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January 2012:
Monday, January 30, 2012:
Keck Medicine Celebrates Keck Foundation Gift, New Era in Medicine
The W. M. Keck Foundation's recent, transformative $150 million naming gift serves as the lead gift for the Keck Medicine Initiative, which was announced by USC President C. L. Max Nikias at the event on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad. Read full article »November 2011:
Tuesday, November 29, 2011:
American Cancer Society Awards Highest Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Fight
The American Cancer Society has awarded Peter Jones, director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, its highest honor for his contributions in fighting cancer.Read full article »Monday, November 21, 2011:
Keck Medical Center of USC targets health care market in China as key
The Keck Medical Center of USC is extending its reach into the Far East. Read full article »Wednesday, November 09, 2011:
Home is Where the Heart Is
Tammy Lumpkins, 46, leaves Keck Hospital of USC Nov. 9 as the first person on the West Coast to go home with a total artificial heart implant.
Read full article »Friday, November 04, 2011:
New name for Keck Medical Center means a new Facebook page
When the Keck Medical Center of USC made its debut on Nov. 1, so did a brand-new Facebook page.
Read full article »Friday, November 04, 2011:
USC hospitals employee survey nets positive results
Hospital teams are moving full speed ahead with a series of plans to strengthen workplace relations and solidify the USC hospitals as one of the best places to work.
Read full article »Tuesday, November 01, 2011:
New Name in World-Class Medicine Introduced in Los Angeles
Keck Medical Center of USC is the new name of the private research university's academic medical center
Read full article »October 2011:
Friday, October 21, 2011:
Donor gift creates new nursing award for USC hospitals
When nurse Yesenia Gonzalez walked into the Norris Inpatient Tower Café on Sept. 20 to find her fellow nurses and other hospital personnel applauding her, she thought it was a celebration for her birthday, which was the previous week
Read full article »Tuesday, October 18, 2011:
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Read full article »September 2011:
Thursday, September 15, 2011:
Patients come out for USC Night at Dodger Stadium
Patients of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at USC University Hospital celebrated USC Night at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 15. The patients took to the field for pre-game autographs then joined fans in the stadium for the rest of the game. All fans that night received a special USC-themed Dodger hat.
Read full article »July 2011:
Friday, July 29, 2011:
U.S. News & World Report ranks USC hospitals among top national hospitals in 10 specialty areas
Read full article »Friday, July 29, 2011:
USC oncologists present research at American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference
Read full article »Thursday, July 28, 2011:
Eric L. Chang named chair of Department of Radiation Oncology
Eric L. Chang has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective Sept. 26, Dean Carmen A. Puliafito has announced.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011:
Hip Replacement Has USC Patient on the Pitcher's Mound for Dodgers Game
Chuck Lerette, 53, of Moorpark, Calif., threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies game on Monday, July 25. Lerette, a hip replacement patient, represented USC University Hospital where he received care.
Read full article »Monday, July 25, 2011:
ABC News Affiliate Highlights USC University Hospital's Life-saving Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
ABC News affiliate features USC University Hospital's mechanical circulatory support program in July 21 report.
Read full article »Monday, July 25, 2011:
USC Hip Replacement Patient to Throw First Pitch at July 25 L.A. Dodgers Game
Read full article »Tuesday, July 19, 2011:
USC Hospitals Ranked Among Top National Hospitals in 10 Specialty Areas
USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital placed among the best hospitals in the nation in the 2011-12 U.S. News & World Report magazine's rankings of "America's Best Hospitals."Read full article »June 2011:
Friday, June 24, 2011:
USC colorectal cancer survivor throws first pitch at L.A. Dodgers game
Read full article »Monday, June 20, 2011:
Minimally invasive surgery has patient in top form for Dodgers first pitch
Colorectal cancer survivor Dan Kanne threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers - Houston Astros game on Saturday, June 18.
Read full article »Friday, June 17, 2011:
Looking back: Twelve years of progress thanks to W.M. Keck Foundation's historic gift
Read full article »Friday, June 17, 2011:
USC receives $150 million naming gift from W.M. Keck Foundation
USC academic medical enterprise to be named Keck Medicine of USC
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