Keck Medicine launches USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute
The USC CVI offers comprehensive, coordinated sub-specialized care across the continuum of cardiovascular services.
Gaspar Vascular Surgery Symposium set for Sept. 10
Drs. Rowe and Weaver. (USC Photos) Registration is open for the 24th annual Max R. Gaspar, MD, Vascular Surgery Symposium, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 from ... Read More »
Keck School faculty make Business Journal’s ‘Top Docs in L.A.’ list
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles | Photo credit: Ricardo Carrasco III Eighteen members of the faculty at Keck School of Medicine of USC ... Read More »
Keck School receives $4.5 million grant to support patient diversity in cardiac surgery research
The grant supports efforts to evaluate new surgical approaches to treat cardiovascular disease and recruit patients typically underrepresented in cardiac surgery clinical trials. A highly competitive $4.5 million ... Read More »
Patients with early kidney cancer see significant benefits with robotic partial nephrectomy
A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that robotic partial nephrectomy decreases complications, mortality and other important patient outcomes as compared with open or laparoscopic techniques.
USC Center for Body Computing announces 2018 “Voice Assistants for All” hackathon with $10,000 prize
The USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) at Keck Medicine of USC is hoping to solve unmet health care needs using home-based digital assistants at its 2018 “Voice Assistants for All” hackathon on July 12–13, 2018
Norris Healthcare Center now open for patients
Keck Medicine of USC is significantly expanding its patient care services and health care facilities with the opening of the new Norris Healthcare Center (HC3), a seven-story, 116,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility on the Health Sciences Campus.
Patient gets back in saddle with help from surgical team
Diana Hyde knew she didn’t want amputation. But that’s all anyone was offering her. Hyde had been active all her life. She had been riding, training and raising horses since childhood and enjoyed camping and trail riding for weeks at a time. It was on her favorite annual camping trip that Hyde realized the shortness of breath she had been experiencing might be something serious.
‘Black box’ recorder watches surgeons’ robotic surgery skills
You may know that your surgeon is using the latest minimally invasive technology for your surgery, but how do you know if they’ve mastered it? To help answer that question, researchers at Keck Medicine of USC looked to a custom recording tool similar in concept to a flight recorder on an airplane.