Governor of Guam visits Keck Medical Center of USC

Keck Medical Center of USC recently welcomed Lourdes “Lou” Leon Guerrero, MPH, governor of the U.S. territory of Guam, and her staff, who had flown in to meet with executives, tour the facilities and look in on a patient from Read More »

December 3rd, 2024|Announcements, featured|

Keck Hospital of USC earns an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group

Keck Hospital of USC earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety.

This is the ninth “A” grade the hospital has received since 2019.

“An ‘A’ grade once again puts Read More »

November 18th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Jeannine Taylor honored as a corporate counsel of the year by Los Angeles Business Journal

Jeannine Taylor,  deputy general counsel for Keck Medicine of USC, was named corporate counsel of the year in the non-profit/government/municipal category by the Los Angeles Business Journal at the publication’s recent 2024 Corporate Counsel Read More »

November 5th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School of Medicine celebrates faculty achievements at annual awards ceremony

On Oct. 24, the Keck School of Medicine of USC held its annual Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony, shining a spotlight on excellence in clinical practice, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, as well as mentoring, scholarship, service and teaching throughout Read More »

October 30th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC wins 14 awards for excellence in public relations

Keck Medicine of USC brought home the prestigious President’s Award during the 60th annual PRism Awards, honoring excellence in public relations, hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Public Relation Society of America (PRSA-LA). The President’s Read More »

October 29th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School names new chief operations and finance officer

On Jan. 1, Greg Kharabadze, MHA, FACHE will become senior associate dean, chief operations and finance officer for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In an announcement released on Oct. 8, Dean Carolyn C. Meltzer stated Read More »

October 9th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Hospital of USC named a 2024 top performer by Vizient, Inc.

Keck Hospital of USC has been named a top performer in the 2024 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership award by Vizient, Inc., a leading health care performance improvement company.

The top performer designation acknowledges the hospital’s excellence in delivering high-quality care Read More »

September 18th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

The Keck School of Medicine of USC names 11 endowed faculty members

On Sept. 11, the Keck School of Medicine of USC announced that 11 members of its faculty have received endowed faculty positions — the highest academic recognition that USC, or any university, can bestow on a professor. The status is Read More »

September 11th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC physicians featured in Pasadena Magazine’s ‘Top Doctors’

Keck Medicine of USC is proud to share that Pasadena Magazine’s 2024 roster of “Top Doctors” includes 155 physicians associated with the health system.

The doctors represent 42 different specialties and have each developed unmatched expertise in their field. Every day, Read More »

September 4th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Rod Hanners and Inderbir Gill, MD, honored by Los Angeles Business Journal

Rod Hanners accepts his Health Care Executive of the Year award from the Los Angeles Business Journal

Rod Hanners was recognized as Health Care Executive of the Year by Read More »

August 27th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine hospitals receive top recognition from American Heart Association

Keck Hospital of USC, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) and USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH) have received five American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® quality achievement awards with Target: Honor Read More »

August 19th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris exceeds expectations in bone marrow transplant survival rate

A 2023 federal report shows that for the years 2019-2021, the USC Norris Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy Program, an adult-only program of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center of Keck Medicine of USC, was one of 12 allogeneic Read More »

August 16th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Hospital of USC earns five stars on CMS 2024 quality rating report

For the second year in a row,  Keck Hospital of USC has earned five stars, the highest rating possible, on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality star rating report.

Out of 3,076 hospitals rated across the Read More »

July 31st, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

U.S. News & World Report releases 2024-2025 Best Hospitals rankings

On July 16, Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, released an announcement regarding Keck Medicine of USC’s high rankings from this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. The memo has been reprinted here to make Read More »

July 16th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC celebrates Juneteenth

On June 19, the Black Leaders and Colleagues at Keck Medicine of USC (B.L.A.C.K. Med) employee resource group for Black and African American employees, honored Juneteenth with a flag-raising ceremony at Keck Medical Center, followed by a celebration with food, Read More »

June 26th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts 2024 Festival of Life

The USC Trojan Marching Band The USC Trojan Marching Band (Photo/Hinde Kast)

On June 1, the 2024 Festival of Life celebrated the strength, resilience and tenacity of cancer survivors and their families, honoring Read More »

June 26th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Joseph Ouzounian, MD, named president of USC Care Medical Group

Keck Medicine of USC has named Joseph Ouzounian, MD, as president of USC Care Medical Group, a faculty practice plan composed of Keck Medicine physicians at hospitals and ambulatory locations. Ouzounian, who is also chair of the Read More »

June 19th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

2024 USC Choi Family Awards celebrate patient-centered care

On June 6, Keck Medicine of USC held its seventh annual USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care.

Henry and Queence Choi, Leonard Schaeffer and Steven Shapiro, MD From left to right: Read More »

June 13th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

USC and Keck Medicine kick off Pride Month

Trojan students, faculty and staff kicked off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on Monday, June 3 with a powerful virtual program that included remarks by USC President Carol L. Folt, followed by a pride flag raising ceremony on the USC Health Sciences Read More »

June 5th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School scientist named president of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy

Paula Cannon, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has become the president of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT), the world’s Read More »

June 4th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|