Theresa Murphy, RN
A Keck Medicine of USC nursing veteran has returned to the organization to lead USC Verdugo Hills Hospital’s nursing staff.
Theresa Murphy, RN, MSHA, CENP, joined USC-VHH … Read More »
Continuing a family tradition that spans six decades, USC Trustee Jane Hoffman Popovich BS ’65 and her husband, J. Kristoffer Popovich BS ’65 MBA ’70, have pledged $4 million to create the Jane and Kris Popovich Chair in Cancer Research … Read More »
Timothy Wen, a third-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named as a Medical Student Fellow by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
The organization is dedicated to advancing neurosurgery by inspiring and facilitating scientific … Read More »
The Etz Chaim Tree of Life Award of Compassionate Care, made possible thanks to a generous gift from Etan Chaim Milgrom, MD, MS, was presented for the first time during recent commencement ceremonies at the Keck School of Medicine of … Read More »
Entrepreneur and industrialist Norbert Gehr lost his battle with leukemia in February at age 74, but his family foundation’s $20 million gift to the Keck School of Medicine of USC for research may help others fight their own.
Gehr was the … Read More »
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, was elected as the 2015-16 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its annual meeting June 6-10 in Baltimore.
Jadvar, an associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Keck School … Read More »
John Louie Go, MD, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR).
The induction took place at a convocation ceremony during the ACR meeting May 17–21 in Washington, D.C.
Go is director of head and neck imaging … Read More »
Maria de Fátima Reyes of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is among 21 outstanding U.S. medical students to receive 2015 Minority Scholars Awards from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.
The program promotes diversity, encourages the elimination of health … Read More »
An 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined twins in Haiti, the first such operation ever performed in … Read More »
They came together to celebrate survival in the face of fear and uncertainty.
For the hundreds of cancer survivors who gathered at the Keck Medical Center of USC on a recent Saturday morning, the Festival of Life was more than that: … Read More »
Business leader and USC Trustee Rick J. Caruso and his wife, Tina, have donated $25 million to endow and name the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, one of the nation’s largest and … Read More »
Working alone, a scientist or university can only make so much progress in finding answers to basic questions or new treatments for diseases ranging from HIV to cancer to diabetes. That’s why almost 300 scientists from USC, UCLA and UCSF … Read More »
A small patch of green space behind Keck Hospital of USC’s administrative offices has been transformed into a lush, soothing viewing garden thanks to the generosity of gracious donors.
The Keck Hospital of USC Garden was dedicated during a special ceremony … Read More »
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has awarded $100,000 to students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in its summer research fellowship program.
The Baxter Foundation also provides annual funding for research by junior faculty members at … Read More »
Some patience may be needed for commuters and visitors navigating their way this summer to the Health Sciences Campus.
A stretch of Soto Street is being partially closed for construction as part of the Health Sciences Campus Beautification Project.
A south lane … Read More »
Paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a gunshot wound when he was 21, Erik Sorto now can move a robotic arm just by thinking about it.
A Keck Medicine of USC investigator presented interim results of a study evaluating a novel treatment for advanced liver cancer on May 30 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago.
Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, of the USC … Read More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors honored the Nepal medical response team on May 26 with a special proclamation recognizing their recent trip to assist victims of a devastating earthquake.
The scroll presentation took place in the County Hall … Read More »
Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered that a protein known as PICALM regulates removal of toxic plaques from the brain, which could be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
In a study … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC’s Inderbir S. Gill, MD, has been even busier than usual lately. On Monday, May 18, he delivered the annual Ramon Guiteras Lecture at the 2015 meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in New Orleans, the … Read More »
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