USC Stem Cell study shows when to quit ‘Yapping’
It turns out that to hear a person yapping, you need a protein called Yap. Working as part of what is known as the Yap/Tead complex, this important ... Read More »
Otolaryngology offers free residency education program
(Photo credit: iStock) This is a stressful time for us all. We do not know how severely the COVID-19 pandemic will affect us, our families and ... Read More »
First Place in ASPO 2020 Virtual Poster Awards – Basic Science. Congratulations Dr. Christian Hochstim!
The American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) has selected the abstract “Tracheal squamous metaplasia in children with endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy," co-authored by Hanaa Knaneh-Monem, Beth Osterbauer, MPH, and ... Read More »
Otolaryngology PA and team step up for COVID-19 positive patient
Christine Park, PA, during her self-isolation at home. (Photo/Courtesy of Christine Park, PA) Like most at Keck Medicine of USC during the coronavirus outbreak, the inpatient ... Read More »
Elisabeth Ference featured in The Eastlander
On April 3, The Eastsider quoted Elisabeth Ference, MD, assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology, about whether having allergies can make someone more susceptible to COVID-19. "Being that the 2019 novel coronavirus is ... Read More »
Congratulations to Dr. Tamara Chambers for receiving the 2020 USC Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Faculty
Tamara Chambers, MD, assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology — head and neck surgery, is the recipient of the 2020 USC Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Faculty. The award recognizes ... Read More »
Caruso researchers will be awarded NIH R01 grant
Co-principal investigators, Carolina Abdala, PhD, and Christopher Shera, PhD, have received news that their NIH R01 grant will be awarded for the project “Advanced Detection and Differential Diagnosis of Hearing Loss Using Otoacoustic ... Read More »
Keck School’s Ophthalmology, Physiology/Neuroscience departments top NIH funding list
Seven departments at Keck School of Medicine USC are in the top 10 nationally in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the rankings of ... Read More »
Uttam Sinha named to LABJ’s Top Doctors list
Uttam Sinha, MD, associate professor of otolaryngology — head and neck surgery, has been selected as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Top Doctors of 2020 in ... Read More »