A Time for Gratitude

Keck Medicine of USC on the move

Selfless and striving. That’s Keck Medicine of USC. It puts patients and our population first in the effort to ensure our well-being while also understanding that compassion is integral to that care. In hundreds of ways every day, it balances the needs of the today with hopes for a better tomorrow.


Muralist Paul Botello’s imagery of a family

Vulnerable groups came first in USC’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts

When COVID-19 hit Southern California, Keck Medicine of USC mobilized to protect the hardest-hit, highest-risk communities.

Read more

A father, mother and son picnicking

USC and CHLA win $24.5 million NIH grant to establish center aimed at improving Latino health across Southern California

The Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Families and Children will focus on reversing obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in Latinos with culturally sensitive solutions.

Read more


Kathy Nguyen and Keck Medicine of USC neurosurgeon Jonathan Russin

Neurosurgeon and former patient take ‘iron anniversary’ to new distances

When Kathy Nguyen suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm while vacationing in L.A., nobody knew what was wrong with her until she was transferred to Keck Hospital of USC. Now fully recovered, she and her neurosurgeon competed together in the Arizona Ironman triathlon.

Read more

Steven Shapiro

Steve Shapiro brings a big-picture approach to medicine at USC

USC’s top doc envisions the university as a role model for health equity and academic excellence.

Read more

Keck Hospital workers wearing masks, looking at computers

For the fifth consecutive year, Keck Hospital of USC is nationally recognized with an ‘A’ hospital safety grade

The rating places Keck Hospital among the safest hospitals in the United States.

Read more

Group shot of Keck Hospital administrators

Keck Medicine of USC and Methodist Hospital take next steps toward affiliation

The organizations submitted a signed agreement to the California attorney general for review. Following regulatory approval, Methodist Hospital will officially join the university’s clinical enterprise as USC Arcadia Hospital.

Read more