USC\u2019s medical wings went through some major changes last week.<\/p>\n
After six years, Rodney Hanners has stepped down as chief executive of Keck Medicine of USC, which operates the university\u2019s hospital network throughout Los Angeles County. And after four years, Carolyn Meltzer has stepped down as dean of USC\u2019s Keck School of Medicine. Although Meltzer will become president of the Radiological Society of North America, the circumstances surrounding Hanners\u2019 departure were less clear. Notably, USC President Beong-Soo Kim \u2013 who took over the system this spring \u2013 noted that Hanners had served \u201cwith distinction\u201d and lauded his expansion of the system into Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has also helped foster a culture of kindness and compassion across the Keck community, particularly through our Care for the Caregiver program, which continues to grow and support the well-being of our healthcare colleagues,\u201d Kim wrote.<\/p>\n
In a LinkedIn post, Hanners referenced a book on leadership, \u201cHow Full is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life,\u201d as he affirmatively looked back on his time with the medical system. As he summarized, the key concept is that positive experiences and support serve to fill each of our proverbial \u201cbuckets,\u201d while the opposite will empty them.<\/p>\n
To wit, Hanners said he leaves USC with \u201can overflowing bucket.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the actions of so many of you across our health system, I have seen that a single person has the power to change an entire environment by focusing on the strengths of those they interact with every day,\u201d he wrote, adding, \u201cServing as your CEO has been the honor of a lifetime. I take with me memories of our accomplishments that have advanced the exceptional care we provide and helped both our patients and staff members face some of the worst challenges of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steven Shapiro, who is USC\u2019s vice president for health affairs, will take over as chief executive in Hanners\u2019 stead. Meltzer will continue as a faculty member in Keck School\u2019s radiology department, while pharmacy school dean Vassilios Papadopoulos will serve as interim dean of the medical school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USC\u2019s medical wings went through some major changes last week. After six years, Rodney Hanners has stepped down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[94623,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-470759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-keck-medicine-of-usc","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}