Dr. jacek pinski, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Pinski is a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine and the GU Clinical Program Chair in the Division of Medical Oncology at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he combines clinical care with basic, translational and clinical research on prostate cancer. He completed medical school and earned his PhD in Frankfurt, Germany before coming to the U.S. in 1990, to work at the Tulane University in New Orleans, with Nobel laureate Andrew Schally, MD, one of the pioneers of hormonal therapy in oncology.

From 1998 until his move to California in 2001, Dr. Pinski received continued clinical training in Medical Oncology at the Baltimore Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he collaborated with John Isaacs, PhD, another respected figure in prostate cancer research. His publications comprise more than 120 articles in the field of prostate cancer research, and he has been the recipient of multiple awards and grants from the NCI, DOD and ACS. Dr. Pinski current areas of research are prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer, drug development related to immunotherapy, dietary interventions and art therapy in cancer patients.

More recently, Dr. Pinski co-founded the Institute for Arts in Medicine (I_AM) at USC which seeks to design, deploy and assess creative therapies in patient care, converging different forms of art with science and medicine

Dr. jeffrey i. gold, ph.d.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Keck School of Medicine, USC

Jeffrey I. Gold, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Dr. Gold, a licensed clinical psychologist, is Director Emeritus and Founder of the Pediatric Pain Management Clinic within the comprehensive interdisciplinary Pain Medicine Division in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). He is the director of the Biobehavioral Pain Lab, current Director and co-founder of the USC Institute for Integrative Health & Wellness, Chair for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the Saban Research Institute at CHLA, and faculty within the Pediatric Psychology specialization at CHLA.

Dr. Gold is actively engaged in the evaluation and utility of integrative medicine practices (acupuncture, massage, yoga, mindfulness, biofeedback), digital therapeutics (i.e., virtual reality, digital mobile applications, virtual care) focused on patients, their families, and healthcare providers targeting health and mental health outcomes (i.e., reducing stress, pain, anxiety, psychological distress), while increasing comfort, satisfaction, and overall positive health outcomes and wellness.