On Thursday, July 13, 2023, Keck Medical Center of USC celebrated the 10th anniversary of the nurse-run Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program, which is a life-supporting intervention that provides heart-lung bypass support outside the body. The event, which took place … Read More »
Researchers from USC Stem Cell and the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that cartilage-building fibroblasts and tissue-protecting immune cells called septoclasts share an interplay that makes it possible for lizards to regenerate their tails.
The … Read More »
Tadren Kennedy, MPH, MBA, will assume the role of chief operating officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital on Aug. 14. His appointment was announced by Armand Dorian, MD, the hospital’s CEO, in an Aug. 7 memo.
Kennedy will report directly to … Read More »
A study led by Jesse Berry, MD, of the USC Roski Eye Institute, has discovered a way to use the fluid inside the eye to provide a yes or no diagnosis of … Read More »
Becker’s Hospital Review has placed USC Arcadia Hospital on its 2023 list of 153 “Great community hospitals.”
The selections were based on several outside rankings and ratings organizations, including U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … Read More »
Ike Mmeje, MHSA, joined Keck Medicine of USC in March 2023 as president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH).
Since then, he has taken charge of furthering Keck Medicine’s mission to broaden patient access to specialized health care and research … Read More »
On Aug. 2, Steven D. Shapiro, MD, senior vice president for health affairs, announced Sarah Van Orman, MD, MMM, as USC’s new vice president and chief campus health officer, effective Aug. 1.
Reporting directly to Shapiro, Van Orman, who has overseen … Read More »
On July 31, Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, released an announcement regarding Keck Medicine of USC’s high rankings from this year’s US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. The memo has been reprinted here to make … Read More »
USC alumnus Robert Popovian, PharmD, will deliver the keynote speech at USC Mann’s White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 18.
Popovian is a longtime member of the pharmacy school’s Board of Councilors, as … Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave the Keck Hospital five out of five stars in its 2023 Overall Star Rating Hospital-Specific Report, an achievement accomplished by only 16% of participating institutions from across the country.
The new designation will allow nationwide programs like USC Street Medicine to be reimbursed for services provided to patients who are unhoused. The policy change is the result of a formal proposal by the … Read More »
A Keck School study has identified that the protein GRP78, implicated in both cancer and COVID-19, allows cancer to spread and resist treatment. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy … Read More »
The Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin has already led to increases in the total number of insulin fills for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics … Read More »
In his role as chief post-acute care officer and chief of staff at Keck Medicine of USC, Felipe Osorno provides executive oversight of the post-acute care (PAC) service line, working closely with hospital leaders across the system … Read More »
For the first time, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has awarded full accreditation with commendation to the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Continuing medical education is one … Read More »
On July 10, Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD, officially stepped into the role of chair of the Department of Radiology and inaugural holder of the Stewart Dale Fordham, MD, Chair in Radiology for the … Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved lecanemab (Leqembi) — a drug to slow the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease —making it soon available to more than a million Medicare patients.
Experts from the USC Leonard … Read More »
Clinicians, educators, alumni and distinguished guests from across the country gathered at the annual symposium and banquet on Saturday, June 24 to celebrate USC Roski Eye Institute’s ongoing track record of excellence in ophthalmic care.
The event offered … Read More »
A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, has identified a previously unrecognized disparity in survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients across all major racial/ethnic groups. The results, published … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC’s Center for Vascular Care is one of just four programs in the entire country to be verified by the new Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP) overseen by the … Read More »