Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC represents the medical division of the University of Southern California, making it one of only two university-affiliated medical systems in the Los Angeles region. Keck Medicine merges top-tier education, cutting-edge research, and advanced facilities to deliver specialized care to some of the most critically ill patients in the nation. At Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital, and over 100 distinct clinics across Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare, and Ventura counties, our esteemed physicians and researchers are dedicated to providing exceptional patient care.

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  • Apr 30, 2024 | keckmedicine.org | Debbie Mitra

    Several people in both Alabama and North Carolina have been diagnosed with a rare eye cancer known as ocular melanoma. Although found in only 6 out of 1 million in the US, dozens of ocular melanomas were diagnosed in mostly women 20 to 30 years of age. Interestingly, through the use of social media, multiple cases were discovered through websites formed by groups from Auburn University, Alabama as well as in Huntersville, North Carolina.

  • Apr 30, 2024 | keckmedicine.org | Debbie Mitra

    For over 25 years, a woman admitted to using excessive mascara each day without completely removing it at night before she slept. Complaining of feelings that something was in her eye, the 50-year-old sought help from her ophthalmologist. After a thorough eye exam, the ophthalmologist discovered dark pigmented depositions on the conjunctiva, the mucous membrane lining the inside of the eyelid. In addition, the ophthalmologist noted eye lesions or sub-conjunctival concretions.

  • Nov 9, 2023 | keckmedicine.org | Erin Laviola

    After a testicular cancer diagnosis, Cameron Khani was able to avoid chemotherapy and radiation — thanks to an innovative approach by a Keck Medicine of USC specialist who treated him. Cameron Khani always wanted to be a father. So when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 31, the thought of losing that dream was a top concern about his future. He and his fiancé were planning a wedding, and they wanted to have children one day.

  • Sep 12, 2023 | keckmedicine.org | Erin Laviola

    A stroke caused by a rare heart condition prompted Eric Alcorn, a former health care executive, to seek care from a renowned cardiac surgeon Eric once recruited. When Eric Alcorn helped convince Vaughn Starnes, MD, to join the ranks at the newly-opened USC University Hospital in 1991 (now Keck Hospital of USC), he never dreamed he was recruiting the man who would one day perform the heart procedure that would save his life.

  • May 8, 2023 | keckmedicine.org | Erin Laviola

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