On Friday, April 14, over 150 members of the Keck Medicine of USC community gathered on the Health Sciences Campus to attend Keck Medical Center’s first-annual quality symposium.
The theme of the symposium was “Embrace, Engage, Empower,” and the event was … Read More »
A new white paper from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has found that Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would result in $1 trillion saved by Medicare and … Read More »
The Los Angeles Business Journal has announced five Keck Medicine of USC administrators and clinicians as honorees in its “2023 Women of Influence: Health Care” special section.
The 2023 honorees include:
Erna Imperatore Blanche, PhD, has been selected as the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division’s 2023 commencement ceremony. She earned her PhD from the division and has served there as a professor of … Read More »
Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, a clinical professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has conducted research in southern Africa since 2009 with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases.
His current … Read More »
A new study lead by a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that younger brain age — a neuroimaging-based assessment of brain health — is associated with better post-stroke outcomes. The findings could … Read More »
On April 7, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony to mark National Donate Life Month — a celebration of eye, organ and tissue donors, recipients and physicians.
The ceremony also served as a call for further participation in organ … Read More »
Updated masking guidelines for Keck Medicine of USC employees and providers will go into effect on Monday, April 10.
The guidelines proceed recently updated COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements at Keck Medical Center of USC, as well as a March … Read More »
USC President Carol L. Folt and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles President and Chief Executive Officer Paul S. Viviano announced on Monday a new, $40 million partnership in biomedical research and innovation initiatives to improve health care.
The gift marks the final … Read More »
This March the USC Surgical Skills and Education Center welcomed fifth- and sixth-grade students from Emma W. Shuey Elementary School in Rosemead.
At one learning station, students practiced moving small objects using laparoscopic surgical tools. At another, kids took ultrasounds of … Read More »
Each year, graduating students of the Keck School of Medicine of USC vote for an educator to receive the Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award for Basic Science Years. This year Joe Hacia, PhD, was selected for … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with Auransa Inc., is about to begin a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a new medical treatment for cancers of the liver. In pre-clinical trials, … Read More »
Keck Kindness, part of Keck Medicine of USC’s Care for the Caregiver program, recently celebrated a major milestone. On March 24, 2023, the program announced that it had officially provided over $1 million in grants to enterprise … Read More »
The results of a multi-institutional clinical trial led by Keck Medicine of USC show that surgically removing abdominal lymph nodes impacted by seminoma can treat the illness as effectively as chemotherapy and radiation, which … Read More »
Bold ideas, smart investments and strong compassion helped USC navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, and those assets are key to future growth in health sciences, USC President Carol L. Folt said Wednesday in the second of two annual … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC has been recognized as one of 150 top places to work in health care by Becker’s Healthcare, which publishes Becker’s Hospital Review.
The award is given annually to hospitals and health systems that invest in employees by … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital welcomed 73 students from local high schools for its annual Healthcare Day of Discovery, which welcomes a diverse array of students considering careers in health care.
“They get a wonderful hands-on experience and get to talk with … Read More »
Felipe Osorno has been named chief post-acute care officer and chief of staff for Keck Medicine of USC. Osorno brings 15 years of health care leadership experience to the role, which he will assume immediately, Keck Medicine CEO Rod Hanners … Read More »
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found a drug with the potential for curbing the painful hyperinflammation caused by osteoarthritis.
The findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, indicate that a drug compound, R805/CX-011, may … Read More »
In honor of Women’s History Month, ophthalmologists Jesse Berry, MD, and Linda Lam, MD, MBA, of the USC Roski Eye Institute share their experiences as women in their field, including obstacles … Read More »