Contact Media Relations

Summary

Please contact our media relations team to coordinate interviews, photo shoots or filming with Keck Medicine of USC physicians or clinical researchers. 
 

Please note that stories involving patients require advance HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) consent, as required by federal law. In addition, any media visit to our facilities requires advance approval and an escort by a member of our team. 
 

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Cynthia Smith 

Director, Corporate Communications

Cynthia.Smith@med.usc.edu    

  • Corporate communications
  • Executive communications
  • Hospital operations
  • Issues management 

Media Relations Team

 
Mary Dacuma Ferguson

Senior Manager, Media Relations

Mary.Ferguson@med.usc.edu   

  • Cancer
  • Geriatrics
  • Hematology
  • Palliative care
  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology
  • Urology
 
Gabriella Robison 

Manager, Media Relations 

Gabriella.Robison@med.usc.edu   

  • COVID Recovery Clinic
  • Emergency medicine
  • Endocrinology and diabetes
  • Family medicine
  • Heart health
  • Infectious diseases
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • OB/GYN
  • Orthopaedics and sports medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Spine
  • Surgery
  • Transplant
  • USC Arcadia Hospital 
 
Laura Nuño 

Specialist, Media Relations 

Laura.Nuno@med.usc.edu

  • Anesthesiology
  • Dermatology
  • Digestive Health
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Hepatology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pathology
  • Pulmonology
  • Sleep medicine
  • Toxicology
  • USC Verdugo Hills Hospital 
 
Tatiana Overly

Manager, Health System Communications

Tatiana.Overly@med.usc.edu

  • Special projects
  • Writer/editor
 

For Film & Television Filming Requests

Jessica Reynolds

Filming Coordinator

Jessica.Reynolds@med.usc.edu  

 

Contact Keck School of Medicine of USC Media Relations 

To coordinate interviews pertaining to Keck School of Medicine student events, issues, Office of the Dean or other faculty queries at the Keck School, please visit this page.