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The Keck School of Medicine of USC

About
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California is located on the 45-acre Health Sciences Campus, three miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles and seven miles from the USC University Park Campus. The Keck School of Medicine of USC trains tomorrow’s leaders in patient care and biomedical research and provides advanced health care to the people of Southern California. Increasingly, the Keck School of Medicine of USC is expanding its biomedical research enterprise and, in so doing, raising its profile as a premier medical school.

At present, the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranks among the nation’s top 25 percent of medical schools in federally sponsored research (Association of American Medical Colleges, 2003). The Keck School of Medicine of USC departments have risen to national prominence, with ophthalmology, pediatrics and preventive medicine consistently ranked among the top 10 in the country. The School’s physicians are known as experts in advanced medical care and research, with more than 175 faculty members listed among the “Best Doctors in America” (Woodward/White, 2004) and 84 listed in “America’s Top Doctors” (Castle Connolly, 2004).

Research programs in genetics, cancer, neurogenetics, transplantation medicine, and other key areas —have attracted national recognition. The School’s dual commitments to collaborative interdisciplinary research and rapidly translating scientific findings from the lab bench to the patient’s bedside have proved pivotal in its continuing success in research.

Facts
Dean: Carmen Puliafito
Web Site: www.usc.edu/medicine
Founded:1885
Faculty: 1,141
Medical Students: 662
Graduate Students: 48

Academic Departments
Anesthesiology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cell and Neurobiology
Colorectal Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Medicine
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Neurology
Neurological Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Pathology
Pediatrics
Physiology and Biophysics
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Radiology
Surgery
Urology