MAY 3 • 2013 The Weekly theweekly.usc.edu PUBLISHED FOR THE USC HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS COMMUNITY VOLUME 19 • NUMBER 15 USC awards Presidential Medallion to Inderbir Gill

Inderbir Gill, chairman surgery, and called Gill a pharmaceutical sciences and professor of the “world leader” in minimally at the USC School of Catherine and Joseph Aresty invasive kidney-preserving Pharmacy. Department of Urology and surgery for renal cancer. Other awards and winners founding executive director “Dr. Gill is a true included: of the USC Institute of medical visionary who has • Associates Award for Urology, has received the immeasurably advanced Creativity in Research and Presidential Medallion, USC’s clinical experience, Scholarship was presented USC’s highest honor. while reimagining the to Yves De Clerck, professor USC President C. L. boundaries of modern of pediatrics, biochemistry Max Nikias presented Gill surgery,” Nikias said. and molecular biology; with the award at the 32nd Gill, who also serves as • Phi Kappa Phi Faculty annual Academic Honors associate dean of clinical Recognition Award was Convocation on April 23. innovation at the Keck given to Gelya Frank, Steve Cohn Steve The medallion, which School of Medicine of professor of occupational was also presented to USC, is ranked as the top USC President C. L. Max Nikias (center) congratulates Presidential therapy and anthropology; USC Trustee Verna B. author in the entire fi eld of Medallion honorees USC Trustee Verna B. Dauterive (left) and Inderbir • Phi Kappa Phi Gill of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dauterive, is awarded urology, having published Student Recognition to those individuals who eight textbooks and 513 Award was presented have brought honor and peer-reviewed scientifi c Jae Jung as a distinguished Chair in Molecular Biology to Shili Xu, candidate: distinction to the university. papers with more than 8,000 professor. Jung, who was and Immunology at the Ph.D., pharmacology and In his introduction, Nikias citations. appointed in February, Keck School. He also pharmaceutical sciences noted Gill’s contributions Nikias also recognized holds the Fletcher Jones holds a joint appointment at the USC School of to robotic and laparoscopic the recent appointment of Foundation Distinguished in pharmacology and Pharmacy.

Keck School to host Nobel Transplant recipient gets a heartfelt farewell Laureate John Gurdon in By Josh Grossberg Although he had been in the hospital for fi ve lecture on stem cells months—and near death more times than his mother cares to remember—Joe Alerta set a goal for him- Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon will self: To be home by the time he celebrated his 23rd speak on “From Nuclear Transplantation birthday. to Prospects for Cell Replacement” on He made it with three days to spare. Thursday, May 16, noon-1 p.m. in the Aresty Thanks to a new heart in his chest and a lot of care Auditorium of the Harlyne J. Norris Cancer and support from his family, friends and the staff at Research Tower. Keck Hospital of USC, Alerta is ready to celebrate his Gurdon has led signifi cant advances in birthday in style. developmental biology, particularly through But before he could leave, the nursing staff wanted his pioneering research in nuclear trans- to have their own celebration for the man they got to plantation and cloning. In the 1960s and know so well over the months. They were impressed ‘70s, his seminal experiments demonstrated not only with Alerta’s spirit, but also with the out- the viability of animal cloning and laid the pouring of support from his family and a seemingly foundation for modern stem cell research. endless supply of friends who came to visit every day His discoveries transformed the understand- since he was admitted on Nov. 8. ing of how gene regulation generates cellular On April 21, everybody gathered in a hospital diversity with profound implications for stem conference room for a going-away party. There were

cell and medical research. balloons, presents, cakes and enough homemade food Josh Grossberg In recognition of his achievements, he to feed the Trojan football team. Keck Hospital patient Joe Alerta chats with Cortney was awarded the Looking a little nervous, but strong enough to walk Montgomery, clinical nutrition manager, at Alerta’s farewell 2012 Nobel Prize on his own, Alerta welcomed everybody with a warm party on April 22. in Physiology or smile, a solid handshake or an emotional hug. He was Medicine. looking forward to going home, but also a bit appre- therapists and all the others who helped her son make Gurdon, who hensive about it. his recovery. will receive an “It’s a little bittersweet,” he said. “I’m nervous. I “Without your help, I don’t think my son would be honorary degree haven’t been outside for six months.” strong,” she said. from USC at His mother, Mel Alerta, broke down into tears While they’re thrilled that Alerta is recovering commencement as she thanked the roomful of nurses, dieticians, See HEART, page 2 ceremonies, is a professor Alastair Downie emeritus at USC research identifi es new model to study Alzheimer’s John Gurdon the University of Cambridge By Leslie Ridgeway senior author and a professor in David Geffen School of Medicine and a Distinguished Group Leader at the Research by Keck School of the Department of Physiology at the University of California, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Medicine of USC faculty sup- and Biophysics at the Zilkha Los Angeles. Gurdon Institute. ports the idea that increases in Neurogenetic Institute, created a Alzheimer’s is an age-related The free public lecture is sponsored by a molecule called beta-amyloid next-generation disease model to brain disorder that gradu- USC Stem Cell, the Eli and Edythe Broad in the brain drives Alzheimer’s study the disease. ally destroys a person’s memory, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem disease, according to a study “We believe the rats will be an thinking and the ability to carry Cell Research at USC, and the Department published in the Journal of excellent, stringent pre-clinical out simple tasks. Affecting at of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Neuroscience. model for testing experimental least 5.1 million Americans, the Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC. Using genetically engineered Alzheimer’s disease therapeu- disease is the most common form Those unable to attend may watch a lab rats with the full array of tics,” said Town, who conducted of dementia in the United States. live webcast at http://keckmedia.usc.edu/ brain changes associated with the study while working as a pro- Pathological hallmarks of mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/broad.aspx. Alzheimer’s disease, a team led fessor of biomedical sciences at Alzheimer’s brains include by Terrence Town, the study’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and See TOWN, page 2 MAY 3 • 2013 CHLA lures pediatric oncologist Alan S. Wayne from NCI

After serving 14 years School of Medicine of USC supervise the quality and reviewed scientific papers as clinical director of the and associate director for accreditation of oncology in the fields of pediatric Pediatric Oncology Branch pediatric oncology at the and hematology teaching hematology, oncology, of the National Cancer USC Norris Comprehensive programs for interns, stem cell transplantation Institute at the National Cancer Center. He will residents and fellows. and transfusion medicine. Institutes of Health begin his duties on July 1. “Dr. Wayne will increase In the past five years (NIH), the internationally At CHLA, Wayne will the scientific integration and he has contributed renowned pediatric assume the Stuart E. collaborative work between to 40 exhibitions and hematologist-oncologist, Siegel Endowed Chair. the Children’s Center for presentations at national and Alan S. Wayne, is joining His directorship duties will Cancer and Blood Diseases international conferences. USC and Children’s include responsibility for and the broader community Among his numerous Hospital Los Angeles. the delivery of patient care at Children’s Hospital, The awards and honors, he Wayne has been named services to all inpatients and Saban Research Institute received the NIH Director’s Alan S. Wayne director of the Children’s outpatients of the hospital’s and the University of Award for Mentoring and Center for Cancer and Blood cancer and blood diseases Southern California,” said has been listed among “The organizations including the Diseases at CHLA and will center and the hematology- Carmen A. Puliafito, dean Best Doctors In America” Pediatric Blood and Marrow serve as the division head of oncology and bone marrow of the Keck School of every year since 1995. Transplant Consortium, hematology-oncology and transplantation division. In Medicine and a member Throughout his career, Children’s Oncology Group bone marrow transplantation addition, he will oversee of the CHLA Board of Wayne has served in and the American Society in the Department of direction for research, Trustees. leadership roles on of Hematology. His current Pediatrics at the hospital. lead fundraising efforts Wayne has authored institutional and national editorial responsibilities He will also hold and promote the hospital’s more than 20 scholarly committees and as a include the position of positions as professor of missions and values in the books and monographs member of numerous associate editor, Frontiers in pediatrics at the Keck community. He also will and more than 70 peer- professional societies and Pediatric Oncology.

HEART: Patient’s birthday present—leaving the hospital with a new heart—comes early

Continued from Page 1 A trip to urgent care revealed an “As soon as I got here, he went into Good news finally arrived on Good nicely, his care staff will miss him. enlarged heart. He made an appoint- cardiac arrest,” she said. “I got down Friday—a healthy heart was available. The Alertas have become like family ment to see a cardiologist but never on my knees crying. I experienced my The transplant took place on Easter to them. went. Instead, the recording engineer own son dying in front of me. I was Sunday. “People got attached,” said Felicia went on a 16-city tour with a rap begging people to save him.” “I feel so grateful, but I feel bad Schenkel, the hospital’s lead trans- group. He needed a new heart, a process for the other family,” Mel Alerta plant coordinator. “No one wanted After going to the doctor a few that took months. During that time, said. “I feel sad for them, but I’m him to go. He knows everybody. He months later, he was diagnosed first a bond developed between the family overwhelmed that my son is getting knows the housekeepers.” with bronchitis and then pneumonia. and the nursing staff. better.” Up until May 2012, Alerta felt His mother came from her home “The nurses are so good to us,” Mel Alerta was released the day after perfectly healthy. But then he started in Lompoc, Calif., as quickly as she Alerta said. “I don’t know why. Joe the party. It was a happy day for having trouble breathing. could. can be so bratty.” everybody. TOWN: Genetically engineered rats offer new avenue to study Alzheimer’s disease

Continued from Page 1 have certain mutant genes, brain cells, in these regions. rodent models may have the National Institute of abnormal levels of beta- the researchers were able to Some of the rats’ glial cells missed. Mental Health Intramural amyloid protein that form see that beta-amyloid in the acquired shapes reminiscent In addition to grants from Research Program, this amyloid plaques; tau rats’ brains increased with of the activated glia found in the National Institutes of study was funded by the Al- proteins that clump together age. patients. Health’s National Institute zheimer’s Association (IIRG- inside neurons and form They also noticed Activation of glia occurred of Neurological Disorders 05-14993, ZEN-10-174633) neurofibrillary tangles; and the development of earlier than amyloid and Stroke (NS076794), and the Ellison Foundation/ neuron loss. Additionally, neurofibrillary tangles in plaque formation, which National Institute on Aging American Federation for Ag- glial cells—which normally brain regions most affected suggests that Town and his (AG029726, AG033394) and ing Research (M11472). support, protect or by Alzheimer’s involving colleagues identified an nourish nerve cells—are learning and memory, early degenerative event overactivated in Alzheimer’s. and the death of about and a new treatment target Using rats engineered to 30 percent of neurons, or that scientists studying other

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Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Public Relations and Marketing: Jon Nalick Deborah S. Fullerton BAXTER FOUNDATION VISITS THE KECK SCHOOL—Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the USC Health Executive Director of Communications: Ina Fried Sciences campus to hear formal presentations of the nominees for two junior faculty members to receive funding. The foundation also Assistant Director of Publications: Sara Reeve supports medical student summer research scholarships at the Editor: Jon Nalick Keck School of Medicine of USC. The Baxter Foundation has a long relationship with USC, having given more than $10 million during its 54 Contributors: Eva Blaauw, Tania Chatila, Josh Grossberg, Amy E. Hamaker, Carol Matthieu, years of giving to the university. The foundation’s mission is to advance Leslie Ridgeway and Alison Trinidad charitable, scientific and educational purposes, primarily at medical and scientific schools of higher learning in California. Pictured here, left Vice President, Public Relations and Marketing: Brenda Maceo to right, are Keck School Interim Vice Dean for Research and Associate Dean for Clinical Research Thomas Buchanan, and, from the Baxter Phone: (323) 442-2830 Fax: (323) 442-2832 Foundation, Martha B. Haake, Richard Haake, James Russell, Jane Email: [email protected] Web: theweekly.usc.edu Russell, new director Martha E. Haake, William Russell, new director Marla Elliott, and Donald Haake. Merger transforms USC family practice into a federally qualified health center

By Leslie Ridgeway Medi-Cal reimbursements. health center,” the paper is ties for federal and local hospital-based family medi- As the Affordable Care USC faculty continue to a kind of template that the grant funding cine residencies for medical Act plays out, numerous run the residency and see researchers and participants • Obtaining funding from residents, Cousineau said. challenges have cropped patients. Patient volumes hope will help others set a foundation (in this case, With hospital-based family up—from how to serve the have increased, and the new realistic expectations when UniHealth) with the means medicine residencies becom- millions of newly insured center is not only in the attempting to accomplish to support critical goals such ing more rare, community expected to crowd into black after one year, but it similar goals. as building infrastructure health centers like Eisner doctors’ offices, community has for the first time filled all “We were surprised at the and securing legal counsel. are well positioned within clinics and hospitals, to the eight of its residency slots. complexity of the project,” Although Cousineau said the health care safety net, perilous shortage of primary “This model is a true Cousineau said. “I’ve helped the partners “went in with making them more attractive care doctors to serve them. partnership between a in merging organizations, but our eyes open,” the admin- to residents. Researchers at USC university, a hospital and I didn’t imagine all the ob- istrative and legal hurdles “The students interview believe they may have a so- clinic and a model for how stacles. The smallest things were considerable. For one, and see our clinic’s affilia- lution to some of those chal- to expand community- could have undermined us at the staff of about 20 had to tion with USC and the fact lenges, which they recently based medical training,” any time.” leave USC employment to that it’s an FQHC, and they put into practice through said Michael Cousineau, The most important les- become Eisner Center em- are interested. They have a merger of the Family principal investigator on the sons, as noted in the paper, ployees, a requirement that a sense that they’re part of Practice and Family Medi- paper and associate professor include: led to a loss of some staff. something,” said Cousineau, cine Residency involving the of preventive medicine at • Getting a commitment As the clinic was moved adding that medical students Keck School of Medicine of the Keck School. “Trying to from all partners to the from USC to Eisner, the have already established a USC , the California Hospi- align leadership was tough. final goal, which helped partners found they had to student-run Saturday clinic. tal Medical Center and the Leadership and commitment usher through approvals and replace all the equipment California Hospital serves Eisner Pediatric and Family were the keys.” eliminate communications and even exam tables, which as the residents’ location for Medical Center. Lessons learned were problems were officially owned by experience with labor and The merger transformed detailed in a paper recently • Hiring a project direc- USC. Another challenge was delivery and other required a downtown Los Angeles published by Academic Medi- tor to keep the project on switching the patient man- hospital-based training, he family practice operated by cine, a journal of the Associa- track and facilitate the agement system from USC said. USC into a federally quali- tion of American Medical grant process (including a to Eisner, which involved Now that the clinic has fied health center (FQHC) Colleges. Titled “Transform- $600,000 operational grant developing new electronic been up and running for a owned by the Eisner Center ing a family medicine center from the Health Resources medical records and the year, Cousineau said leader- that is now eligible for and residency program and Services Administration) patient scheduling system. ship is meeting soon to learn federal grants and higher into a federally qualified • Leveraging opportuni- The merger created a more about outcomes to help sustainable alternative to determine future plans. The Weekly NEWSMAKERS USC researcher discovers key factor in An April 29 broadcast on OncLive noted An April 26 article in Oncology Nurse Keck School of Medicine faculty members Advisor quoted Taline Khoukaz, nurse generating insulin-producing beta cells Peter Jones, the Sawyer Chair in Cancer practitioner at the Keck Hospital of USC Research and a distinguished professor and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer In a study that could have method for using stem cells of urology, biochemistry and molecular Center, about the effects of regorafenib, an a great impact on people to make new beta cells,” biology; Barbara Gitlitz, associate professor oral multikinase inhibitor, on patients with with type 1 diabetes, Keck said Georgia, an assistant of clinical medicine; and Stephen Liu, metastatic colorectal cancer. “While School of Medicine of USC professor of pediatrics at the assistant professor of medicine, as leaders regorafenib showed an acceptable safety researcher Senta Georgia Keck School and researcher of Stand Up 2 Cancer’s epigenetics Dream profile, patients experienced adverse events has discovered a key factor at the Saban Research Team. Stand Up 2 Cancer is a multidisciplinary such as hand-foot skin reaction, hypertension, required for the differentia- Institute. initiative created to accelerate cancer fatigue, diarrhea and oral mucositis; and some tion of pancreatic insulin- For stem cells to dif- research and therapies. patients showed an elevation of liver enzymes producing cells. ferentiate into specialized (AST and ALT) and hyperbilirubinemia,” said This research has been cells, they must go through On April 29, KPCC-FM’s Larry Mantle Khoukaz. published as the cover a series of divisions. The interviewed Sharon Orrange, assistant article in a recent issue of challenge is to determine professor of clinical medicine at the On April 26, The New York Times published Genes and Development. how to direct the stem cell Keck School of Medicine, about doctor- an op-ed by Kathleen Page, assistant “The field of regenerative through many intermediate recommended hangover remedies. professor of medicine at the Keck School of medicine and stem cells has states and cell divisions so Medicine, and Robert S. Sherwin, a professor great potential to define new that ultimately, it becomes a An April 26 article by the Associated of medicine at Yale, about how the brain treatments that harness the beta cell. Press quoted Lon Schneider, professor controls eating habits. body’s own developmental Mother stem cells must of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences and restorative processes pass the appropriate cellular and neurology at the Keck School of An April 25 story in the New to promote healing and information to the daughter Medicine, about a UCLA-led project that aims Scientist featured research by Cheng-Ming undo damage from chronic stem cells for this process to to fast-track the pace of discovery and will Chuong, professor of pathology at the Keck inflammatory or environ- occur. One way of transmit- hopefully lead to new therapies for autism and School of Medicine, finding that stem cells mental injuries. The work ting this “cellular memory” other neurological disorders. “I’m thrilled to appear to create the patterns in feathers. that Dr. Georgia is pursuing is through DNA methyla- see quick and dirty early development trials, Chuong said that a complex interweaving of is a perfect example of this tion. An enzyme, DNMT1, but nothing comes free and the devil is in the variables creates the diverse array of patterns: new frontier in biomedical is known to regulate DNA details in how these trials are managed and “You have [something] like a symphony investigation and health,” methylation during cell divi- carried out,” said Schneider. there.” The story stated that the discovery said Brent Polk, chair of the sion, but its requirement for could one day help scientists grow organs Department of Pediatrics at passing on cellular memory On April 26, AOL Energy featured research from scratch without the need to put cells on the Keck School and director was unknown. guided by Jonathan Samet, who serves as scaffolds. of the Saban Research Insti- In this paper, Georgia has the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department tute of Children’s Hospital demonstrated that DNMT1 of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of An April 24 post on The Equation mentioned Los Angeles. is critical for progenitor cell Medicine, and colleagues, about the long- that Ed Avol, professor of clinical medicine at Beta cells of the pancreas survival during pancreas term psychological consequences of the the Keck School of Medicine, presented at a produce insulin. Because formation in fetal develop- infamous Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown. UC Davis policy forum series on the future of people with type 1 diabetes ment. Molecular analysis California’s freight transportation system. have a deficiency of beta suggests that DNMT1 An April 26 column in the Montreal cells, they are unable to represses the expression of Gazette cited Robert Kloner, professor On April 24, Medical Xpress featured produce enough insulin p53, a protein that acts to of medicine at the Keck School of research led by Theodore Berger, to maintain normal blood inhibit cell division and to Medicine, about his research that links the professor of biomedical engineering and glucose levels. activate cell death. Decreas- emotional stress experienced by fans of a neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine, “Regenerative medicine ing the amount of p53 in losing Super Bowl team to increased risk of about neural coding and the development has the potential to cure this models that lacked DNMT1 heart attack. of memory device implants. disease if we can devise a restored pancreas formation. MAY 3 • 2013

KECK SCHOOL WELCOMES JOHN Calendar of Events NIPARKO—Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Tuesday, May 7 Puliafito, right, hosted Noon. Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative a welcome reception Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Seminar. April 3 at the California “Differentiation of Chondrocytes and Osteoblasts: Regulation Club for John Niparko, and Lineage Tracing,” Henry Kronenberg, Harvard. BCC center, professor and Seminar Room. Info: (323) 442-8084 chair of the Department Noon. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. “Neuropsychiatric Effects of of Otolaryngology-Head Mild TBI,” David Baron, USC. ZNI 112. Info: (323) 442-4065 and Neck Surgery. With them at the reception 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Los Angeles. “Changing the is Dale Rice, who Faces of Health Care: Who Will Take Care of You?” Kevin Lohenry, USC. Rand Corporation, 1776 Main St., Santa stepped down from the Monica. Info: (213) 628-8141. position of department chair after 30 years of Wednesday, May 8 service. Steve Cohn Steve 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. USC Institute for Integrative Health Seminar. “The Role of Occupational Therapy in Integrative Health,” Camille Dieterle, USC. Breakfast reception 7:30– 2013 Health Sciences Campus Commencement Ceremonies 8 a.m. Speaker and discussion at 8 a.m. CHP 102. Info: (323) 442-2638 Wednesday, May 15 Dentistry School of Pharmacy Noon. ZNI Seminar. “You Can Learn a Lot Just By Watching: 11 a.m. at McAlister Soccer 3 p.m. at the Norris Library Uses and Abuses of MRI and Simultaneous PET/MRI,” Russell Jacobs, CalTech. ZNI 112. Info: (323) 442-2144 Keck School of Medicine— Field at the University Park Quad on the Health Sciences M.S., Ph.D., & M.P.H. campus. Keynote speaker: campus. Keynote speaker: Jon 4:30 p.m. 3rd Annual Vladimir Zelman Distinguished and 4 p.m. at the Harry & Celesta Jerold Goldberg, dean at the Roth, CEO of the California Endowed Lectureship. “Living in Transformational Times: Pappas Quad on the Health School of Dental Medicine Pharmacists Association. A Two Personal Perspectives,” Roald Sagdeev, former advisor to Sciences campus. Keynote at Case Western Reserve reception will immediately Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and Susan Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Insitute. Reception at 4:30 and lecture at speaker: Jonathan Evan University. A reception will follow on the Upper Quad. 5:15 p.m. NRT Aresty Auditorium. Info: (323) 409-6856 Fielding, director of the Los follow at 1:30 p.m. at the same Tickets are required. More Info: Angeles County Department location. No tickets required. (323) 442-1383 Friday, May 10 of Public Health and health More Info: (213) 740-2851 officer for Los Angeles County. Saturday, May 18 8:30 a.m. KSOM Surgical Grand Rounds. “Mesenteric A reception will immediately Health Promotion Ischemia: What Every Surgeon Should Know,” Shahin Pourrabbani, USC. DOH 100. Info: (323) 442-9064 follow at the same location. 11 a.m. at Town and Gown Keck School of Medicine – No tickets required. More Info: at the University Park campus. M.D./Ph.D., M.D. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. HTE @ USC Frontiers Symposium. (323) 442-1607 Keynote speaker: Elahe 3 p.m. at the Shrine “Bringing the Shark Tank to USC! Place Your Bets: Assessing Nezami, director of the Health Auditorium in Los Angeles. Medical Device Potential for Impact,” Vivek Ramakrishnan, Friday, May 17 Promotion and Global Health Keynote speaker: Robert K. Intellectual Ventures. UPC: TCC 450. Info: (323) 774-1442 Programs at the USC Institute Ross, president and CEO of 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. USC Center for Excellence in Research Occupational Science and for Health Promotion and The California Endowment. Workshop. “Understanding, Writing, and Obtaining NIH-K- Occupational Therapy Disease Prevention Research. A reception will immediately Series Career Development Grants,” Charles Gromer, USC. 10:45 a.m. at the lawn A reception will begin at 10:30 follow on the McCarthy Quad at CHLA Saban Auditorium. Info: (213) 740-6709 west of Leavey Library at a.m. at the same location. the University Park campus. No Saturday, May 11 the University Park campus. Tickets are required for the tickets are required. More Info: Keynote speaker: Captain Mary ceremony, but not for the (323) 442-2553 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. Revlon Run/Walk for Women. Los Angeles I. Greenwood (Ret.), U.S. Navy. reception. More Info: (231) Memorial Coliseum at Exposition Park. Faculty, staff, A reception will immediately 821-1601 students, residents and friends are invited to join the USC follow at the Davidson Norris Team for the 20th Anniversary of the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s 5k REVLON Run/Walk For Women Conference Center, Embassy on Saturday, May 11, on the grounds of the Los Angeles Room. No tickets required. Memorial Coliseum at Exposition Park. Info: (323) 865-0668 More Info: (323) 442-2811 USC Health Sciences Public Relations and Marketing Non-Profit Organization Tuesday, May 14 Physician Assistant Program 1975 Zonal Ave. KAM 400 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Los Angeles, CA 90033 University of Southern California 10:45 a.m. at the lawn 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Southern California Clinical and southwest of the Allan Translational Science Institute Mentoring Workshop. “Strategies for Successful Mentoring,” Emil Bogenmann, Hancock Foundation Building CHLA, and Kenneth Yates, USC. NRT Aresty Auditorium. at the University Park campus. Info: 323 442-8281 Keynote speaker: Robert Sachs, president of the Physician 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. USC Breast Center Forum. “Get Fit After the Fight: What You Need to Know About Exercise After Assistant Board. A reception Breast Cancer,” Christina Dieli-Conwright and Debu Tripathy, will immediately follow at USC. NRT Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library. Info: the same location. No tickets (323) 442-7808 required. More Info: (626) 457-4253 Friday, May 17 Biokinesiology and Physical 6:30 a.m. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. “The Truth about Spinal Anesthesia,” Robert Martin, Loma Linda University. Therapy MCH 256. Info: (323) 409-6856 11 a.m. at Bovard Auditorium at the University Park campus. 8:30 a.m. KSOM Surgical Grand Rounds. The 15th Annual Keynote speaker: Stephania Lyman Brewer, III, MD Visiting Professor Lectureship. “Translational Research in Aortic Disease: Clinical Bell, physical therapist, senior Applications,” John Ikonomidis, Univ. of South Carolina. writer and injury analyst for DOH 100. Info: (323) 442-9064 ESPN. No tickets required. More Info: (323) 442-5550

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