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For the year 2002-2003, the USC Department of Neurology
ranked 19th in federal funding among national neurology departments.
Faculty members also receive funding from several foundations
that offer competitive grant support.
Department physicians possess expertise in areas of neurology
that supplement those found in community settings. The department's
research program--both basic and clinical--provides direct
benefits for patients with diseases that may not be treatable
by ordinary means. Clinical trials are currently ongoing for
movement disorders, principally Parkinson's disease, multiple
sclerosis, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, and more.
Boone
family gifts fund research, teaching excellence
George and MaryLou Boone, USC alumni and benefactors to the
Keck School of Medicine, have recently made two separate $1
million gifts.The first gift establishes the George and MaryLou
Boone Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Research
Center and supports the research of Michael Jakowec and Giselle
Petzinger, both assistant professors of neurology. Jakowec
and Petzinger focus their research on neuroplasticity and
the benefits of exercise in managing Parkinson’s disease and
other movement disorders.
Van
Der Meulen to step down from VP for health affairs post
Joseph P. Van Der Meulen is stepping down from the position
of vice president for health affairs of the Keck School of
Medicine, a post he has held since 1977, and from the position
of director of the division of Independent Health Professions,
which he has held since 1991. The division includes the number-one
nationally ranked departments of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.
National and International Recognition
“Best Doctors in America”
Helena C. Chui, M.D.
W. King Engel, M.D.
James R. Keane, M.D.
Wendy G. Mitchell, M.D.
Leslie Weiner, M.D.
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