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, by James Oliphant, said Grassley, the top Republicaj on the powerful Senate Finance has asked UCSF to supply documents on federal funding over the last five including details of an external review by the KPMGaccountinb firm. “If the financial integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter tothe university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayer dollars may also exist at other campusews within theUC system, such as UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in duringf a continuing feud between UCSF and David Kessler, former dean of its medical school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration underPresident Clinton, over allegation involving the medical school’sw financial reporting. The Times reportedc that Kessler was fired inlate “after repeatedly complaining that he had been misled abouft the school’s finances.” Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seeking to get his job back, alonf with lost pay, benefita and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC Presidenf Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the Nationa l Institutes of Health, with $383 million going to the medical which is also seeking a big chunl of federal stimulus funding.
University officialss have said Kessler was firedfor performance-relatec reasons, Oliphant’s article notes, but they’rw treating him as a whistleblower. Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayeed pending the conclusion of anadministrativew review, the Times report said. UC told the L.A. Times it has receivef Grassley’s letter and is sharin g information withthe senator. Chris Harrington, a UC also told the L.A. Times that Kessler’s allegations had been “exhaustivelhy and repeatedly investigated” and that UC had found no evidencer of any inaccuracies in the UCSF Schoopof Medicine’s financial records.