Keck School of Medicine of USC
Founded in 1885, the Keck School of Medicine of USC is part of Keck Medicine of USC, a major center of medical research, education and patient care with more than 1,500 full-time faculty members and a voluntary faculty of more than 4,000 physicians. Faculty includes national leaders in each of its 25 clinical and basic science departments. Located on the university’s 30.8-acre Health Sciences Campus three miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, the Keck School is adjacent to the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United States.
The Keck School’s faculty, students and residents serve more than one million patients each year through the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, the USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the Keck Hospital of USC, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC Verdugo Hills and a network of USC-affiliated hospitals throughout Southern California. More than 500 faculty physicians care for patients with complex medical needs as well as provide primary care.
The new Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research of USC, which opened in the fall of 2010, joins the Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower and USC Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute in providing state-of-the-art facilities for important scientific discovery. With more than $248 million in total federal research support, the Keck School ranks among the top U.S. medical schools in federal funding.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is at the forefront of medical education and was among the first medical schools to adopt Introduction to Clinical Medicine courses for first-year students, providing direct experience in patient care from the start.
Administration
Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., MBA, Dean, May S. and John Hooval Dean’s Chair in Medicine
Coreen Rodgers, MBA, Chief Operating Officer
Thomas A. Buchanan, M.D., Vice Dean, Research
Henri R. Ford, M.D., MHA, Vice Dean, Medical Education
Judy Garner, Ph.D., Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs
D. Brent Polk, M.D., Vice Dean, Clinical Affairs (CHLA)
Melany Duvall, B.A., Senior Associate Dean and Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences Development
Donna D. Elliott, M.D., Ed.D., Senior Associate Dean, Student and Educational Affairs
Deborah Fullerton, Senior Associate Dean, Public Relations and Marketing
Lili Delcampo, J.D., Associate General Counsel for Health Sciences
Raquel D. Arias, M.D., Associate Dean, Admissions
Glenn Ault, M.D., Associate Dean for Clinical Administration (LAC+USC Medical Center)
Ronald Ben-Ari, M.D., Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, and Assistant Dean, Curriculum
Peggy Farnham, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Affairs (Ph.D. Programs)
Inderbir Gill, M.D., Associate Dean, Clinical Innovation
Stephanie Hall, M.D., Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs (Keck Medical Center)
Laura Mosqueda, Associate Dean, Primary Care
Elahe Nezami, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Affairs (Undergraduate, Master’s and Professional Degree Programs)
Lawrence M. Opas, M.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Michele T. Pato, M.D., Associate Dean, Academic Scholarship
Pamela Schaff, M.D., Associate Dean, Curriculum
Uttam Sinha, M.D., Associate Dean, Surgical Simulation
Maura Sullivan, Ed.D., Associate Dean, Stimulation Education for Health Sciences
Stuart P. Swadron, M.D., Assistant Dean, Pre-health Undergraduate Studies
Paul Thompson, Associate Dean, Bioinformatics Research
Rohit Varma, M.D., Associate Dean, Strategic Planning and Community Network Development
Althea M. Alexander, Assistant Dean, Student Diversity
David Baron, M.S.Ed., D.O., Assistant Dean, Global Relations
Gerhard Coetzee, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Research Integrity
Cha-Chi Fung, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs
Tatum Korin, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Joyce Richey, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Affairs
Frank R. Sinatra, M.D., Assistant Dean, Faculty Development
Darcy Spicer, M.D., Assistant Dean, Clinical Research Studies
Sajjad Yacoob, M.D., Assistant Dean, Student Affairs