Exploits Of Former USC Medical School’s Dean Come To Light
The Los Angeles Times investigates Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito's behavior during his tenure as the dean of the Keck School of Medicine.
Los Angeles Times:
An Overdose, A Young Companion, Drug-Fueled Parties: The Secret Life Of Then-USC Med School Dean
In USC’s lecture halls, labs and executive offices, Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito was a towering figure. The dean of the Keck School of Medicine was a renowned eye surgeon whose skill in the operating room was matched by a gift for attracting money and talent to the university.There was another side to the Harvard-educated physician. (Pringle, Ryan, Elmahrek, Hamilton and Parvini, 7/17)
In other news on health care professionals —
The Mercury News:
Some Bay Area Doctors Learning To Navigate California's Physician-Aid-In-Dying Law
Based on Oregon’s experience with its two-decade-old law, Compassion & Choices, a group that advocates nationally for aid-in-dying laws, had predicted that about 1,500 lethal prescriptions would be written in California during the law’s first year — and that about two-thirds of the medications would actually be ingested. Bay Area physicians of all stripes — both those participating in the new law and those who vehemently object to it — point to a confluence of factors that might explain the relatively low number of Californians using the law. (Seipel, 7/16)
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Shared Language, Culture Helps Immigrant Physician Care For San Diego's Underserved
In San Diego County and many areas of the nation, that kind of doctor-patient relationship can be hard to come by for immigrants or non-English speakers. For example, in San Diego County, Hispanics make up about a third of the population, according to census data. But only about four percent of the county’s physicians are Hispanic, according to 2013 data from the Medical Board of California...To help curb that disparity, Dr. Patrick Dowling of the University of California Los Angeles helped found a program that trains Spanish-speaking immigrants who went to medical school in other countries under the condition that they work in California for several years in areas with doctor shortages, particularly those that have communities of Spanish-speaking patients. (Morrissey, 7/16)