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In a single month, Keck School professor finishes two society presidential terms

Fred Weaver, MD, MMM, professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chief of the division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at Keck Medical Center of USC, just finished concurrent terms as president of two Read More »

April 18th, 2014|Announcements|

Alia Tutor Endowed Chair established at Keck School of Medicine of USC

Alia Tutor, wife of USC trustee Ronald Tutor, both longtime supporters of the university, is providing a gift to establish the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The new chair Read More »

April 18th, 2014|Announcements|

USC hosts prestigious Lasker Lectures on cochlear implants

Nearly 4,800 children in the United States are born with profound hearing loss each year, and another 5,000 will develop it by age 5, according to John Niparko, MD, chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

With Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Thousands flock to Festival of Books at USC

The nation’s largest literary festival — Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — took its 19th bow over the weekend, attracting as many as 150,000 people to the Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

United Cancer Research Society makes $5 million pledge for Norris HCC

The vision for the forthcoming USC Norris Healthcare Consultation Center is simple, according to Stephen Gruber, MD, MPH, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Director — a place where research, clinical care and education all converge under Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Alzheimer’s symposium examines multiple factors of disease

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease; by the year 2050, the number could triple unless developments in medicine can slow or reverse the pace.

Researchers, clinicians and students gathered at USC on Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Two Keck Medicine postdocs receive Giannini Foundation fellowships

Two Keck School of Medicine of USC postdoctoral scholars recently received fellowships from the prestigious A.P. Giannini Foundation. Lindsey Mork, PhD, received her fellowship based on her work with craniofacial development, and Elinne Becket, PhD, received hers for Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

BAXTER FOUNDATION VISITS HSC

Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the USC Health Sciences Campus on Mar. 31, to hear presentations from Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and meet with participants in the Baxter Foundation Student Research Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Amgen CEO named USC trustee

International biopharmaceutical business leader Robert A. Bradway has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees. Bradway is chairman and CEO of Amgen Inc., the world’s largest independent biotechnology company.

Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Amgen has 20,000 employees Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Rebels With A Cause event raises $9 million in one night for cancer research

More than 500 luminaries in the entertainment, medical science, technology and business sectors gathered for the second annual Rebels With A Cause event held on March 20,  resulting in the largest total funds raised to date at one Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Student’s community service inspires career choice

Pavitra Krishnamani was only 16 when she entered USC through the Resident Honors Program, but she quickly became involved in a wide range of activities — from tutoring community students to founding a dance team to editing health Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Pharmacy Day

As students complete their third year in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program, they begin to consider the rotations they will pursue next year.  To facilitate that, the USC School of Pharmacy held a preceptor fair on March 28 at Harry Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

USC raises funds for typhoon relief

Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital CEO Scott Evans (left) and hospitals Emergency Management Officer Robert Vance (right) present at $13,000 check to American Red Cross representative Stephanie Pell at a recent Keck Huddle meeting. The funds Read More »

April 17th, 2014|Announcements|

Keck Medicine of USC among first to offer bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma

A new procedure at Keck Medicine of USC may give people with severe, uncontrolled asthma a much-needed breath of life. The medical center is among the first in the United States to offer bronchial thermoplasty, an outpatient treatment Read More »

April 15th, 2014|Announcements|

Richard Binggeli, longtime Keck School professor and researcher, 76

Richard Binggeli, a professor, researcher and psychologist at the Keck School of Medicine of USC for nearly three decades, died March 16 after a long battle with thyroid cancer. He was 76.

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Richard to Los Read More »

April 14th, 2014|Announcements|

USC scientists discover greater risk for young adult cancer patients with thyroid cancer

A first-ever analysis by Keck Medicine of USC clinician scientists indicates that adolescents and young adults who develop thyroid cancer as a secondary cancer are six times more likely to die than those with primary thyroid cancer.

The findings, Read More »

April 10th, 2014|Announcements|

Stanczyk named to Sex Steroid Assay Task Force

The Endocrine Society has named Frank Z. Stanczyk, PhD, professor of research in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine, to the Sex Steroid Assay Reporting Task Force that will recommend policies on measurement reporting requirements Read More »

April 10th, 2014|Announcements|

Keck School Dean proclaims Match Day 2014 school’s best ever

Voices rose and fell at a fevered pitch around Kathleen Seaton as white envelopes were opened. The Keck School of Medicine of USC fourth-year student took a deep breath and tore open the envelope that would reveal her fate.

Kathleen glanced Read More »

April 3rd, 2014|Announcements|

New leadership structure to strengthen to Keck Medicine of USC

Strong leadership is vital to Keck Medicine of USC’s strategy to become one of the nation’s great academic medical centers and to develop a comprehensive system of acute care and ambulatory centers. To help consolidate leadership across USC’s medical enterprise, Read More »

April 3rd, 2014|Announcements|

USC to host LA Times Festival of Books

As part of multi-year partnership with the Los Angeles Times, USC will host the LA Times Festival of Books at the University Park campus April 12 and 13.

In its fourth year at the USC campus, the Festival of Books will Read More »

April 3rd, 2014|Announcements|