Heart transplant gives patient years of joy
From left, Luanda Grazette, Raymond Hall, Vaughn Starnes and Mark Barr gather Dec. 6 on the Health Sciences Campus. Nearly 18 years ago, Starnes and Barr performed ... Read More »
Trauma survivors visit with caregivers at annual reunion
Patricia Tapia, center, is joined by members of the reunion planning committee before celebrations at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center Trauma Survivors Reunion on ... Read More »
New research suggests possibility of small cell lung cancer immunotherapy
Mario Pulido, PhD, first author of the study, and Ite Laird-Offringa. Their work on isoaspartylation could provide a key to immunotherapy for small cell lung cancer. ... Read More »
Keck School program receives national honor for health services
USC Correctional Health, a Keck School of Medicine of USC program, won the 2016 Best in Category Achievement Award for Health from the National Association of Counties (NaCo). This ... Read More »
Retinoic Acid May Significantly Prevent Lymphedema Development, Experimental Model Suggests
Although lymphedema has no known cure, an injection of 9-cis retinoic acid at the time of surgery may stop development of the disease A study conducted at the ... Read More »
USC Stem Cell names second cohort of Broad Clinical Research Fellows
From left, Broad Clinical Research Fellows Christopher Schlieve, Gene K. Lee and R. Kiran Alluri The second cohort of Broad Clinical Research Fellows is making strides ... Read More »
USC leads international plastic surgery simulation training for Operation Smile
Jean Paul Shumbusho, center, a surgical resident at National University of Rwanda, smiles during a training session May 19. USC faculty and international surgeons exchanged knowledge and ... Read More »
Keck School faculty performs rare fetal cardiac procedure for first time in Southern California
From left, Jay Pruetz, Samantha Davila, Grayson Davila, Marco Davila, Frank Ing and Ramen Chmait pose at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Last August, the Davila family was ... Read More »
Training Robotic Surgeons Worldwide
With the combination of highly skilled surgeons and advanced robotic technology, Keck Medicine of USC is a global center of excellence for robotic surgery. Surgeons at ... Read More »