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Creem As Vice Provost VOLUME 14, NUMBER 18 MAY 23, 2008 USC taps medical center expert Mitchell Creem as Vice Provost By Jon Nalick University officials have named Mitchell R. Creem, an experienced administrator widely known for his experience in revitalizing academic medical centers, to the new position of vice provost, effective June 1. Provost C. L. Max Nikias, announced the appointment in a May 16 letter to the campus com- munity and said Creem would pro- vide crucial expertise as the University negotiates to reacquire USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital from Tenet Healthcare Corporation. “Vice Provost Creem will provide y h p expert leadership and guidance, a r g drawing on his vast experience… I o t o h am confident he will serve as an P k o invaluable resource for the universi- o r B ty during this transitional time,” a s i L Nikias said. © s o t Creem, who will report directly o h P to the Provost, comes to USC with NEWEST GRADS, READY FOR TAKE-OFF—Above, graduate Rian Hasson jumps for joy following the Keck a decade of success in turning School of Medicine’s commencement on May 18. around aca- demic medical HSC kicks off graduation celebration centers and with a stellar By Katie Neith Assistant Program and the School of track record of Keck School Dean Carmen A. Pharmacy were held on May 16. achievements Puliafito graduated his first class of At the Keck School ceremony, at the teaching medical students during commence- Puliafito kicked off his speech by recog- hospitals of Mitchell R. Creem ment ceremonies for the Keck School nizing the support of friends and fami- UCLA, of Medicine on May 18, marking an ly, thanking those who truly made med- Harvard University and Tufts important milestone for both the grad- ical school possible for the students. University. uates and for his first year of service at He then called on the graduates to be “His reputation and his accom- the School. heroes in their field and invoked the plishments have earned him praise Some 168 graduates received their spirit of Oskar Schindler, a man who nation-wide, and his dynamic lead- Doctor of Medicine degrees in the cer- risked his life and fortune to protect his ership will certainly accelerate the emony at the Shrine Auditorium. Five workers from the Nazis. university’s growth—and ensure its of those graduates received a joint “Every day of your professional life, prominence—at the fore of medical degree with a Master of Business whatever your specialty, you will have education,” Nikias stated. Administration, and one received a the opportunity to be a hero,” said Creem will work in close collabo- From top: Keck School graduates listen Doctor of Philosophy in conjunction Puliafito. “You will encounter patients ration with the Office of the as Andrew C. Ghatan delivers the stu- with a medical degree. and their families at the most difficult Provost and Keck School of dent address; graduate Angela The Health Sciences campus cele- moments in their lives—as they con- Medicine Dean Carmen A. Covington and daughter Jocelyn cele- brated additional commencement cere- front mental illness, or cancer, or blind- Puliafito and his leadership team. brate with friends; Jason Schiffman, monies, graduating M.S., Ph.D. and ness, or some incalculable loss. They During the transition, he will be shown after receiving the Irving I. Lasky, M.P.H. students on May 14. will be utterly dependent upon your tal- primarily focused on due diligence, M.D., Memorial Award for outstanding Graduation ceremonies for ent and compassion. You cannot let negotiations, operational planning, research at the Keck School’s senior Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, them down.” capital planning and financing awards ceremony on May 17, enjoys the Dentistry, Occupational Science and He closed his speech with words See CREEM, page 3 moment (his son, less so). Occupational Therapy, the Physician See GRADS, page 2 USC emergency medicine expert presses state legislators to preserve hospital ‘safety net’ By Meghan Lewit provide a very large share of the safety At a recent meeting with state legis- net, particularly in some subspecialty lators, Edward Newton, chair of the areas such as orthopedics, Newton Department of Emergency Medicine at said. the Keck School of Medicine, stressed In response to the increasing the importance of Los Angeles County demands and the decreasing number of hospital system as a crucial “safety net” inpatient beds elsewhere, the for uninsured patients. Department of Emergency Medicine at At the May 2 Assembly Health the LAC+USC Medical Center has Committee hearing, Newton empha- adapted its own practices to provide sized that the system, including the inpatient care more efficiently, he said. LAC+USC Medical Center, must be For example, the department has cre- preserved to deliver on “a promise socie- ated a Chest Pain Unit and an ty makes to its members—that in the Observation Unit at the medical center. event of a calamity, you will be provided The units provide an observation area with care.” to monitor patients who are at low risk He added during his testimony: for heart attack and more efficiently “Public hospital emergency rooms pro- rule out cardiac disease. vide a disproportionate amount of this The department also recently imple- safety net care.” mented a plan to address hospital over- Edward Newton (second from left), chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, awaits his turn to The hearing, held at the California crowding by developing predetermined testify at the May 2 Assembly Health Committee hearing. Science Center and chaired by responses to varying levels of over- Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally (D- crowding, he said. Lawmakers will have to allocate to some extent as flexible capacity in Compton), focused on the impact of Since implementing this system two funds to keep county hospitals open, hospitals rather than buying tents and hospital and emergency room closures months ago, the amount of time the and salaries will need to be competitive trailers that will remain in storage in the county. The closure of 15 hospi- emergency department considered “dan- with the private sector in order to retain indefinitely. tals since 1998—including Martin gerously overcrowded” has decreased physicians, he said. A major earthquake could flood Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital last from 30 percent to less than one per- Newton also recommended that fed- county emergency rooms with as many summer—has greatly increased the bur- cent. eral Homeland Security funds be used as 10,000 new patients, he said. den on existing facilities, health officials In order to preserve the safety net in to increase inpatient capacity to prepare “Preserving the county hospital sys- and experts reported. California, a statewide plan should be for a disaster. The advantage of these tem is key to making sure the safety net Medical residents in public hospitals implemented, Newton advised. funds that they could be used every day survives,” Newton said. GRADS: HSC celebrates annual rite Stem cell study details novel self-renewal mechanism Continued from page 1 Feinstein, professor of medicine, USC researchers have discovered a new stem cells will remain undifferentiated if inscribed on a ring that was given to with more than 40 years of service mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells they are shielded from differentiation sig- Schindler by his workers at the end to the Keck School of Medicine, the to divide indefinitely and remain undif- nals. By applying small molecules that of the war, calling them a very fit- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer ferentiated. block the chemicals from activating the ting reminder of what being a doc- Center and USC. The study, which was published in the differentiation process, the natural default tor is all about: “He who saves one “Today we are awarding the May 22 issue of the journal Nature, also of the cell is to self-renew, or multiply, as life it is as if he has saved the entire Hoffman Award to a true hero of reveals how embryonic stem cell multipli- generic stem cells. world.” USC Medicine,” said Puliafito, who cation is regulated, which may be impor- “This study presents a completely new To view a transcript of the dean’s presented the award to Feinstein. tant in understanding how to control paradigm for understanding how to grow remarks, visit: http://www.usc.edu/ “He is an exemplar of academic tumor cell growth. embryonic stem cells in the laboratory,” uscnews/stories/15287.html. medicine—a great teacher and an “Our study suggests that what we said Martin Pera, director of the Eli and A commencement address was internationally recognized scholar believe about how embryonic stem cell Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative given by Sammy Lee, otolarygolo- and a world-class clinical hematolo- self-renewal is controlled is wrong,” said Medicine and Stem Cell Research at gist and 1947 graduate of the Keck gist.” Qi-Long Ying, assistant professor of Cell USC. “The discovery has major implica- School. Lee is also an Olympic gold The School of Pharmacy celebrat- and Neurobiology at the Keck School of tions for large-scale production of spe- medalist in diving. ed commencement at the HSC Medicine of USC, researcher at the Eli cialized cells, such as brain, heart muscle In addition, numerous awards Quad. Honored were 178 new and Edythe Broad Center for and insulin-producing cells, for future were presented at the ceremony, Pharm.D.s, 42 MS recipients, 12 Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell therapeutic use.” including the Elaine Stevely Ph.D.s, 32 residents and 4 fellows. Research at USC, and lead author of the Embryonic stem cells have only been Hoffman Service Award given each Speakers included Dean R.
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