UCSF Med School under fire from Sen. Grassley - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The June 17 story, by Jamews Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful SenateFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supplyg documents on federal fundinbg over the last five years, including details of an external revie by the KPMG accountin g firm. “If the financial integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter to the according tothe L.A. Times, “I am worried that similatr problems regarding taxpayer dollarz may also exist at other campuses withinn theUC system, such as UC UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in during a continuinbg feud between UCSF and Davis Kessler, former dean of its medical who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administratiob underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medicalo school’s financial reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was firefd inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislex about the school’s finances.” Kesslefr has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seekingh to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and the Times reported. Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC President Mark according tothe Times.
UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the Nationall Institutesof Health, with $383 million goingf to the medical school, whicb is also seeking a big chunk of federal stimulusx funding. University officials have said Kessler was firesdfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article notes, but they’re treatinfg him as a whistleblower. Kessler’s lawsuir has been stayed pendingb the conclusion of an administrative the Timesreport said.
In a comment providex Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided information to Grassley’s office on the financial issue s in question and that Kessler’s allegationxs have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigateds at the University’s expense. Those investigationxs “have found no evidence whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the bookss and records ofthe ,” UC said in its written UC officials also noted that a review releaserd in March 2008 by the U.S.
Department of Healthh and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector Generalk found thatUCSF “had compliedr with all Federal regulations for claiming reimbursementr for administrative and clerical expenses” connected to the NIH