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The Keck School Difference

The Keck School of Medicine of USC is a leading private medical school recognized for excellence in research, primary care, and specialty training. Located in Los Angeles, the Keck School ranks among the top medical schools in California for NIH funding, clinical training, and residency placement.

Saving Lives Through Research

Our investigators channel creativity and passion to cultivate major breakthroughs in diagnosis, treatment and prevention. From revealing processes behind disease to moving solutions into the clinic, we combine bold inquiry, state-of-the-art tools and interdisciplinary teamwork to transform lives and help society leap ahead.

Advancing Innovative Education

Tomorrow’s physician leaders and biomedical trailblazers come to the Keck School for a singular educational experience. Alongside expert, world-renowned mentors, they learn by doing — in clinics serving diverse patients with complex conditions and in labs pursuing ways to improve health and health equity.

Providing World-Class Clinical Care

Every year, a million patients of all ages and ethnicities rely on Keck School clinicians for excellence in care. Our expertise and dedication sustain a heritage established in 1885, while we focus on defining a future of tailored treatment, breakthrough technology and better health for all.

Building Community Partnerships

Our commitment to L.A.’s diverse communities reaches far beyond our clinic doors. Rich partnerships with our neighbors fulfill medical and social needs, nurture brighter futures for youth, and feed studies uniquely devised to make a difference in their lives.

Shaping the Next Generation of Health Leaders

Education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is not only transformative but redefining what it means to be a health professional. The context is our diverse city, renowned faculty, state of the art facilities, and broad clinical and research opportunities. The result is a new kind of leader, equipped to tackle the most complex challenges of our time, and committed to improving lives locally and around the globe.

At the Forefront of Education

At the Keck School, education, research, and clinical training come together to prepare the next generation of clinician leaders and scientific innovators.

97.4%

Match rate of 2025 Keck School MD students as they chart their paths to practice and lead.

209

PhD students igniting discovery in research with publications in FY25.

1,000

Residents and fellows training in a broad range of settings.

Saving Lives Through Research

It’s the spark that turns a question into a cure. We are igniting discoveries to transform lives — from brain health to cancer science to regenerative medicine.

USC Stem Cell

Stem cells transform. So do we.

Our researchers are working to restore what disease and injury have taken away by discovering how the body builds and renews itself. With these insights, we are developing new cell, gene and regenerative therapies with the goal of repairing tissues and organs.

USC is an incubator for the medicine of the 21st century — regenerative medicine.

USC Cancer

Cancer rewrites the rules. So do we.

Our researchers are harnessing the power of data, health equity and strategic partnerships to translate discoveries into treatments that target a patient’s unique cancer. Our research is focused on personalizing treatment and prevention, reducing clinical disparities and advancing a world-class immunotherapy program.

USC is shaping the future of cancer science to improve the lives of all patients with cancer.

USC Brain Health

The brain innovates. So do we.

Our researchers are meeting the brain’s complexity with their own in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, mental health conditions, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, and vision and hearing loss.

USC is uniting the greatest minds to reimagine the future of brain health.

Where Care Happens

The Keck School provides patients with world-class care merging deep expertise, leading-edge technology and human connection. From our private clinics to affiliated safety-net hospitals, faculty and trainees serve diverse communities and push forward the newest advances in human health.

Keck Medicine of USC

Whether your health needs are simple or complex, find exceptional care at Keck Medical Center — ranked as a top hospital nationwide — and clinics around the region.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

All faculty at CHLA, the No. 1 West Coast pediatric medical center, hold Keck School appointments. Together, our institutions make a bigger difference than we could alone.

Los Angeles General Medical Center

One of the largest and busiest safety-net hospitals in the U.S., L.A. General enables the Keck School’s mission across treatment, education, research and community outreach.

USC Street Medicine

The Keck School meets L.A.’s unhoused people where they are to offer compassion and patient-centered care. The Street Medicine team completes more than 2,000 patient visits yearly.

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The mission of cultivating breakthroughs that fundamentally change the practice of medicine is an exciting, fulfilling one. You are invited along, and there are a number of ways to take part.