the USC division increased... Read More »
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
On Nov. 29, Keck Medicine of USC continued its commitment to sustainability initiatives by welcoming Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine, to the Health Sciences Campus for a lecture titled, “Decarbonizing the Health Care Industry.” The event was part of a Grand Rounds in Population and... Read More »
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
On Tuesday, Dec. 6, USC President Carol L. Folt, PhD, hosted an all-staff holiday reception on the Broad Lawn at the Health Sciences Campus. Staff members from the Health Sciences Campus and Alhambra campus enjoyed breakfast while Folt greeted them at their tables, wished them happy holidays and thanked them... Read More »
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Leapfrog Group, a national hospital watchdog organization, has named USC Norris Cancer Hospital a 2022 Top Teaching Hospital. Out of 2,200 nationwide hospitals considered, the hospital was one of 58 to receive this designation. The rankings are provided by theLeapfrog Hospital Survey, in which peers assesses many areas of hospital... Read More »
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC will lead a study, to be conducted on board the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, to test the potential of X-ray diagnostics on long space flights. Spaceflights typically last a few days to a few months, so onboard medical treatment is mostly... Read More »
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Monday, December 5, 2022
When Danny Kwok experienced drug-resistant seasonal allergy symptoms, plus changes in his hearing, he visited the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery's Arcadia location to find out what was going on. Kevin Hur, MD, an otolaryngologist at the clinic, ran a series of tests, then asked Kwok where... Read More »
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Monday, December 5, 2022
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug, hailed as a breakthrough, slows cognition decline in people with early-stage disease, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, lecanemab, is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) designed to clear amyloid plaques in the brain that many think are a root... Read More »