The pandemic may have closed some doors to in-person opportunities for students, but it opened a big one for Merna Ghallab, who gained invaluable training as a COVID-19 contact tracing intern and team lead for Los Angeles County — all … Read More »
Every year, surgeons perform more than 5,000 cranioplasties, or surgeries that restore cranial defects, on patients who have experienced critical size cranial defects resulting from congenital defects, head trauma or tumor removals.
Traditional materials used to correct these deficits have been … Read More »
Friday was a day of firsts.
It was the first time in 70 years that USC’s commencement had taken place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — complete with a lit torch.
It was also the first time that two separate graduating … Read More »
When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, outrage erupted across the country. Terry Zhu, a fourth-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, marched with friends and classmates in the … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC recently joined organizations across the country in celebrating National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week. These annual events serve as an opportunity to pause and honor health care employees for the compassionate, innovative ways they support … Read More »
Chris Pierson can’t pinpoint the exact moment he knew he was destined to become a physical therapist, but he knows roughly when he became interested.
At the age of 16, Pierson suffered a serious spinal cord injury while skiing. Finding himself suddenly … Read More »
Even though dentistry is the family business, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC graduate Danilo Diangkinay wasn’t sold on the idea of following in his parents’ footsteps.
He watched as his parents, who run two Southern California dental practices, worked … Read More »
It is projected the United States will spend $245 billion on cancer care in 2030, a 35% increase over the amount spent in 2015. Innovative treatments including targeted therapies — complex, precision medicine that attack specific cancer molecules — have … Read More »
The chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 seems like the best thing to happen in a very long time. Like most parents you’re probably wondering: What about the kids?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has so far authorized three … Read More »
When Eli Bosnoyan first set foot on the USC campus, he was a six-year-old boy from Aleppo, Syria, visiting relatives in Los Angeles during his summer vacation.
“I was with my brother,” said Bosnoyan, who is now graduating from the … Read More »
Alberto Galvan, a DPT student on the Doctor of Physical Therapy hybrid pathway, grew up without a father.
Lacking a male figure to look up to, the soon-to-be graduate from the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy instead modeled himself after … Read More »
Levi Powell first fell in love with dentistry as a sixth grader under the treatment of a Black orthodontist — Levi’s first encounter with a health care professional who actually looked like him.
“Seeing him operate with his office staff, seeing … Read More »
It was just another morning. Allison Dietze was getting ready for a job she didn’t enjoy when she experience a sudden epiphany: She wanted to changed directions entirely and pursue a dental career.
It wasn’t a completely capricious decision, given the … Read More »
Taylor Montgomery is driven by questions.
When she was little, she would always press her mother with queries, wondering why and how the world worked. An educator herself, Montgomery’s mother always nurtured her daughter’s curiosity. When the family would go to bookstores, … Read More »
