Could a decades-old antidepressant treat prostate cancer?
Mitchell Gross, left, and Jean Shih are working on a pilot study of the MAO inhibitor phenelzine to treat men with recurrent prostate cancer. (Photos/Phil Channing and [...]
Study connects secondhand smoke to liver disease
In the United States, between 30% and 40% of adults are affected by nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The disease is also the most common liver problem [...]
Keck School faculty make Business Journal’s ‘Top Docs in L.A.’ list
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles | Photo credit: Ricardo Carrasco III Eighteen members of the faculty at Keck School of Medicine of USC [...]
Department of Medicine Launches USC’s First Art Therapy Institute
Cancer patient Glenn Carpenter never thought of himself as an artist. But his widow recalls that when he picked up a paintbrush during his first art [...]
Internal Medicine Residency Program Launches USC’s First Global Health Rotation
A pre-clinic briefing at the Playa Verde Remote Outpost Clinic in Panama (Photo Courtesy of Floating Doctors) This October, 30 Internal Medicine Residents will participate in [...]
New Oncology Services in Arcadia
Henry Wang, MD, medical director of Keck Medicine of USC at Arcadia Since December 2018, Henry Wang, MD, has served as the medical director of the [...]
Fad diets could contribute to liver disease known as a ‘silent killer’
Along with leading to obesity and diabetes, doctors worry that high-fat regimens like the keto diet might worsen an increasingly common condition known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. [...]
DOM Welcomes Vice-Chief of Critical Care
Peter Marshall, MD, joined the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) as the inaugural Vice-Chief of Critical Care on June 1, 2019. He will work [...]
Three medical trainees win merit awards at ASCO GI Meeting
Drs. Francesca Battaglin, Madiha Naseem, and Alberto Puccini received three out of twelve 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Awards at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium that ran from January [...]