Setting New Standards for Better Treatment
Backed by the full recognition and prestige of the University of Southern California, one of the world’s leading academic research institutions, Keck Hospital of USC  and USC Norris Cancer Hospital place our patients and their families first.  Both hospitals are staffed by USC physicians who are also faculty at the renowned Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Within this integrated academic medical center setting, located on the university’s Health Sciences Campus, is the USC Brain Aneurysm and AVM (arteriovenous malformation) Center.  We have a team recognized internationally for its high level care and treatment.

Experience really matters.  Our team has treated more than 2,500 people with aneurysms and 500 with AVMs.  At USC we treat the whole person, not just the medical problem.  That is because our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to every step required for a person’s recovery – both medical and emotional support.  Our highly experienced clinicians specialize in:

• Neurosurgery
• Radiosurgery
• Neurology
• Interventional neuroradiology
• Working together to cure, prevent or minimize the neurologic impact

Understanding these disorders
Aneurysm
Cerebral, or brain, aneurysms are weak spots in the walls of arteries that balloon out over time.  These “balloons” have walls that are thin and can rupture, causing severe bleeding in or around the brain.

AVM
High-flow tangles of blood vessels that are formed before or near birth are called arteriovenous malformations.  The natural transition between high flow arteries and low flow veins, called capillaries, are missing.  The result is a large tangle of thin walled blood vessels with fast flowing blood coursing through the ‘nidus,’ or nest, of vessels.

Treatment Options
There are many, using both neurosurgical and endovascular techniques.  Also available is stereotactic radiosurgery using both Gamma Knife Perfexion or CyberKnife  technologies, both of which allow for extremely precise radiation therapies.  

Fight On!
Contact Us
(323) 442-6290
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