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New Norris Healthcare Center Opens on USC’s Health Sciences Campus

Photos courtesy Keck Medicine of USC Celebrating at the Norris Healthcare Center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony are Dr. Laura Mosqueda, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC; USC President C.L. Max Nikias; Lisa Hansen, chair of the board of trustees at the Norris Foundation; Thomas Jackiewicz, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC; and Rodney Hanners, CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC.
Photos courtesy Keck Medicine of USC
Celebrating at the Norris Healthcare Center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony are Dr. Laura Mosqueda, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC; USC President C.L. Max Nikias; Lisa Hansen, chair of the board of trustees at the Norris Foundation; Thomas Jackiewicz, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC; and Rodney Hanners, CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC.

Keck Medicine of USC is significantly expanding its patient care services and health care facilities with the opening of the new Norris Healthcare Center, a seven-story, 116,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility on the USC Health Sciences Campus, east of downtown Los Angeles. Representing the fourth outpatient facility built adjacent to Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the new building incorporates integrated care delivery with a patient-centric design for multidisciplinary ambulatory care.
“Keck Medicine of USC is in a period of unprecedented growth, with significant increases in patient volume, and the new Norris Healthcare Center will help us meet the growing demand,” said Thomas Jackiewicz, senior vice president and CEO of Keck Medicine of USC. “This beautiful, modern facility can accommodate more than 100,000 patient visits each year and offers expanded specialty services that have been tailored to the current and future needs of our patients.”
To help enhance the patient experience, the new building was designed to coordinate care across different services. All women’s specialty care services, including wellness care, gynecologic oncology, a breast center and breast imaging, have been grouped together on a single floor.
Urology and urologic oncology will also see new patients together on the same floor in the new building, which will integrate care for patients who need coordinated treatment from both medical oncologists and oncology surgeons.
An infusion center is designed with the patients’ needs and comfort in mind, given the extended time required for treatments. Twenty-four etched glass bays offer privacy and serene views of the campus and San Gabriel Mountains. Patients can also pass the time in the social area or use the center’s iPads, which are equipped with both entertainment and interactive patient education.

The new Norris Healthcare Center is a seven-story state-of-the-art facility on the USC Health Sciences Campus.
The new Norris Healthcare Center is a seven-story state-of-the-art facility on the USC Health Sciences Campus.

The building offers an Outpatient Surgery Center with six large operating rooms, as well as 46 examination rooms, several procedure treatment rooms, a blood draw station, a pharmacy, an image enhancement center, a gift shop and a dining area with retail space.
“The Norris Healthcare Center uses an integrated delivery model across specialties, which allows for better coordination of care and more same-day services,” said Smitha Ravipudi, chief operating officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Services. “We designed the new building to be flexible and agile so we can deliver ambulatory care with an eye toward the future.”
“The skills of our surgical staff and our use of cutting-edge technology have elevated Keck Medicine among the most highly ranked and in-demand health systems in the country,” said Alice Issai, chief operating officer of Keck Medical Center. “The expanded outpatient operating room space in the new health care center enables us to provide the highest standard of care to an ever-growing patient pool.”
Keck Medicine of USC is a medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck Medical Center of USC, which consists of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, among the top 15 in ophthalmology and cancer care and among the top 50 hospitals in the United States for orthopedic surgery, geriatric care and urology. For more information, visit keckmedicine.org.

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