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Campus FilesUSC's Drug Peddling Dean
In 2016, a woman overdosed on meth in a Pasadena hotel room. The man who provided the drugs: Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the dean of USC’s Keck School of Medicine. As one reporter at the Los Angeles Times fought to expose the truth, he encountered a power structure that made publishing the story all but impossible.Read Paul's book about this story: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250824103/badcity/
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2025-04-3035 min
Crime Writers On...True Crime ReviewFallen AngelsWorkers discover a young woman has overdosed in a hotel room filled with drugs and a video camera, but the police never take any action against the older man who was with her. After getting a tip, LA Times investigative reporter Paul Pringle learns the man is Doctor Carmen Puliafito, the dean of USC’s medical school, who’s been living a secret life of hard drugs and coercive sex with the victim. Pringle and his colleagues are stonewalled by Pasadena police and the administration at USC. But once they uncover enough to print an explosive story about Puliafito and...
2024-06-1045 min
Fallen Angels: A Story of California CorruptionEpisode 3: Company MenWith rock solid reporting that proves Carmen Puliafito was involved in the incident at the Hotel Constance, Paul and his editor take the story to the top brass at the LA Times. But the story is slow-walked, then killed by the top editors at the paper. And Paul starts to wonder: is it possible that his own paper doesn’t have the stomach to take on the powerful and influential USC? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-04-1129 minFallen Angels: A Story of California CorruptionEpisode 1: The Hotel ConstanceAn unconscious young woman in a room full of drugs: that’s the scene at the Hotel Constance in Pasadena, California. But when the hotel manager tries to call 911, the woman’s much older companion tells him that won’t be necessary – he’s a doctor. The manager makes the call anyway. And yet, when the police and paramedics arrive, this so-called doctor simply…walks away. And then the hotel manager learns who this man is: his name is Carmen Puliafito, and he’s the dean of the medical school at the University of Southern California (USC).See omnystudio...
2024-03-2830 min
DoctorPodcasts || Cykiert FilesOphthalmologist & Retina Specialist, Carmen Puliafito, M.D.Carmen Puliafito, MD, MBA discusses inventing Optical Coherence Tomography - critical technology for diagnosing/treating #eyes #ophthalmology disease. Also former Chair, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute & Dean, Keck School of Medicine USC. https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638169…. Watch Dr. Puliafito's Podcast https://RetinaSynthesis.com/interviews-webviews-webinars/
2023-12-0933 min
News EnginePulitzer Prize winning reporter and 'Bad City' author Paul PringleLuzerne County native and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Times reporter Paul Pringle talks about investigative journalism and his new book, Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels.The true-crime events that lead to the investigation into USC School of Medicine Dean Dr. Carmen Puliafito are a shocking tale of drugs, sex, corruption, and several failed systems.Paul discusses the reporting process, the behind-the-scenes story of why his editors would not publish his story about crime and corruption at the University of Southern California, the future of journalism, and a potential Hollywood deal...
2022-11-0137 min
Behind the Mic With Kirkus ReviewsBAD CITY by Paul Pringle, read by Robert PetkoffRobert Petkoff is especially effective narrating Paul Pringle’s scathing takedown of the Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss this investigation into the overdose death of Sarah Warren, who was entangled with the Dean of the Keck School of Medicine, Carmen Puliafito. His own editors at the Times didn’t want him to run afoul of the University, and with Petkoff at the helm this no-holds-barred account makes for dramatic listening.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Macmillan Audio.
2022-09-2807 min
California Sun PodcastMatt Doig responds to Paul PringleMatt Doig was the assistant managing editor of investigations for the L.A. Times when Paul Pringle pursued his story about disgraced USC medical school dean Dr. Carmen Puliafito. Doig takes issue with some of the assertions in Pringle's recent book "Bad City," and wrote about them several weeks ago in a Medium post entitled "Sex, Meth, Lies and Journalism." Last week on the California Sun Podcast, we spoke with Pringle about the evolution of his story and his interactions with Times editors. We felt it was worthwhile to give Doig an opportunity to tell his side of the...
2022-08-1730 min
Embrace The Eye-Opening Full Audiobook Experience!Bad City by Paul PringlePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/86431to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bad City
Author: Paul Pringle
Narrator: Robert Petkoff
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 07-19-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 406 ratings
Genres: Journalists, Editors & Publishers
Publisher's Summary:
On a cool, overcast afternoon in April 2016, a salacious tip arrived at the L.A. Times that reporter Paul Pringle thought should have taken, at most, a few weeks to check out: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one of the University of Southern California’s shiniest stars—Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical school. Prin...
2022-07-199h 48
Retina SynthesisSpotlight on Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, Associate Professor, USC Roski Eye InstituteDr. Carmen Puliafito interviews Andrew Moshfeghi, MD on a topic: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Delivery by Hydrogel for Treatment of Wet AMD
2021-03-0712 minRetina SynthesisFocus on Carl Regillo, MD, and PDS SystemJoin us as Dr. Carmen Puliafito joins in a discussion with Carl Regillo, MD, Director of Retina Serivce, Wills Eye Institute on the topic of Phase 3 Results from the Port Delivery System (PDS) Phase 3 Trial.
2021-03-0716 minRetina SynthesisDr. Carmen Puliafito Interviews Charles Wykoff MD, PhD: Faricimab Results in DME & nAMDJoin us as Dr. Carmen Puliafito and Charles Wykoff MD, PhD speak about the results. 1 of 3 total parts to "Interpreting Faricimab Phase 3 Data in DME & nAMD"
2021-03-0715 minRetina SynthesisSpotlight on Dr. Adam Rogers CEO of Hemera BiosciencesJoin Dr. Carmen Puliafito and Adam Rogers, MD in a discussion on Hemera Biosciences's approach in treating Geographic atrophy.
2021-03-0615 minRetina SynthesisDr. Philip Rosenfeld Looks at the Future of Macular DegenerationDr. Philip Rosenfeld of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute joins Dr. Charles Wykoff and Dr. Carmen Puliafito in a wide ranging discussion on what every clinician needs to know about macular degeneration.
2021-03-0613 minRetina SynthesisDr. Philip Rosenfeld Looks at the Future of Macular Degeneration Part 2Dr. Philip Rosenfeld of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute joins Dr. Charles Wykoff and Dr. Carmen Puliafito furthering questions about geographic atrophy and the future of retina imaging.
2021-03-0619 minRetina SynthesisFocus on Dr. Jay S. Duker and EyePoint PharmaceuticalsJoin us in a discussion with Jay S. Duker, MD Chief Strategic Scientific Officer of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. Director of New England Eye Center, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine with our moderator Dr. Carmen Puliafito.
2021-03-0419 minRetina SynthesisFocus on Dr. Karl Csaky and Vinci PharmaceuticalsJoin us in a discussion with Dr. Karl Csaky CEO of Retina Foundation of the Southwest also Co-Founder of Vinci Pharmaceuticals with our moderator Dr. Carmen Puliafito.
2021-02-2625 min
IRE RadioThe Dean’s Double LifeAn anonymous tip led the Los Angeles Times to a shocking revelation about the University of Southern California’s medical school dean, an internationally renowned physician. Faculty and staff had complained for years about dean Carmen Puliafito’s conduct, but it wasn’t until the Times uncovered his secret drug use and partying that he was removed from the university. On this week’s episode, Paul Pringle of the L.A. Times takes us through his investigation into the dean’s double life.
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2018-05-2116 min