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Keck Medicine of USC study identifies psychological measures that may predict who is more likely to complete – or quit – a demanding marine training course

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Keck Medicine of USC and USC have launched a comprehensive program to ease the job stress that Keck Medicine health care workers are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic

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Keck Medicine of USC study reveals that non-small cell lung cancer patients with pathologic N1 disease were less likely to receive chemotherapy if they lived in rural areas or were on Medicaid or uninsured.

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In response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in California, Keck Medicine of USC is taking several new measures to combat the virus.

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In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the rising number of cases in California, Keck Medicine of USC has taken precautions to protect staff and patients and reduce the spread of the disease.

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Keck Medicine of USC urologists are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with an overactive bladder due to neurological conditions, such as a spinal cord injury or stroke, and idiopathic (unknown) causes.

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Keck Medicine of USC announces the launch of the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, a unique partnership of six independent epilepsy centers serving patients in Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Central Valley.

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Keck Hospital of USC earns an "A" grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog.

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A Keck School of Medicine of USC study compared the Pinktober and Movember movements, showing that reach and engagement do not always lead people to research screening options

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Keck Medicine of USC names Tammy Capretta chief transformation and risk officer

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USC Care Medical groups names Smitha Ravipudi as CEO

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Keck School of Medicine of USC's street medicine team developed a new information tool to standardize clinical outreach to the unsheltered homeless and improve treatment plans

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Keck Medicine of USC is named the official orthopaedic medical partner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Physicians will treat athletes from the LA Kings, local youth sports teams, and the public at the new Toyota Sports Performance Center clinic.

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In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative eye disease that results in poor vision, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers found that adapted augmented reality (AR) glasses can improve patients’ mobility by 50% and grasp performance by 70%.

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Keck Medicine of USC hospitals earn LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader designation for commitment to LGBTQ patient-centered care

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A new study shows that older adults enthusiastically adopt on-demand rideshare technology options, which improves their access to medical care and overall quality of life. However, the cost of these services remain a challenge.

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Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers identified financial abuse of older adults by family members as the more common than scams by strangers

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Frank Petrigliano, MD, has been appointed chief of the USC Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine at Keck Medicine of USC and head team physician for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. He also will join the Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty as an associate professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery.

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a five-year, $170 million annual funding agreement for the Keck School of Medicine of USC to provide patient care services and physician medical education at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center.

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Keck Medical Center of USC Named to U.S. News & World Report 2019-20 Best Hospitals Honor Roll among top 20 hospitals nationwide

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A highly competitive $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will support Keck School of Medicine of USC efforts to recruit patients from underrepresented populations into cardiac surgery clinical trials.

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David Peng, MD, named president of USC Care Medical Group to focus on ensuring achievements in quality and service outcomes while overseeing system-level strategic and operational initiatives

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New research points toward testosterone-boosting supplements as having little or no known effect

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Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center found that identifying a metastatic colorectal cancer patient’s Consensus Molecular Subtype (CMS) could help oncologists determine the most effective course of treatment.

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A new study shows certain lifestyle changes and low-cost interventions may improve how Latino patients with diabetes manage their medication regimen

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Pioneering and internationally renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, Vaughn Starnes appointed 100th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery

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A USC Norris study aims to increase clinical trial enrollment among low-income patients and racial and ethnic minorities by offering financial assistance for out-of-pocket costs associated with the trial. Because patients from low-income and racial minorities enroll in clinical trials at much lower rates, researchers are not capturing accurate data about personalized cancer care within these groups.

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An anonymous living organ donor meets the woman whose life he saved through the living-donor liver transplant program at Keck Hospital of USC.

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The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranked No. 1 in California and No. 10 nationally in physician assistant programs in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.

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Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists have developed the first standardized framework for clinicians to document physical findings on older patients for better evidence in abuse cases

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A new tool from the Keck School of Medicine of USC can improve development and effectiveness of leading-edge cancer therapies derived from patients’ immune systems.

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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center names Caryn Lerman as new director to bolster interdisciplinary science and leverage the cancer center’s entrepreneurial spirit

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Keck Medicine of USC announces the acquisition of Los Angeles Cardiology Associates, a cardiovascular care group with eight locations across the Los Angeles region.

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Vivian Mo, MD, named chief medical officer of USC Care Medical Group for Keck Medicine of USC

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Jimmy Kimmel, renowned philanthropist and comedian will speak at Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 commencement ceremony.

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The Keck School of Medicine's Ricky Bluthenthal, a renowned researcher in epidemiology and disease prevention will lead social justice education, research and advocacy

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A new USC study provides new insight on how dietary fat and cholesterol drive the development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a serious form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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The Keck School of Medicine of USC appoints skilled physician as chair of Department of Family Medicine

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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati as the first associate director of community outreach and engagement to help reduce the cancer burden in surrounding communities.

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The newly named Anton Yelchin Cystic Fibrosis Clinic was unveiled today at a ceremony with the actor's family and friends at Keck Hospital of USC.

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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that an online care delivery model is equivalent to in-person care for improving psoriasis symptoms.

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Hosted by the USC Center for Body Computing, the 2018 Annual Body Computing Conference highlighted findings from two landmark studies and addressed how to protect digital health data.

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USC Verdugo Hills Hospital is the first in California to be awarded BCEN Honorary Certification Recognition for supporting emergency nursing certification.

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Jeffrey C. Wang, MD, an internationally renowned spine surgeon and co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC, has been appointed president of the North American Spine Society for 2018–2019.

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The Keck School of Medicine of USC has received a generous $100,000 donation from PUMA for the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research, two years after the singer/actress established the fund.

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Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardized way to train the next generation of surgeons.