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July 12, 2018

Four stories to read this weekend, chosen by our editors

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Mosqueda addresses Keck School community in town halls

Mosqueda addresses Keck School community in town halls

Hundreds of Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty, staff and students heard about the school's status and vision from the new dean recently, as Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, addressed the audiences during two Dean's Town Hall events.

Chui receives first USC Excellence in Professionalism Award

Chui receives first USC Excellence in Professionalism Award

Helena Chui, MD, has been awarded the first annual USC Excellence in Professionalism Award, an honor that Keck Medicine of USC bestows on someone who embodies the Keck Commitment's guiding principles of excellence, judgment, kindness and respect.

PA Program students win national challenge bowl trophy

PA Program students win national challenge bowl trophy

A team of students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program beat out 95 other teams from around the country to earn the title of National Student Challenge Bowl winners at the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) forum in New Orleans.

Patients with early kidney cancer see significant benefits with robotic partial nephrectomy

Patients with early kidney cancer see significant benefits with robotic partial nephrectomy

A study has given patients with early kidney cancer a new recommendation for the best surgical approach to a partial nephrectomy, which can improve outcomes and decrease complications and cancer recurrence.

Featured Event

USC Women in Management Luncheon

Date: Thursday, July 19

Time: Noon

Event: "Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, HSC WIM Luncheon," Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Location: Norris Medical Library West Conference Room

Info and RSVP: Ginger Mayerson, mayerson@usc.edu, https://bit.ly/2K9agFZ. $18 WIM members; $20 non-members. Seating limited. Pay on website.

Find more campus events at hscnews.usc.edu/calendar-of-events/.

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