Continuing its momentum as one of the fastest-growing urology programs in the nation, the USC Institute of Urology recruited Gerhard Fuchs, MD, an internationally renowned urologic surgeon, researcher and educator who advanced innovative technology to … Read More »
As part of a multinational, collaborative effort, researchers from Keck Medicine of USC, have helped identify more than 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia. In what is the largest genomic study published on … Read More »
The Keck Medical Center of USC co-sponsored the Greater Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk on June 29 at Griffith Park. The event attracted more than 1,000 people and raised more than $90,000 to support advocacy, research, and care for patients with congenital … Read More »
For his last radiation treatment, Russ Enyeart’s doctor told him she wasn’t going to be able to keep his usual 1:30 appointment time and had to push it back to 5 p.m. She was bending the truth.
Leslie Ballas, MD, assistant … Read More »
Michael Lieber, MD, PhD, professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has spent years studying the origin of lymphoma by tracing the onset of the problem to the most elemental of levels by looking at what went wrong … Read More »
A team of Keck School of Medicine of USC investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded $4 million over five years by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for LungMAP, an … Read More »
For breast cancer patients, the era of personalized medicine may be just around the corner, thanks to recent advances by USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu, MD, PhD, and scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
In a July … Read More »
The second season of the Keck School of Medicine Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series will feature Robert A. Bradway, chair and CEO of Amgen, the world’s largest independent biotechnology company.
Bradway will speak at 4 p.m. on Aug.13 in Mayer Auditorium on … Read More »
The “Molecular and Social Systems: Learning through Creative Exploration” exhibit opened July 12 at the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Institute for Genetic Medicine, melding art, medicine and social activism that promotes physical and social healing. The exhibit runs through Oct. … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC patient Jim McDermott and Fox 11 News reporter Christine O’Donnell watch McDermott’s son graduating from Orange County School of the Arts on June 12. McDermott, who is awaiting a heart transplant, watched the graduation remotely … Read More »
Archstone Foundation awarded $122,000 to expand a USC mental health research study aimed at addressing depression among older Latinos suffering from a chronic illness.
Led by Isabel Lagomasino, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Cuerpo … Read More »
USC Stem Cell scientists have set a “mouse TRAP” to capture the early signs of kidney failure, as described by a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Their new transgenic mouse line uses a technique called TRAP … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC has appointed seasoned physician executive Amar Desai, MD, MPH, as chief executive officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Care Services, effective Aug. 1.
Desai is an experienced health-care executive with significant expertise leading health systems to improved … Read More »
Jane Centofante came to understand the expertise of the urologists at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in an all too personal way. In 1999, her father Albert Centofante, was treated for bladder cancer at USC Norris by Donald G. … Read More »
Keck Medical Center of USC, one of only two university-based medical systems in Los Angeles, maintained its No. 3 ranking as the top hospital in the Los Angeles metro area and No. 8 in California but also moved up in … Read More »
Molecular microbiologists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered that mice lacking a specific component of the immune system are completely resistant to sepsis, a potentially fatal complication of infection. The discovery suggests that blocking … Read More »
The National Parkinson Foundation recently awarded Giselle Petzinger, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Beth Fisher, PhD, associate professor in the division of biokinesiology and physical therapy, a $250,000 … Read More »
Three teams of USC stem cell researchers have won a coveted prize — the opportunity to test 3,000 drug candidates or chemicals for the potential to help patients. Two teams will focus their efforts on cancer, and the third team … Read More »
Doctors in the United States routinely administer tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) to some people having a stroke brought on by a blood clot. When administered shortly after the onset of symptoms, t-PA will prevent one patient of every eight treated … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is taking its medical record to the next level with myUSCchart, a new electronic portal that allows patients to access their health information from a computer or smartphone.
The portal launched July 1, and it provides patients … Read More »