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Thursday, April 17, 2014
More than 500 luminaries in the entertainment, medical science, technology and business sectors gathered for the second annual Rebels With A Cause event held on March 20, resulting in the largest total funds raised to date at one event for the life-saving cancer research of David B. Agus, MD, director... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Pavitra Krishnamani was only 16 when she entered USC through the Resident Honors Program, but she quickly became involved in a wide range of activities — from tutoring community students to founding a dance team to editing health publications. Without realizing it, she said, she “helped build a curriculum for... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
As students complete their third year in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program, they begin to consider the rotations they will pursue next year. To facilitate that, the USC School of Pharmacy held a preceptor fair on March 28 at Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad. The event gave students and preceptors an... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital CEO Scott Evans (left) and hospitals Emergency Management Officer Robert Vance (right) present at $13,000 check to American Red Cross representative Stephanie Pell at a recent Keck Huddle meeting. The funds were raised in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts. [caption... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A new procedure at Keck Medicine of USC may give people with severe, uncontrolled asthma a much-needed breath of life. The medical center is among the first in the United States to offer bronchial thermoplasty, an outpatient treatment that provides long-lasting control of this chronic disease. USC was one of... Read More »
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Richard Binggeli, a professor, researcher and psychologist at the Keck School of Medicine of USC for nearly three decades, died March 16 after a long battle with thyroid cancer. He was 76. Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Richard to Los Angeles and graduated from Hamilton High School. He received... Read More »
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
A first-ever analysis by Keck Medicine of USC clinician scientists indicates that adolescents and young adults who develop thyroid cancer as a secondary cancer are six times more likely to die than those with primary thyroid cancer. The findings, published online Feb. 24, 2014 in the journal CANCER, a peer-reviewed... Read More »
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Endocrine Society has named Frank Z. Stanczyk, PhD, professor of research in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine, to the Sex Steroid Assay Reporting Task Force that will recommend policies on measurement reporting requirements for Endocrine Society journals (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism, Endocrinology, Journal of... Read More »
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Voices rose and fell at a fevered pitch around Kathleen Seaton as white envelopes were opened. The Keck School of Medicine of USC fourth-year student took a deep breath and tore open the envelope that would reveal her fate. Kathleen glanced down and immediately shouted in celebration as she saw... Read More »
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Strong leadership is vital to Keck Medicine of USC’s strategy to become one of the nation’s great academic medical centers and to develop a comprehensive system of acute care and ambulatory centers. To help consolidate leadership across USC’s medical enterprise, Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, senior vice president and CEO of USC... Read More »
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
As part of multi-year partnership with the Los Angeles Times, USC will host the LA Times Festival of Books at the University Park campus April 12 and 13. In its fourth year at the USC campus, the Festival of Books will include signings and performances by authors, poets, musicians, USC... Read More »