USC Receives $25 Million for Department of Otolaryngology

The University of Southern California has announced a $25 million gift from alumnus and trustee Rick J. Caruso and his wife, Tina, to endow its department of otolaryngology's division of head and neck surgery.

The newly renamed USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery serves patients facing a range of conditions affecting the head and neck, including cancer, thyroid disease, facial paralysis, chronic sinusitis, and tumors of the cranial base. In addition, the gift will endow and name the department's affiliated treatment center for young children with severe hearing loss, and enable the USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication to expand its research, testing, and therapies that help children to hear.