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USC Participates in Landmark Clinical Trial Comparing Two Stroke Prevention Procedures

Trial shows surgery and stenting equally safe and effective

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USC Opens Major New Medical Office in Pasadena

The Keck Medical Center of USC's long tradition of medical care to residents of the San Gabriel Valley continues with the opening of an expanded medical office in spring 2012.

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Acid Reflux Device Gives Two Patients Renewed Hope For Normal Life

Patients of the Keck Medical Center of USC are among the first in the nation to have a new FDA-approved implant available to them for the treatment of mild to moderate reflux disease. The device was tested in clinical trials at USC.

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FDA Approves Device Used at Keck Medical Center of USC to Treat Heartburn

The Keck Medical Center of USC is one of only three centers in California approved to use a novel device approved today by the Food and Drug Administration to treat severe acid reflux. The device was tested in clinical trials led by Keck School of Medicine Associate Professor John Lipham.

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FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Device Used at USC to Treat Heartburn

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has endorsed approval of a novel device to treat severe acid reflux. The device was tested at USC in clinical trials led by John Lipham, associate professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine.

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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.

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