Full Coverage: The secret life of former USC med school dean Carmen Puliafito
Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito’s skill as an eye surgeon was matched by a gift for attracting money and talent to the Keck School of Medicine at USC. But there was another side to Puliafito, who resigned as the school’s dean last year.
During his tenure, Puliafito kept company with a circle of criminals and drug users who said he used methamphetamine and other drugs with them, a Times investigation has found. Photos and videos captured some of their exploits.
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USC entered into a secret legal settlement with the family of a young woman who had a drug-fueled relationship with the university’s medical dean, Carmen Puliafito, The Times has learned.
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The case of the death of newborn Boaz Yoder plunged detectives into the murky world of USC’s ex-medical school dean, Carmen Puliafito.
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Confronted by scandal after scandal, University of Southern California leaders have followed a familiar pattern: Express shock and disappointment, call for an investigation to root out the school’s failings — and then keep mum on the findings of those investigations.
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The state agency that regulates physicians on Friday ordered USC’s former medical school dean stripped of his license to practice medicine, citing “an appalling lack of judgment†in his use of drugs and association with a circle of addicts and criminals while leading the major institution.
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The administrative trial to determine whether former USC medical school dean Carmen Puliafito should be allowed to continue practicing medicine wrapped up Friday, ending a days-long hearing that recapped in dramatic fashion his double life of hard drug use.
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A former vice dean of USC’s Keck School of Medicine testified Tuesday that he feared the school’s then-dean, Dr.
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An attorney representing former USC medical school dean Carmen Puliafito acknowledged at a state medical board hearing Wednesday that the physician used hard drugs while employed by the university, but argued that the doctor has been in recovery for months and should be allowed to practice medicine.
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The man who called for an ambulance at an Altadena apartment last fall had the calm and direct manner of one familiar with healthcare emergencies.
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For years, the troubling reports circulated among the faculty of USC’s Keck School of Medicine: Their dean had a drinking problem.
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The exit of a second dean at USC’s Keck School of Medicine over inappropriate behavior brought shock and outrage to the campus Friday and demands that university leadership explain what went wrong.
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After the dean of USC’s medical school resigned last year amid long-running complaints about his drinking and boorish treatment of colleagues, university leaders assured students and faculty that his successor would be worthy of respect.
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The Medical Board of California has suspended the license of former USC medical school dean Carmen Puliafito pending a final decision on his fitness to practice medicine.
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For Dr. Carmen Puliafito and a group of younger people he befriended, life was a photo-op.
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Facing criticism over his department’s handling of a drug overdose involving the then-dean of USC’s medical school, Pasadena’s police chief this week issued a directive reminding officers they must promptly file reports on overdose investigations.
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Hello, we’re the Los Angeles Times team who reported the story about the former dean of USC’s medical school, Dr.
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USC faced a choice five years ago: Keep Dr.
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I don’t want to make too much of the fact that the word “scandal†begins with SC, but the current midsummer drama at the University of Southern California is certainly not the first in recent years.
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Four days after The Times published a story about drug use by the then-dean of USC’s medical school, the university announced it was moving to fire Dr.
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By now you probably know the details. Dr.
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Faced with mounting questions and anger on campus, USC announced Friday that it was hiring an ex-federal prosecutor to investigate a report by The Times that the former dean of the university’s medical school associated with criminals and drug abusers and used methamphetamine and other drugs with them.
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The union that represents the Pasadena police officer who was disciplined for not filing a prompt report on a drug overdose witnessed by the then-dean of USC’s medical school is conducting a legal review of the incident, the labor organization said Thursday.
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Addressing scores of bewildered and at times angry students, the dean of USC’s medical school said Wednesday that the university had launched multiple internal investigations into the conduct of his predecessor after The Times reported that he associated with criminals and drug abusers who told of using methamphetamine and other drugs with him.
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The Medical Board of California confirmed Wednesday that it was investigating a report in the Los Angeles Times that USC’s former medical school dean abused drugs and associated with criminals and drug users.
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Acknowledging widespread concern on campus, USC President C.L.
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The former dean of USC’s medical school is on leave and is no longer seeing patients after the Los Angeles Times reported that he associated with criminals and drug users who said he abused methamphetamine and other drugs, university officials said Monday.
