About Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD, MSc Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD, MSc, (Dr. Cohen) is one of the world’s most preeminent neurosurgeons, a professor and the vice chairman of innovation at the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He specializes in the treatment of complex brain and spine tumors, including meningiomas, pituitary […]
Keck Medicine of USC researchers are investigating whether performing chemotherapy followed by a novel type of surgery is a viable treatment for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC aims to provide a surgical solution for patients with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer previously considered inoperable. The study […]
Keck Medicine of USC experts discuss underlying medical conditions that may be causing your sleep trouble. Insomnia The most common sleep disorder in the United States, according to The National Institutes of Health, insomnia is very often a psychophysiological disorder that encompasses difficulties with falling asleep, staying asleep or both. “Many things can cause insomnia,” […]
A rare living-donor transplant exchange performed by Keck Medicine of USC’s Transplant Institute allowed one set of siblings to save the other. Joselin Casillas, a 28-year-old teacher from West Covina, had been dealing with symptoms of biliary atresia, a rare and incurable liver disease, since the day she was born. The condition causes blockages in […]
Lee Zuckerman, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Keck Medicine of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Zuckerman specializes in treating both benign and malignant tumors in the arms, legs and pelvis in both adults and children, including primary tumors and metastatic disease. His clinical focus is to not only help cure […]
Dr. Sun Young Lee is a nationally recognized expert in 1) diagnosis and treatment of inherited retinal degenerative diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa, macular dystrophy, and unusual retinal dystrophies and 2) disease and surgery of the retina and vitreous, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular disease, retinal detachment, macular surgery, and complex retinal detachment.Dr. […]
Dr. Qiao has taught and practiced medicine in both China and the United States and is currently an Associate Professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Qiao is an attending physician at the Pulmonary Clinic and the ICU at Keck Hospital of USC for lung transplant services. Dr. Qiao has been invited […]
Dr. Ayrian received her medical degree from Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia. Dr. Ayrian immigrated to the United States and completed her residency training in Anesthesiology at LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Later, she was appointed to the Department of Anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC as an Assistant Professor of Clinical […]
Dr. Lubman is an Associate Professor of both Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology and of Physiology and Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. In 2004, Dr. Lubman had the opportunity to teach at Imperial College in London, UK as a Visiting Professor at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre. Along with his […]
After completing a fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore, Dr. Pinski came to the Keck School of Medicine at USC as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. A former Research Assistant Professor at the Endocrine, Polypeptide and Cancer Institute at the Tulane University School of Medicine, Dr. Pinski is currently the Co-Director of […]
