Office of Well-Being
Mission and Vision

Partners

Are You a Patient?

The Office of Well-Being works with individuals and groups across the school to help advance its mission. Below are some of the key players in what we do.

  • The KSOM Office of Well-being works closely with other campus partners also focused on matters pertaining to well-being.

    USC WorkWell Center

    • The USC WorkWell Center (formerly CWFL) empowers USC-benefitted Faculty and Staff to thrive in mind, body, and spirit, so that our people are engaged, productive, and happy. We do this through confidential and cost-free counseling, executive coaching, consultation, critical incident support, and health and wellness promotion and education programs. For more information, visit our website, call us (24/7) at (213) 821-0800 or email workwell@usc.edu.

    Keck Medicine’s Care for the Caregiver

    • KSOM faculty at Keck Medicine have access to Care for the Caregiver (C4C). Directed by Dr. Steve Siegel and supported by Dr. Jonathan Wong and Dara Weinraub, CFC offers peer support, support groups, massages, workshops, and an Emotional Well-being Hotline for non-crisis emotional support at 323-865-9897. To learn more about C4C services, email careforthecaregiver@med.usc.edu.

    CHLA Well-being

    • KSOM faculty at CHLA have access to the CHLA well-being leadership team. Directed by Drs. Sara Semal, Chief Wellness Officer, and Ilanit Brook, Chief Faculty Wellness Officer, the well-being team offers 24/7 peer support for adverse events, emotional support counseling services, professional coaching, benefit perks, community building, spiritual care, Schwartz Rounds, debriefs, and dog therapy.

    LAGMC Wellness

    • KSOM faculty at LAGMC have access to the Helping Healers Heal (H3) Wellness Team and the DHS wellness resources. Directed by Drs. Allison Luu and Alex Rosenberg, the H3 team responds to distress in healthcare workers as a result of adverse events, bad patient outcomes, verbal/physical abuse by patients, the loss of coworkers, and other devastating events during the pandemic. The H3 team has expanded to monthly Schwartz Rounds, exercise/meditation/educational sessions, improvement of call rooms, and a meditation room. You can submit a request for either 1:1 or group peer support or find an upcoming training at the H3 website. Email the team at H3Team@dhs.lacounty.gov or call for emergency debriefs at 323-409-4445.

    GME Director of Residency Wellness, LAGMC

    • Tobi Fishel, Ph.D.
      Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
      GME Director of Residency Wellness, LAGMC
      A member of the Consortium for Integrative Health and Wellness
      Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at USC
      (Department of Adult Mental Health and Wellness)
      (323) 409-6925
      tfishel@usc.edu

    Counseling and Mental Health Services Services (in USC Student Health)

    • Counseling and Mental Health programs for USC Students include individual therapy, group therapy, crisis support, psychiatric services and specialties for gender-based harm. Make an appointment through MySHR (https://usc.edu/myshr); or call 213-740-9355 (WELL).

    USC Office of Campus Wellbeing and Crisis Intervention

    • USC Office of Campus Wellbeing and Crisis Intervention(CWCI) is a one stop shop serving the entire USC community. It addresses concerns and questions, and provides support, troubleshooting, threat assessment, advocacy, education, referrals and crisis response and support.

    Medical Student Well-Being Program

    • KSOM acknowledges the stress inherent to medical school and strives to build a safe, humane, and compassionate educational experience that puts students first. The medical student well-being office is staffed by two licensed clinical psychologists who deliver well-being curricular content, provide safe spaces to talk, and advocate for policies and procedures to support student health.

    Humanities, Ethics/Economics, Arts and the Law (HEAL) Program

    • The HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and Law) curriculum prepares students to care for patients as complete human beings, not just as injuries or illness. HEAL hosts a variety of co-curricular events such as creative writing workshops, the Art and Medicine series, and the Lunch and Learn series, to support the well-being of students and of our KSOM community.

    USC Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness

    • The USC Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness mission is to promote the health and healing of individuals, families, and communities we serve through the advancement of the practice of integrative health, the science upon which it is based, and the education of healthcare practitioners and the USC community.

    Mindfulness USC

    • Mindful USC is a service from the Provost’s Office with a mission to empower the USC community to make positive change in the world by building a culture of mindfulness and compassion.  It offers ongoing training, practice groups and special events throughout USC.

     YogaUSC

    • Yoga USC is the home base for all yoga related activities at the University of Southern California campus. It serves as the resource guide for existing departmental classes, as an educational tool for greater understanding of yoga’s many benefits, and offers specialized classes designed to bring together students, staff, and faculty.

    Lifestyle Redesign(R) Services at the Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice: 

    • The Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice offers Lifestyle Redesign services to faculty, staff, and students. Clinicians collaborate with individuals to create sustainable, health-promoting habits and routines to support well-being and improved disease self-management. For more information, or to schedule an appointment with a clinician, visit our website, call us at 323-442-3340, or email otfp@med.usc.edu.

  • The Keck Well-being Champions are nominated representatives from clinical, basic sciences, and staff departments/units departments who provide leadership and oversight of well-being efforts for their department. The Champions work with the KSOM Office of Well-being to assess departmental needs and undertake specific local projects related to well-being.

    Name Department Email
    Chantal Sheridan Director, KSOM Office of Well-being (Co-Chair) Chantal.Sheridan@med.usc.edu
    Brian Loew Advancement brian.loew@med.usc.edu
    Linda Rever Anesthesiology rever@med.usc.edu
    Dinh Albright Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) dinhalbr@usc.edu
    Pragna Patel Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine pragna@usc.edu
    Jonathan Wong Care for the Caregiver (C4C) Jonathan.Wong@med.usc.edu
    Ilanit Brook CHLA – Wellness ibrook@chla.usc.edu
    Jennifer Romero * Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Jennifer.Romero@med.usc.edu
    Marilyn Ho Dean’s Office/ Administration Marilyn.Ho@med.usc.edu
    Melvin Chiu * Dermatology Melvin.Chiu@med.usc.edu
    Teresa Cook Educational Affairs/Medical Education teresa.cook@med.usc.edu
    Jesus Solano Family Medicine jesus.solano@med.usc.edu
    Patty Pinanong * Family Medicine patty.pinanong@med.usc.edu
    Tobi Fishel Graduate Medical Education/ LAGMC tfishel@usc.edu
    Maritza Montalvo HBSE Graduate Affairs Maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu
    Yolee Casagrande Keck Medicine Nursing Yolee.casagrande@med.usc.edu
    Greg Harlan* Medical Education gregory.harlan@med.usc.edu
    Ha Youn Lee Molecular Microbiology & Immunology hayoun@usc.edu
    Chelsea Stone * Neurology chelsea.stone@med.usc.edu
    Frank Attenello NeuroSurgery frank.attenello@med.usc.edu
    Sigita Cahoon * Obstetrics & Gynecology sigita.cahoon@med.usc.edu
    Kimberly Gokoffski Ophthalmology Kimberly.Gokoffski@med.usc.edu
    Joseph Liu Orthopaedic Surgery liujosep@usc.edu
    Roxana Moayer Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery roxana.moayer@med.usc.edu
    Michael Press Pathology Michael.Press@med.usc.edu
    Joyce Richey Physiology & Neuroscience jrichey@usc.edu
    Genevieve Dunton Population and Public Health Sciences (includes Center for Genetic Epidemiology) dunton@usc.edu
    Barbara Van Noppen * Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences vannoppe@med.usc.edu
    Jennifer Ho Radiation Oncology Jennifer.Ho@med.usc.edu
    Daphne Walker Radiology daphne.walker@med.usc.edu
    Francesca Mariani* Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine fmariani@usc.edu
    Sarah Koller * Surgery sarah.koller@med.usc.edu
    Mary Samplaski Urology Mary.Samplaski@med.usc.edu

    *Champions with an asterisk are also Well-being Directors for their departments.

  • Name Email Department
    Chantal Sheridan Chantal.Sheridan@med.usc.edu Chair; Director of the Office Well-Being; Director of Medical Student Wellness
    Andrea Harrow aharrow@usc.edu Clinical Information Services Librarian, Norris Medical Library
    Carmen Carillo carmen.carillo@med.usc.edu Director of Human Resources
    Chris Loertscher Christopher.Loertscher@med.usc.edu Senior Research Administrative Director, USC Norris Cancer Center
    Cortney Montgomery cortney.montgomery@med.usc.edu Co-Chair, Keck Medicine Wellness Committee
    Dara Weinraub dara.weinraub@med.usc.edu Program Manager, Care for the Caregiver, Keck Medicine
    Debbra Cuellar dcuellar@usc.edu Human Resource Director, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute
    Evelyn Felina Castillo efelina@med.usc.edu Student Programs Manager, KSOM Graduate Affair
    Greg Harlan gregory.harlan@med.usc.edu Director, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
    Ilanit Brook ibrook@chla.usc.edu CHLA – Wellness
    Ilene Rosenstein irosenst@usc.edu Associate Vice Provost, Academic Affairs Mindfulness, CWCI, and Special Health Initiative
    Jeff Gold jgold@chla.usc.edu CHLA – Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness
    Jonathan Wong Jonathan.Wong@med.usc.edu Mental Health Director, Care for the Caregiver, Keck Medicine
    Joyce Perez jpperez@med.usc.edu Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, KSOM Graduate Affairs
    Julie Chobdee jchobdee@usc.edu Associate Director, Health and Well-being Program, USC WorkWell Center
    Kevin Tang Kevin.Tang@med.usc.edu Assistant Director, KSOM Human Resources
    Lindsey Reeves Schomer Lindsey.Reeves@med.usc.edu Ostrow School of Dentistry / Division of Occupational Therapy
    Maritza Montalvo maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu Student Services Advisor, HBSE Graduate Affairs
    Melissa Durham melissa.durham@med.usc.edu  Associate Dean of Organizational Culture/Success and Well-Being, School of Pharmacy
    Sadi Metz sadimetz@usc.edu Ostrow School of Dentistry / Division of Physical Therapy
    Suzzane Huynh sanhuynh@usc.edu Health Projects Coordinator, USC WorkWell Center
    Thomas Kosakowski hscombuds@usc.edu Ombudsman for HSC
    Tobi Fishel tfishel@usc.edu GME Director of Residency Wellness
    Veronica Acosta vaacosta@usc.edu Wellness Counselor, School of Pharmacy
  • Chantal Sheridan Chantal.Sheridan@med.usc.edu MD Students
    Albert Farias Albert.Farias@med.usc.edu Graduate & Undergrad Students
    Alex Read amread@usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Student Representative
    Allison Bryant Allison.Bryant@med.usc.edu MD Students
    Axel Schonthal schontha@usc.edu Graduate Students
    Barbara Moore Barbara.Moore@med.usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Students
    Elizabeth Bamgbose elizabeth.bamgbose@med.usc.edu Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Students
    Emilee Rohrer eerohrer@usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Student Representative
    Evelyn Castillo efelina@med.usc.edu Graduate Students
    Jenevieve Rodriguez jeneviev@usc.edu HBSE Graduate Student Representative
    Lizbeth Becerra lsbecerr@usc.edu HBSE Graduate Student Representative
    Maria Juliani maria.juliani@med.usc.edu MD Students
    Maritza Montalvo maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu Graduate Students
    Mitzi D’Aquila daquila@med.usc.edu Physician Assistant Program Students
    Nikitha Reddy npreddy@usc.edu MD Student Representative
    Pat Kolyouthapong kolyouth@usc.edu MPAP Student Representative
    Sandra Onyemaechi onyemaec@usc.edu HBSE/PIBBS Student Representative