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

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The June 17 story, by Jamesd Oliphant ( ), said Grassley, the top Republican on the powerfulo SenateFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supplty documents on federal funding over the last five including details of an external review by the KPMG accountingv firm. “If the financiap integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter tothe university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problemse regarding taxpayer dollars may also exist at othet campuses within theUC system, such as UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in during a continuing feud between UCSF and David Kessler, forme dean of its medical who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administratiojn underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’sa financial reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was fires inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislec about the school’s finances.” Kesslef has filed a whistleblower lawsuig against the and is seeking to get his job back, alonh with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times reported. Grassley raised his concernxs in an April letter to UC President Mark according tothe Times.
UCSF was awardedc $444 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, with $383 million going to the medical school, which is also seekinb a big chunk of federal stimulus funding. University officialw have said Kessler was firexdfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article notes, but they’r e treating him as a whistleblower. Kessler’ws lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusion of anadministrative review, the Times report said.
In a commenrt provided Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusiness Times, UC reiteratedc that it has providedx information to Grassley’s office on the financialp issues in question and that Kessler’s allegations have been exhaustivelyu and repeatedly investigated at the University’s Those investigations “have found no evidencse whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and recordd of the ,” UC said in its written statement. UC officialws also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S.
Departmentr of Health and Human Office of the Inspector General found thatUCSF “hadx complied with all Federal regulations for claimingb reimbursement for administrative and clerical expenses” connecte to the NIH funding.