The secret life of USC med school dean (drugs and hookers)

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An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of 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.

During his tenure as dean, Puliafito kept company with a circle of criminals and drug users who said he used methamphetamine and other drugs with them, a Los Angeles Times investigation found.

Puliafito, 66, and these much younger acquaintances captured their exploits in photos and videos. The Times reviewed dozens of the images.

Shot in 2015 and 2016, they show Puliafito and the others partying in hotel rooms, cars, apartments and the dean’s office at USC.

In one video, a tuxedo-clad Puliafito displays an orange pill on his tongue and says into the camera, “Thought I’d take an ecstasy before the ball.” Then he swallows the pill.

In another, Puliafito uses a butane torch to heat a large glass pipe outfitted for methamphetamine use. He inhales and then unleashes a thick plume of white smoke. Seated next to him on a sofa, a young woman smokes heroin from a piece of heated foil.

Read more at:

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-doctor-20170717-htmlstory.html

[get the red out]

1. I read that last week

I found it fascinating. I hope Discovery ID does one of those "Who the Bleep?" type shows about at sometime.

[left-of-center2012]

2. There was another article yesterday

"USC received more than a year of questions about former medical school dean's conduct before scandal broke"

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethics-20170723-story.html

[Cicada]

3. Young woman may be girlfriend, not hooker

He's pretty well preserved, rich, smart charming. Clearly a lot of fun. So maybe the woman is a friend, not a hooker.

He seems to have been excellent at his job, raised massive amounts for the school, made important medical advances.

Sounds like a Gregory House, MD kind of doctor.

[left-of-center2012]

4. If you read the article ...

Says she was a prostitute and he paid for her apartment, bills, fines, etc and gave her lots of money.