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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC has launched the USC Nursing Institute to promote education, leadership development, clinical expertise and research among nurses. The institute will support nurses across the health system’s four hospitals and more than 100 clinic locations to ensure nurses have access to the tools, education and training to provide... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC hospitals and USC Student Health, part of Keck Medicine, received the ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). The HEI is the leading national benchmarking survey of health care facility policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
A global team of researchers led by Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, of USC’s Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke — a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The study was... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, director of research for the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, has become a regular advisory presence on Capitol Hill. In his most recent testimony before the U.S. Senate, he informed lawmakers on drug pricing practices, touched on the idea of the free market and... Read More »
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Monday, May 6, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC's five commencement ceremonies will feature four renowned leaders in medicine, research and public policy. (California’s Surgeon General Diana E. Ramos MD, MPH, MBA, will speak at two ceremonies.) In keeping with the school's tradition and values, these distinguished guests will offer graduates a... Read More »
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Monday, May 6, 2024
Arash Motamed, MD, medical director for operating rooms at Keck Hospital of USC and medical director of sustainability for Keck Medicine of USC, is making Keck Hospital operating rooms more sustainable. [caption id="attachment_15305" align="alignright" width="165"] Arash Motamed, MD (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)[/caption] In early 2021, Motamed started an initiative to phase... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
For the eighth time in five years, Keck Hospital of USC has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization. The Leapfrog Group ratings, released every fall and spring, are based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries, infections and the systems... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
As part of a program commemorating National Donate Life Month, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony on April 17 in front of Keck Hospital of USC. The event aimed to recognize and celebrate eye, organ, and tissue donors, recipients and the physicians who make these donations possible. Every... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Scientists from USC Stem Cell have reported significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form nephrons, which make up the kidney’s filtration system. NPCs hold immense promise for understanding kidney development, modeling diseases, and discovering new treatments. The study was published in Cell Stem Cell.... Read More »
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
On April 17, the 2024 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Awards recognized Keck Medical Center of USC for finding a way to save over 1.7 million gallons of water in a single year. Each year, the LADWP Key Accounts Group recognizes the most successful large-scale sustainability initiatives... Read More »
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC has opened the Las Vegas Transplant Evaluation Clinic to provide specialized care for patients in Las Vegas and surrounding communities who need a liver or heart transplant. The clinic will be the first in Nevada to offer in-state heart transplant services. To read more, click here.... Read More »