The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California was founded in 1885. Located on the university’s 30.8-acre Health Sciences campus in northeast Los Angeles, it is adjacent to the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United States. Faculty of the school include national leaders in each of its 25 clinical and basic science departments. Library facilities on the campus provide an excellent source of reference materials.
Clinical interaction is provided by the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, USC University Hospital, Doheny Eye Institute, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, and by a network of 11 additional USC-affiliated hospitals throughout Southern California.
Well-equipped and extensive research facilities are available in each of the basic science and clinical departments. A number of core facilities is provided by the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The school has established an interdisciplinary Institute for Genetic Medicine, designed to house new programs in molecular biology and genetics, and gene therapy.
Administration
Stephen J. Ryan, M.D., Dean, Senior Vice President, Medical Care
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Clive R. Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Academic (Educational) Affairs
Ronald L. Kaufman, M.D., M.B.A., Senior Associate Dean, Administration and Finance
Peter Katsufrakis, M.D., Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Zach W. Hall, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Scientific Affairs
Shri K. Mishra, M.D., Assistant Dean, Veterans Administration Affairs
Raquel Arias, M.D., Associate Dean, Office for Women and Disabled Issues
Allan V. Abbott, M.D., Associate Dean, Curriculum
Phil R. Manning, M.D., Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education
Edward Wong, M.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Althea M. Alexander, Assistant Dean, Minority Student Affairs
Erin A. Quinn, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Admissions
Joel Schechter, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Darcy Spicer, M.D., Assistant Dean, Clinical Studies