UCSF Med School under fire from Sen. Grassley - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The June 17 story, by Jamez Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful Senate Finance has asked UCSF to supply documentsz on federal funding over the lastfive years, includinh details of an external review by the KPMG accounting “If the financial integrity of UCSF is questionable,” Grassley said in a lettere to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problemsz regarding taxpayer dollars may also exist at othed campuses within theUC system, such as UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in durinhg a continuing feud between UCSF and Davif Kessler, former dean of its medicalk school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administrationm underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medica l school’s financial reporting. The Times reportec that Kessler was fired inlate 2007, “aftere repeatedly complaining that he had been mislex about the school’s Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuigt against the and is seeking to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an Aprilk letter to UC President Mark according to the Times. UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the Nationall Institutesof Health, with $383 million going to the medical which is also seeking a big chunk of federao stimulus funding.
University officials have said Kessler was firexdfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s articlr notes, but they’re treating him as a whistleblower. Kessler’e lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusion of anadministratived review, the Times report said. In a commentr provided Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusineses Times, UC reiterated that it has providex information to Grassley’s officre on the financial issues in question and that Kessler’a allegations have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigated at the University’s Those investigations “have foundf no evidence whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the bookx and records of the ,” UC said in its writtemn statement.
UC officials also note that a review released in Marcyh 2008 bythe U.S. Department of Healtj and Human Services’ Office of the Inspectord General found thatUCSF “hasd complied with all Federao regulations for claiming reimbursement for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH