The Health Sciences Public Relations and Marketing Office provides connections between Keck School physicians and scientists and the public by working with the news media, and by directly publicizing new research, campus events and happenings and Keck patient care programs. We also produce insightful, award-winning publications and manage special events for the Keck School of Medicine and Keck Medical Center of USC.
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Newly appointed associate vice president for USC Health Sciences Public Relations and Marketing and senior associate dean of the Keck School of Medicine will provide leadership to help grow and strengthen the visibility and reputation of the entire Keck Medicine enterprise.
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Keck Medicine in the News is a weekly digest of recent news stories highlighting medical news and faculty mentions of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Keck Medical Center of USC.
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Patient experience is so important to Scott Bosés and his wife, Celesta Pappas-Bosés, that they recently gave a $90,000 gift to help expand the Patient Experience Program at the Keck Medical Center of USC.
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Showing that the reputation of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is well regarded in the national medical community, three top doctors in their fields have been recruited for prestigious chairmanships at other institutions.
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Keck Medicine in the News is a weekly digest of recent news stories highlighting medical news and faculty mentions of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Keck Medical Center of USC.
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The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently named seven USC students to its 2013-14 class of Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows.
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Research into genetic mechanisms of ovarian cancer at USC recently received a boost thanks to a grant of more than $300,000 from the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation.
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Scientists at USC have unlocked the mystery of why new cases of the genetic disease Noonan Syndrome are so common: a mutation that causes the disease disproportionately increases a normal father’s production of sperm carrying the disease trait.
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Edward Hu, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, USC Center for Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expertise:
• Asthma
• Allergy and immunology
• Allergy testing
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Dermatology
David Peng, MD, MPH, is associate professor and chair of the department of dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He currently provides clinical expertise on melanoma and other skin cancer risk factors to the community-based SunSmart program, which targets more than 700,000 Los Angeles school children to teach them how to develop and maintain healthy sun exposure behaviors. He can provide tips for preventing skin cancers and sun damage.
Early Cancer Detection and Prevention
Heather Macdonald, MD, is assistant professor of clinical OB/GYN and breast surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and co-director of the Avon Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer Clinic at LAC+USC Medical Center. She specializes in the treatment of breast cancer and hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes related to BRCA gene mutations. She can address early detection and prevention options for uninsured and underinsured women.
Poison Prevention
Sean Patrick Nordt, MD, PharmD, is assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chairman of the medication safety committee at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. He can speak on the best ways to prevent accidental poisoning around the household.
Surgical Weight Loss Procedures
Namir Katkhouda, MD, is professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of USC Bariatric Surgery. He is a world authority in laparoscopic surgery, having pioneered the first vagotomy for the treatment of gastroduodenal ulcer disease. He can address various aspects of laparoscopic weight loss surgery, including effectiveness, safety and necessary lifestyle changes to maintain weight loss.
Trauma Injuries
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, is professor of surgery and director of the Division of Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He is an expert in trauma, emergency surgery and surgical critical care. He can discuss different types of trauma injuries resulting from shootings, terrorism and mass disasters.
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