Category: Medicine/Health Care

Pinchas Cohen Recognized as the William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology

  • Publication date October 31, 2012

At a reception held at the Town and Gown, Pinchas Cohen, a preeminent researcher and leader in the field of gerontology, was welcomed to the university and officially installed as the William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology.  Cohen’s appointment as dean of the USC Davis School of Gerontology became effective Aug. 1, 2012. Formerly…Continue Reading Pinchas Cohen Recognized as the William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology

Carmen Puliafito Honored with International Vision Award

  • Publication date October 30, 2012

Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, recipient of the 2012 António Champalimaud Vision Award, was recognized for this recent achievement at a reception held on the Health Sciences Campus. The award, officially bestowed at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sept. 14, 2012, acknowledges Dr. Puliafito’s role in the invention and…Continue Reading Carmen Puliafito Honored with International Vision Award

USC Institute of Urology Reception

  • Publication date October 15, 2012

On Oct. 6, 2012, President C. L. Max Nikias addressed a star-studded gathering hosted by DreamWorks Studios to celebrate the USC Institute of Urology. Characterizing the institute as “a place where the extraordinary has become ordinary,” Nikias noted that faculty at the institute are trailblazers in robotic surgery and have pioneered many other advances in…Continue Reading USC Institute of Urology Reception

USC Launches Keck Medicine Initiative

  • Publication date January 31, 2012

Amid Trojan fanfare, USC faculty, staff and friends gathered on the university’s Health Sciences campus on Jan. 30 to celebrate the W. M. Keck Foundation’s recent, transformative naming gift. The $150 million donation serves as the lead gift for the Keck Medicine Initiative, which was announced by USC president C. L. Max Nikias at the…Continue Reading USC Launches Keck Medicine Initiative

The Doctors of USC Beverly Hills

  • Publication date May 18, 2011

USC leaders, physicians, and friends gathered on May 10, 2011, to celebrate the arrival of USC’s medical expertise in the Westside communities of Los Angeles with the opening of The Doctors of USC Beverly Hills. The new satellite will focus initially on ophthalmology and prostate cancer care. Learn more….Continue Reading The Doctors of USC Beverly Hills

Broad Center Will House Stem Cell Research

  • Publication date November 1, 2010

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, President C. L. Max Nikias, and philanthropist Eli Broad (from left) gathered on Oct. 29, 2010, to dedicate the new Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC. The five-story, 87,500-square-foot, green-certified building, located on USC’s Health Sciences Campus, will house an estimated 200 researchers….Continue Reading Broad Center Will House Stem Cell Research

Two New Hospitals

  • Publication date July 26, 2010

C. L. Max Nikias speaks on the Health Sciences campus during an event celebrating the university’s acquisition of the USC Norris Cancer Hospital and USC University Hospital in April 2009. It is a “watershed moment,” says Nikias, that gives USC the opportunity “to embark on a new frontier for all of the health-related disciplines at…Continue Reading Two New Hospitals