USC Health Magazine - Keck Medicine of USC

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Alison Ambrose, RN,... </div> </div> <a class="read-more-link" href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/oncology-nurse-navigator-interview/" title="click to read more">Read more</a> </div> <div class="blog-article-card-container featured" > <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/preoperative-clinic-nurse-practitioner/" title="click to read more"><div class="blog-article-card-image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://www.keckmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Schoenbaum_Mary_001_resized.jpg')"></div> </a> <div class="blog-article-card-content"> <div class="blog-article-category-date">May 7, 2024</div> <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/preoperative-clinic-nurse-practitioner/" title="click to read more" > <h2 class="blog-article-card-title">Meet the Staff: Mary Schoenbaum, NP-C</h2></a> <div class="blog-article-card-summary"> Mary Schoenbaum, NP-C, has taken care of thousands of surgical patients in her nearly 20 years with Keck Medicine of... </div> </div> <a class="read-more-link" href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/preoperative-clinic-nurse-practitioner/" title="click to read more">Read more</a> </div> <div class="blog-article-card-container featured" > <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/perspective-the-patients-voice/" title="click to read more"><div class="blog-article-card-image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://www.keckmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Valenzuela_Christine_01_resized.jpg')"></div> </a> <div class="blog-article-card-content"> <div class="blog-article-category-date">May 7, 2024</div> <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/perspective-the-patients-voice/" title="click to read more" > <h2 class="blog-article-card-title">Perspective: The Patient's Voice</h2></a> <div class="blog-article-card-summary"> As co-chair for the patient and family advisory council, Christine Valenzuela, a former Keck Medicine of USC transplant patient, serves... </div> </div> <a class="read-more-link" href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/perspective-the-patients-voice/" title="click to read more">Read more</a> </div> <div class="blog-article-card-container featured" > <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/post-acute-care-collaborative/" title="click to read more"><div class="blog-article-card-image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://www.keckmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Osorno-Felipe_Resized-1-1.jpg')"></div> </a> <div class="blog-article-card-content"> <div class="blog-article-category-date">November 9, 2023</div> <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/post-acute-care-collaborative/" title="click to read more" > <h2 class="blog-article-card-title">Perspective: Trusted Care at Every Step</h2></a> <div class="blog-article-card-summary"> Felipe Osorno, MS, chief post-acute care officer and chief of staff for Keck Medicine of USC, says that post-acute care... </div> </div> <a class="read-more-link" href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/post-acute-care-collaborative/" title="click to read more">Read more</a> </div> <div class="blog-article-card-container featured" > <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/meet-staff-mammography-technologist/" title="click to read more"><div class="blog-article-card-image" role="img" style="background-image: url('https://www.keckmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Breast-Health_Resized.jpg')"></div> </a> <div class="blog-article-card-content"> <div class="blog-article-category-date">November 9, 2023</div> <a href="https://www.keckmedicine.org/magazine/meet-staff-mammography-technologist/" title="click to read more" > <h2 class="blog-article-card-title">Meet the Staff: Jenny Huynh, Mammography Technologist</h2></a> <div class="blog-article-card-summary"> Jenny Huynh envisioned a health care career as a child in Vietnam, where medical resources were often scarce. 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