Integration & Physician Issues

An investigation conducted for The Medical Board of California revealed former Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen Puliafito, MD, "would return to his medical office to see patients within hours of using methamphetamine," the Los Angeles…

  Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System hosted a "mini medical school" event Oct. 17 to allow high school students the opportunity to learn more about the medical profession, according to WNEP-16 News.

An estimated 70 percent of black physicians said they have heard biased comments from patients, according to a joint study conducted by Medscape.

Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, emphasized that physician burnout is a systemic issue the industry must address, according to a Stanford Medicine blog post.

Madison-based University of Wisconsin Medical School and Public Health leaders are warning that the state's proposed bill limiting abortion training "would cost the school its OB/GYN accreditation," according to the Wisconsin Public Radio.

Robert McNamara, MD, professor and chair of the emergency medicine department at Philadelphia-based Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, credits his success as a young physician to his participation in dragon boat competitions, according to The Temple News.

Former UCSF employee Todd Senigar filed a third lawsuit against university regents Monday, alleging he was fired from his position at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Calif.) in 2012 for previously retaliating against UCSF, according to The Daily Californian.

A New Jersey physician is facing criminal charges after police discovered he had been practicing medicine without a valid license for at least 13 years, according to the New Jersey Herald.

The National Academy of Medicine named five healthcare professionals recipients of the 2017 NAM Fellowship program Oct. 16.

The Chicago Department of Aviation fired two of the four security officers involved in an incident in which a Kentucky physician was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight, according to a report from the City of Chicago Office of…