The Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index recently named Keck Medicine of USC as a “Top Performer in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.” The index recognizes health care organizations that provide equitable and inclusive care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and … Read More »
Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD, the pioneering researcher whose work has transformed modern understanding of degenerative neurological diseases, was installed as the inaugural holder of the Mary Hayley and Selim Zilkha Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research at a ceremony held … Read More »
Though passports were not required, students, faculty, and guests of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program gained a taste of world travel at this spring’s Global Citizenship Roundtable.
Held April 21, the biannual program featured the insights and perspectives … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC nurses and physicians were honored recently for their commitment to exceptional care at a special dinner and ceremony marking the second annual USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care.
The prestigious awards honor physicians, residents, … Read More »
A new study has found brain abnormalities in people with bipolar disorder.
In the largest MRI study to date on patients with bipolar disorder, a global consortium published new research showing that people with the condition have differences in the brain … Read More »
What happens when you pair 14 artists with 14 USC biomedical researchers? The answer is currently on display at the Hoyt Gallery on the Health Sciences Campus.
The exhibition “Artist & Researcher” showcases the results of these creative collaborations. Barbara Kolo’s … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is the first medical center in the western United States to perform a liver transplant as part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study testing the safety and effectiveness of a new … Read More »
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief Henri R. Ford is CHLA’s first-ever honorary fellow admitted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Photo/Business Wire)
Henri Ford, MD, MHA Keck … Read More »
On May 12, 106 new graduates of the Keck School of Medicine of USC celebrated with family, friends and fellow graduates in Town and Gown at USC’s University Park campus.
Having earned bachelor’s degrees in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention or … Read More »
Friends and family of the 132nd class to graduate as doctors of medicine from the Keck School of Medicine of USC gathered at the Galen Center on USC’s University Park Campus on May 13 to offer their congratulations and cheer … Read More »
An excited crowd of family and friends gathered at the Galen Center on the University Park Campus May 13 to celebrate the commencement of nearly 400 PhD and master’s degree candidates from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The ceremony … Read More »
The USC School of Pharmacy marked its 110th Commencement on May 12 before an audience of more than 1,500 family, friends, faculty and staff.
Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, presided over the event at Pappas Quad, advising graduates — the new … Read More »
On May 12, the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC held a satellite commencement ceremony on the southwest lawn of the Allan Hancock Foundation Building on University Park Campus. There were 58 graduates … Read More »
Amy Lamb OTD, OT/L, delivered the keynote address during the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s 75th annual commencement ceremony on May 12.
Lamb is the president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and an expert … Read More »
“The most important piece of advice I can give you today is make sure everyone calls you doctor! You’ve earned the right; you’ve put in the hard work; you can legally prescribe medicine; and you are now graduates of the … Read More »
Just as pharmacists compound medications to personalize them for patients, the USC School of Pharmacy now offers many undergraduate courses that can be mixed or matched to enhance the students’ undergraduate education to better prepare them for a range of … Read More »
“Tissue,” said Donna Elliott, MD, EdD, senior associate dean for student and educational affairs at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, “is my number one office product.”
Elliott’s charge is to support students on their four-year journey. The shorthand is … Read More »
Elizabeth Graddy presents Mikel Snow with the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching during the Academic Honors Convocation, held April 17 at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus. (Photo/Steve … Read More »
Thomas A. Buchanan, MD, is professor of medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and physiology and biophysics; vice dean for research; and chief of the division of endocrinology and diabetes in the Department of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at … Read More »
April Banayan
If you’ve been to a coffee shop near the USC campuses, chances are you might have been getting your caffeine fix while one of the Keck School’s undergraduate commencement speakers … Read More »