An 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined twins in Haiti, the first such operation ever performed in … Read More »
They came together to celebrate survival in the face of fear and uncertainty.
For the hundreds of cancer survivors who gathered at the Keck Medical Center of USC on a recent Saturday morning, the Festival of Life was more than that: … Read More »
Business leader and USC Trustee Rick J. Caruso and his wife, Tina, have donated $25 million to endow and name the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, one of the nation’s largest and … Read More »
Working alone, a scientist or university can only make so much progress in finding answers to basic questions or new treatments for diseases ranging from HIV to cancer to diabetes. That’s why almost 300 scientists from USC, UCLA and UCSF … Read More »
A small patch of green space behind Keck Hospital of USC’s administrative offices has been transformed into a lush, soothing viewing garden thanks to the generosity of gracious donors.
The Keck Hospital of USC Garden was dedicated during a special ceremony … Read More »
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has awarded $100,000 to students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in its summer research fellowship program.
The Baxter Foundation also provides annual funding for research by junior faculty members at … Read More »
Some patience may be needed for commuters and visitors navigating their way this summer to the Health Sciences Campus.
A stretch of Soto Street is being partially closed for construction as part of the Health Sciences Campus Beautification Project.
A south lane … Read More »
Paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a gunshot wound when he was 21, Erik Sorto now can move a robotic arm just by thinking about it.
A Keck Medicine of USC investigator presented interim results of a study evaluating a novel treatment for advanced liver cancer on May 30 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago.
Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, of the USC … Read More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors honored the Nepal medical response team on May 26 with a special proclamation recognizing their recent trip to assist victims of a devastating earthquake.
The scroll presentation took place in the County Hall … Read More »
Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered that a protein known as PICALM regulates removal of toxic plaques from the brain, which could be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
In a study … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC’s Inderbir S. Gill, MD, has been even busier than usual lately. On Monday, May 18, he delivered the annual Ramon Guiteras Lecture at the 2015 meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in New Orleans, the … Read More »
Neurologist Daniel Pelletier, MD, has been recruited from Yale University to lead the USC Multiple Sclerosis Center, effective April 1. He began seeing patients this month.
An internationally renowned multiple sclerosis clinician and researcher, Pelletier joins Keck Medicine of USC as … Read More »
USC Professor David Baron recently received the 2015 Harry Stack Sullivan Award in recognition of his groundbreaking work in the field of behavioral aspects of concussion and the founder of the WHO/WPA Section on Exercise, Psychiatry and Sport.
Baron, who has … Read More »
If you’re a math and science whiz studying brain scans and analyzing genetic biomarkers for a living, you’re not expecting to get the Hollywood treatment. But there she is, Neda Jahanshad, USC neuroscientist, peering ever so coolly over her shades … Read More »
The weather was gray outside Galen Center on Saturday, May 16, but inside it was bright with cardinal and gold as MD and MD/PhD graduates buzzed with excitement during commencement ceremonies for the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Just before … Read More »
Charles Gomer, PhD
After nomination by his peers, Charles J. Gomer, PhD, was selected for the 2015 Distinguished Faculty Service Award by USC’s Academic Senate.
The honor recognizes Gomer, professor … Read More »
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar and Keck Medicine of USC grateful patient Kevin McCarthy were among the special guests on hand May 12 for the official proclamation of May 10-16 as Acoustic Neuroma Awareness Week in Los Angeles.
Rohit Varma
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, director of the USC Eye Institute, attended a May 19 meeting of the Institute of Medicine (soon to be renamed the National Academy of … Read More »
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