As scientists begin to find their political voices, three former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency insiders on Wednesday said the Trump administration should not sacrifice environmental quality and the health of the American people “for a coterie of special-interest stakeholders.”
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With the fate of the Affordable Care Act hanging in the balance, students met with California legislators and attended a health care reform conference in February as part of a public health policy class offered by the Keck School of … Read More »
Jason Kutch, PhD, assistant professor in the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further his research on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) in … Read More »
Faculty and staff from the Keck School of Medicine of USC gathered recently to welcome and pay tribute to the current and previous chairs of the Department of Anesthesiology.
Holly Muir, MD, has been serving as chair since Jan. 1, succeeding … Read More »
Jay R. Lieberman, MD, chair and professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected president of the USC Care Medical Group. He will serve as president until June 30, 2018, according to Keck … Read More »
Scientists from USC, UCLA and UCSF gathered at a symposium recently to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their three stem cell research centers, established with support from Eli and Edythe Broad and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). As … Read More »
Robert Shaddy
Robert E. Shaddy, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and as pediatrician-in-chief and senior vice president of Academic … Read More »
To keep pace with health care’s evolving challenges, Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, has announced an administrative restructuring of the USC School of Pharmacy, including five new associate dean positions:
Keck Medicine of USC employees continued a tradition of volunteerism recently as more than a dozen staff members spent time preparing and serving food to patrons of the Proyecto Pastoral Dolores Mission.
Proyecto Pastoral is a local nonprofit organization … Read More »
AnneMarie Ciccarella describes herself as an “accidental advocate.”
A need to understand her disease led the breast cancer survivor to travel to a national cancer conference where she met USC Professor Peter Kuhn two years ago.“He turned to me and said, … Read More »
Surveyors from the Joint Commission visited Keck Hospital of USC and Keck Medicine of USC ambulatory clinics earlier this month, meeting with staff and reviewing policies to ensure health care facilities adhere to the highest quality of safe patient care.
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The Campaign for USC will reach its $6 billion goal nearly 18 months before anticipated, securing its place among the most successful campaigns in higher education. Building on this momentum, President C. L. Max Nikias announced Feb. 15 that USC will … Read More »
USC will begin planning for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art hospital on its Health Sciences Campus, focused on the high-acuity services that are the emphasis of the Keck Medicine of USC medical enterprise.
President C. L. Max Nikias announced the … Read More »
USC President C. L. Max Nikias, PhD, used his annual State of the University Address to voice strong support for the university’s diverse and inclusive faculty and student body and to announce two game-changing initiatives: a new hospital at the … Read More »
Volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC division of neurocritical care and stroke participated in the 2017 Skid Row Carnival of Love recently.
The annual event, held Jan. 28, provides members of the Los Angeles homeless community with access … Read More »
Ashley Wysong, MD, assistant professor of clinical dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was named “Iron Surgeon” by the American Society of Dermatology Surgery (ASDS).
The Iron Surgeon national competition, which was held Nov. 10 in New Orleans … Read More »
Steven Giannotta
For a small department, the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC seems to have an oversized profile, at least when it comes to … Read More »
René Sotelo, MD, has been named medical director of international medicine of Keck Medicine of USC, effective Feb. 1.
In his new role, Sotelo will chair the International Medicine Faculty Steering Committee, collaborate with other Keck Medicine leaders to monitor and … Read More »
As chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Jay R. Lieberman, MD, regularly sees patients with bone defects too severe to heal. This unmet clinical need inspired him to team up with … Read More »
The Institute of Public Health in Mexico (INSP) celebrated the career of Jonathan Samet, MD, Distinguished Professor, Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine and director of the USC Institute for Global Health, as part of its 30-year anniversary commemoration … Read More »