Keck Hospital of USC, the flagship hospital of Keck Medicine of USC, cares for patients with some of the most complex medical conditions nationwide. Keck Hospital offers access to hundreds of active clinical trials, including early-stage cellular therapies produced on-site at the nationally ranked USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only eight original National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. Keck Hospital physicians include experts from USC Urology, a pioneer in advanced robotic urologic oncologic surgeries, including the world’s first bladder transplant, and the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute, the first in Los Angeles to successfully implant a left ventricular assist device on both the left and right sides of the heart. The USC Transplant Institute also performed the first adult living donor transplant without a blood transfusion and the second dual organ living organ donation swap in the U.S. with kidney and liver. Vizient ranks Keck Hospital among the nation’s top 12 academic hospitals for delivering high-quality care. Keck Hospital is also a “Top Teaching Hospital” and earned its 12th “A” hospital safety grade, both accolades from The Leapfrog Group. The hospital ranks among the top six in California and is the highest ranked neurology and neurosurgery program in Southern California, according to 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report. Keck Hospital became the first healthcare facility in the U.S. to eliminate the use of nitrous oxide for anesthesia, replacing it with equally effective, environmentally sustainable alternatives, earning the hospital a 2026 Practice Greenhealth ”Environmental Excellence Award.”
