David G. Armstrong

David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of podiatric surgery, diabetic foot, limb preservation, tissue repair and wound healing. He is founder and co-director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), a clinical and research collaborative.  As director of USC’s Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHIP), he is […]

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Eduardo Fernandez Hernandez

Eduardo Fernandez, MD, is a hematologist at Keck Medicine of USC, who specializes in plasma cell dyscrasias, lymphomas and non-malignant hematologic conditions. Dr. Fernandez is highly experienced in the care of multiple myeloma and both non-malignant and malignant hematology. He has a particular clinical interest in closing health care gaps and disparities for these conditions […]

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Chia-Ding Shih

Chia-Ding (JD) Shih, DPM, MPH, specializes in chronic wounds of the foot and ankle, lower extremity biomechanics, and foot and ankle reconstructive surgery. Dr. Shih is board certified in Podiatric Medicine and holds a master’s in public health. His research interests include population studies in non-traumatic amputation prevention and health care disparities, along with biomechanics […]

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Duraiyah Thangathurai

Dr. Thangaturai was educated in Sri Lanka prior to attending the Royal Northern Hospital in London, UK for his residency. He later came to southern California in 1982 on a fellowship at UCLA and is currently a professor of clinical anesthesiology with a joint appointment in urology and surgery at the University of Southern California. […]

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Hooman Djaladat

Hooman Djaladat, MD, MS, is professor of clinical urology, at the USC Institute of Urology. Dr. Djaladat went to medical school at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. He was in the top 1% in his class and did urology residency in Sina Hospital, one of the well-known urology centers in Tehran University […]

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Howard A. Liebman

Dr. Howard Liebman, Professor of Medicine and Pathology is the author or co-author of over 170 peer reviewed publications, review articles and chapters. He has presented over two hundred lectures across the United States, South America, Europe. Korea and Japan. He has served as the former Chair of the Massachusetts Governor’s Task Force subcommittee on […]

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Andre Abreu

Andre Luis de Castro Abreu, MD is an assistant professor of clinical urology. He earned his 6-year medical degree, in 5-year general surgery and urology in Brazil. He then moved to the United States and received his 2-year clinical fellowship training at Keck School of Medicine at USC, after being a research scholar for 4 […]

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Darcy V. Spicer

Dr. Spicer has been on faculty at the Keck School of Medicine at USC since 1980 when he began as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Oncology. Currently an associate professor, Dr. Spicer is also the Chief of the Division of Medical Oncology at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer and Hospital. Dr. Spicer […]

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Nara Lee

Dr. Nara Lee is an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Born in South Korea and having lived in Japan, she moved to the United States while in middle school. Dr. Lee attended George Washington University where she graduated with a B.S. degree […]

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Van Dinh Nguyen

Dr. Van Nguyen obtained his MD from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He then completed ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri and a glaucoma fellowship at the University of Southern California where he had the opportunity to remain as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology. Dr. Nguyen specializes in […]

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