Throughout the week of Mother’s Day, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center’s infusion teams distributed roses to patients visiting USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the Treatment Center and the Women’s Specialty Care Clinic at the nearby USC Norris Healthcare Center, … Read More »
In a hearing on how to balance incentives for medical innovation with patient access, USC Schaeffer Center Director of Research Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, shared findings demonstrating that “expanding prescription drug coverage is worth the cost … Read More »
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ 2023 commencement ceremony will feature keynote speaker Janet S. Wright, MD, director of the CDC Chronic Disease Center’s Division for Heart Disease and … Read More »
The core mission of the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) is to answer urgent questions about the human brain. Part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and led by Director … Read More »
Los Angeles County Medical Center (LAC+USC) will now be known as Los Angeles General Medical Center (LA General), hospital and city leaders announced today.
The 600-bed hospital in Boyle Heights is a Level 1 trauma center and an academic teaching hospital … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety. This achievement places USC-VHH among top tier … Read More »
Four years ago, Josh Neman, PhD, scientific director of the USC Brain Tumor Center, gave a talk in Santa Monica for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
There, he met Nohea Avery, the mother of Kalea … Read More »
Urologists with Keck Medicine of USC have launched a clinical trial to perform the world’s first bladder transplant. The transplant would be a major step toward a potential new surgical option for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who experience … Read More »
Francesca Mariani, PhD, has been selected for the 2023 Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The director of the Mariani Lab at USC Stem Cell also serves as the faculty director of USC’s master’s program … Read More »
Tammy Capretta, RN, MPH, chief transformation and risk officer for Keck Medicine of USC, has been named the 2023 Los Angeles Woman of Impact by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Each year, nominees begin their … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s multidisciplinary Class of 2023 will end a milestone phase of their careers on May 12 and 13 at their respective commencements. Each school will host nationally renowned leaders in their field who will … Read More »
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 »
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 »