USC/Norris Cancer Hospital

What USC/Norris Cancer Hospital does

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, established in 1973 and designated as an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1977, operates as an integrated cancer research, treatment, and prevention platform within the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine. The center runs a 60-bed inpatient hospital at 1441 Eastlake Avenue in Los Angeles and delivers outpatient cancer care through nine additional locations across Southern California, including Irvine, Newport Beach, Buena Park, and Koreatown. Its research enterprise spans five major programs — Tumor Immunology & Microenvironment, Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer, Translational and Clinical Sciences, Cancer Epidemiology, and Cancer Control Research — supported by eight shared resource cores covering Flow Cytometry, Liquid Biopsy, Molecular Genomics, Translational Pathology, Data Science, Population Research, Preclinical Models, and Glass Wash/Autoclave facilities. The center employs 250+ physicians and scientists, with 200 faculty members spanning 42 departments and 7 USC schools, and conducts 150+ active oncology clinical trials.

The business model is a nonprofit academic medical center revenue mix: clinical patient care delivered through Keck Medicine of USC; federal research funding including NCI P30 cancer center support grants, program project grants, and training grants; and philanthropic donations across individual, foundation, corporate, estate, and planned giving channels. Patient acquisition relies on healthcare provider referrals, direct appointment requests, clinical trial recruitment, and an extensive community outreach footprint including the IMPACT Program, Promotores contra el Cancer, and the NCI National Outreach Network Community Health Educator program targeting underserved populations in Los Angeles County. Specialized programs include the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program (with Children's Hospital Los Angeles and LA County Hospital), the Eileen McGeever Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, the Center for Cancer Drug Development, and the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention.

As one of the original NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers with ~48 years of designation, USC Norris holds strong institutional positioning in the U.S. cancer care market, recently recognized in the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals survey. It is governed by USC's Board of Trustees and operated through the Keck School of Medicine under executive leadership including Director Dr. Caryn Lerman, with no private equity, venture, or public-market ownership.

Name

USC/Norris Cancer Hospital

Legal name

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Website

https://uscnorriscancer.usc.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI-designated nonprofit academic cancer center within USC's Keck School of Medicine that delivers integrated cancer research, inpatient and outpatient clinical care, and 150+ clinical trials to patients across Southern California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oncology Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Other Outpatient Care Centers (62149)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital-Integrated Cancer Centers (Acute Oncology Programs) (HLAFAAAM), Ambulatory Oncology Centers (Outpatient Chemo/Radiation) (HLAFABAI), Medical Oncology (HLAKAFAB), Surgical Oncology (HLAKAFAG)

Keywords

• Cancer treatment services
• Clinical oncology trials
• Cancer research programs
• Patient cancer care
• Community cancer outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Clinical care services provided to cancer patients including treatment, diagnostics, and survivorship care at USC Norris Cancer Hospital and outpatient facilities.
2. Research Grants and Funding: NCI-designated cancer center receives federal research grants including P30 cancer center support grants, program project grants, and training grants.
3. Philanthropic Donations: Donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations supporting cancer research and patient care. Multiple giving options including online, phone, mail, matching gifts, donor advised funds, wire transfers, stocks/securities, IRA charitable rollovers, estate/planned gifts, and cy pres awards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

USC Norris Cancer Hospital, part of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, delivers inpatient and outpatient cancer care through a 60-bed hospital and multiple outpatient locations across Southern California. As an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, it also runs more than 150 active oncology clinical trials and operates five interdisciplinary research programs backed by shared resource cores (flow cytometry, liquid biopsy, molecular genomics, translational pathology, data science, population research, and preclinical models).

Product overview

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that operates as a single integrated platform offering cancer research, clinical care, clinical trials, and community outreach. The organization provides five major research programs (Tumor Immunology & Microenvironment, Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer, Translational and Clinical Sciences, Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Control Research) supported by eight shared resource cores (Flow Cytometry, Liquid Biopsy, Molecular Genomics, Translational Pathology, Data Science, Population Research, Preclinical Models, Glass Wash/Autoclave). Patient care services are delivered through Keck Medicine of USC, while specialized programs include the Cancer Navigator, Center for Cancer Drug Development, Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, AYA Cancer Program, and NON-CHE Program for community health education. Additional support services include biorepositories, the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library, and various community wellness programs like Trojans Adelante.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patient Care Services Personalized, patient-centered cancer care including treatment, diagnostics, and survivorship support delivered through the 60-bed USC Norris Cancer Hospital and outpatient locations for individual cancer patients.
• Clinical Trials Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 48 years as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• Tower Cancer Research FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnered in organizing the inaugural bilingual Community Cancer Conference on Innovative Research and Precision Oncology Treatments.
• Lippin FamilymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnered with USC Norris and Tower Cancer Research Foundation for the Community Cancer Conference on Innovative Research and Precision Oncology Treatments.
• Lazarex Cancer FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Community partner for the inaugural Community Cancer Conference supporting underserved patient community in Los Angeles.
• American Heart AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in the USC Adelante/A Tu Salud Food Distribution Partnership Program addressing food insecurity for patients and community members.
• YMCAmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in food distribution program providing food 5 days a week at YMCA Weingart in Boyle Heights for individuals facing food insecurity.
• White Memorial HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in expanded food distribution program during COVID-19 pandemic.
• Clinica RomerominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in expanded food distribution program during COVID-19 pandemic.
• Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018NCI-funded partnership between USC Norris, University of Florida, and Florida A&M University addressing cancer disparities with focus on prostate and pancreatic cancer among African Americans and Latinos. Trains URM faculty and graduate/post-doctoral trainees.
• Clinica Oscar RomerocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Community health partner for the C4-SPA4 Promotores Outreach Program providing free cancer education to approximately 600 residents annually.
• Children's Hospital Los AngelescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Collaborative partner in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program, representing a collaboration between USC Norris, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, CHLA, and Los Angeles County Hospital.
• Los Angeles County HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Partner in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program collaboration.
• Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer PreventioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-based cancer prevention center providing services to local communities as part of USC Norris outreach efforts.
• ORIEN (Oncology Research Information Exchange Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative network of cancer research institutions sharing data and accelerating discoveries through coordinated research efforts.
• Jennifer Diamond FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation that funded the Patient Education and Outreach Center and Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library at USC Norris, created to help others by providing resources to cancer patients and families.
• National Outreach Network (NON)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCI-supported program providing community health educators to deliver HPV education and clinical trial awareness workshops in Los Angeles County.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center with a major hospital, clinical trials, and research programs in the greater Los Angeles market — a direct competitor for patients, faculty, and trial sponsorship.
• Stanford Cancer Institute: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at Stanford with comparable academic medical-center structure, translational research programs, and clinical trial portfolio in California.
• UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, also located in Los Angeles and offering overlapping research programs, clinical trials, and inpatient/outpatient cancer services to a similar patient base in Southern California.
• Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center operating a dedicated cancer hospital, research programs, and clinical trials; a structurally similar standalone academic cancer center for benchmarking scale and operations.
• Northwestern Medicine Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute / Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern; the CAO at USC Norris previously held senior academic administration positions at Northwestern, providing a direct operational and structural comparison point.
• UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC San Diego with parallel research programs (immunology, genomics), clinical trials, and community outreach; the CAO at USC Norris previously held a senior role here.

Broad incumbents

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: NCI-designated cancer center affiliated with UW Medicine with major research programs in immunotherapy and translational sciences; comparable in research depth and clinical trial pipeline.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Largest standalone NCI-designated cancer center with an extensive clinical trials portfolio and specialty oncology hospital; a national benchmark peer for translational research and clinical operations.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Samuel Oschin Cancer Center): Large Los Angeles academic medical center operating a cancer program with hospital beds, outpatient oncology, and clinical research; competes for the same regional patient base across a broader service portfolio.
• MD Anderson Cancer Center: NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center with the largest cancer hospital bed count and trial volume in the US; senior Norris leadership previously worked at MD Anderson, and it represents the scale benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/uscnorris
• Facebookfacebook.com/uscnorriscancercenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/uscnorriscancercenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/usc-norris-comprehensive-cancer-center

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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