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The Healing Power of Arts for our Cancer Patients

How the Institute for Arts in Medicine reduces stress and depression and encourages self-expression. After Heaven Wright was diagnosed with…

Four Siblings, Two Donor Organs and Two Saved Lives

An incredible story of hope, family and medical innovation The problem seemed insurmountable. A young woman born with an incurable…

Perspective: The Patient's Voice

As co-chair for the patient and family advisory council, Christine Valenzuela, a former Keck Medicine of USC transplant patient, serves…

Paired-Exchange Kidney and Liver Transplant

A rare living-donor transplant exchange performed by Keck Medicine of USC's Transplant Institute allowed one set of siblings to save…

Executive Recruits Own Lifesaving Surgeon

A stroke caused by a rare heart condition prompted Eric Alcorn, a former health care executive, to seek care from…

Living-Donor Transplant Revitalizes Rock Climber

A living-donor kidney transplant didn’t just save An Pham’s life. It also gave him a renewed spirit and sense of…

Liver Transplant Patient Celebrates Anniversary

Benigna Carrillo received the first liver transplant performed by USC doctors. On her transplant's 27th anniversary, she reflects on her…

SIR-T Immunotherapy Targets Prostate Cancer

Adapted from an existing treatment harnessing the body's immune system, the discovery could unlock a potential next-generation cell therapy. A…

Can Monkeypox Affect Your Eyes? Answers from an Eye Specialist

Annie Nguyen, MD, an ophthalmologist at Keck Medicine’s USC Roski Eye Institute, answers key questions about how monkeypox can impact…

Life 20 Years After a Living-Donor Liver Transplant

By donating a part of her liver, one woman gave someone else the gift of better health. Both transplant participants…

Transfusion-Free Surgery Goes Mainstream

Natalie Ciebrant credits Keck Medicine of USC cardiothoracic surgeon Fernando Fleischman, MD, for safely treating her aortic disease while respecting…

From Silhouettes to Sight: How a Keratoprosthesis Corrected One Patient’s Lifelong Struggle with Vision

Ever since Roslymn Caldwell was born, she had eye conditions. What began as a lazy eye in childhood advanced to…