Employees were recognized recently for their years of dedicated service to Keck Medical Center of USC.

Employees enjoy breakfast at Keck Medicine of USC’s Years of Service breakfast celebration during Hospital Week, May 9, 2016. (Photo/Douglas Morino)

About 470 employees were honored at the 2016 Years of Service Breakfast, an annual event held May 9 in the Soto I courtyard.

The longest-serving employees honored were Aurora Baduria, a registered nurse in the outpatient surgery center, and Debra Jean Barller, a payroll coordinator in General Accounting Department. Baduria and Barller were recognized for serving 40 years with Keck Medical Center.

The commitment of the staff is instrumental to the continued success of the medical center, Rod Hanners, Keck Medical Center CEO, said to employees gathered at the breakfast ceremony.

“You are the reason why Keck Medical Center of USC shines,” Hanners said.

— Douglas Morino