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Keck School honors top teachers

The Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean’s Recognition Ceremony was held Sept. 24 on campus.

Honorees included:

Outstanding Year I Course

Musculoskeletal

Outstanding Year II course

Cardiovascular

Outstanding Required Clerkship

Internal Medicine

Outstanding Selective/Elective

Emergency Medicine

Outstanding Teaching as a Resident

Rayhan Lal, MD, Pediatrics

Daniel Martinez, MD, Medicine

Barbara Rubino, MD, Read More »

October 29th, 2014|Announcements|

New Edmondson Faculty Center is lighter, brighter and open to all

In a word, the old Edmondson Faculty Center, with its chocolate brown wood paneling, oversized leather chairs and dim lighting, was dark.

And so, when it closed for renovations the first order of business was to brighten the place up starting Read More »

October 29th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC-led study identifies new genetic variants indicating susceptibility to prostate cancer

An international study co-led by Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) scientists and researchers in the United Kingdom has revealed 23 new genetic susceptibility locations indicating risk for prostate cancer.

The data study, analyzing more than Read More »

October 21st, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School researcher receives $100,000 gift for personalized cancer therapy

The Wu Jieping Medical Foundation has made a gift of $100,000 to support research by Si-Yi Chen, MD, PhD, at USC Norris Comprehensive cancer Center and Dept. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.

The gift will fund a pilot translational research project using Read More »

October 21st, 2014|Announcements|

USC physicians are first to implant new wireless device to manage heart failure

Keck Medicine of USC is the first medical center in Southern California, post-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to implant a new wireless device for heart failure patients. The device is designed to reduce readmissions to the hospital and empower Read More »

October 21st, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|