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Monday, June 24, 2013
By Pamela J. Johnson USC honored undergraduates, graduate students and teaching assistants — including four from the health sciences — for their volunteer work at the annual USC Community Service Awards Dinner, held April 16 at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus. Health sciences honorees included Conan Teng... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Josh Grossberg With hands-on training of a new electronic medical record system well underway, Keck Medical Center of USC is a step closer to eliminating most paperwork, as well as improving patient experience. Several years in the works, KeckCare is now being implemented at Keck Hospital of USC and... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Annette Moore [caption id="attachment_423" align="alignright" width="217"] Mitchell W. LewPhoto/Dietmar Quistdorf[/caption] Physician, health care entrepreneur and longtime USC volunteer Mitchell W. Lew has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees. Lew is CEO of Prospect Medical Systems, an independent physician association with a network of primary care physicians, specialists... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker The little things are what the Office of Patient and Family Experience at the Keck Medical Center of USC is all about. The Patient Experience team welcomes and visits every patient within 24 hours of admission. During these visits, the staff answers any questions the patients... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Josh Grossberg Showing that the reputation of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is well regarded in the national medical community, three top doctors in their fields have been recruited for prestigious chairmanships at other institutions. On July 1, Anthony Senagore will be leaving his position as professor... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
As USC celebrates the 40th anniversary of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Weekly will run in each issue through the end of the year items highlighting key moments in the history of the institution. On May 10, 1979, ground is broken for the new site of the Kenneth Norris... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Sara Reeve As Tom Buchanan, vice dean for research of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, welcomed the room full of MD/PhD candidates to the annual USC-Caltech MD/PhD symposium, he had a very simple message — doing good science will make you happy. “To me, at its core,... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Sara Reeve A USC team of scientists has published research that highlights a new potential therapeutic agent for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that a mutant protein helps to bind amyloid beta peptide in... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
By Josh Grossberg [caption id="attachment_398" align="alignright" width="122"] Keck Hospital of USC patient Jennifer Sutherland shows off the beaded necklace given to her by USC volunteers in recognition of her courage and inspirational attitude.Photo/Jon Nalick[/caption] Jennifer Sutherland gently touched the beaded necklace as it was clasped around her neck. A piece... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Don Harper Mills, a longtime clinical professor of pathology and psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died May 21. He was 85. [caption id="attachment_393" align="alignright" width="94"] Don Harper Mills[/caption] Mills, who taught at the Keck School and was a past president of Salerni Collegium, was also a... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of breast, prostate and colon cancers combined because most patients are diagnosed after the cancer has already become advanced. The Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Program at the Keck Medical Center of USC is fighting to change that, which is why it is... Read More »