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Secret double life of Carmen Puliafito, ex-USC med school dean, ‘exposed’ – celebrated eye surgeon did ‘meth and ecstasy, partied with criminals, quit his job after prostitute, 21, overdosed on meth in his hotel room’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>The double life of ex-USC med school dean&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>Dr Carmen Puliafito&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>exposed in report<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong> Puliafito&comma; 66&comma; abruptly resigned as dean of the University of Southern California&&num;8217&semi;s medicine school in March last year<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong> Report said Med school dean  did &&num;8216&semi;meth and ecstasy&comma; partied with criminals <&sol;strong> <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>His resignation came weeks after 21-year-old prostitute&comma; Sarah Warren&comma; overdosed in his Pasadena&comma; Calif&period; hotel room<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>An LA Times investigation subsequently uncovered the married surgeon&&num;8217&semi;s sordid history of alleged drug taking and partying&comma; with younger people&comma; prostitutes and criminals <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>His secret life was chronicled in photos and video shot between 2015 and 2016 by his drug-related friends<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Footage allegedly shows the high-flying socialite taking pills and smoking from glass meth pipes<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-214471" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;dr-carmen-puliafito-3&period;png" alt&equals;"Dr Carmen Puliafito 3" width&equals;"645" height&equals;"543" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;High profile administrator&comma; Dr Carmen Puliafito&comma; the former dean of the University of Southern California&&num;8217&semi;s medicine school still had time to lead a risque&DiacriticalAcute; double life&comma; it has been revealed<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The former dean of the University of Southern California&&num;8217&semi;s medicine school has a history of partying with young criminals and allegedly taking meth and ecstasy with them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;An investigation by the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;local&sol;california&sol;la-me-usc-doctor-20170717-htmlstory&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Los Angeles Times<&sol;a> uncovered the sordid history of Dr Carmen Puliafito&comma; 66&comma; who abruptly quit his job last year soon after a 21-year-old woman overdosed in his Pasadena hotel room&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dr&period; Carmen Puliafito&comma; 66&comma; is no stranger to juggling the tasks high profile administration posts&period; He was head of the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute from 2001 to 2007&comma; before moving on to USC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But according to a bombshell report published Sunday in the Los Angeles Times&comma; Puliafito led a double life that included doing drugs in hotel rooms with people much younger than him&period; He resigned as dean of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine in March 2016&period; Three weeks prior&comma; a 21-year-old woman overdosed in Puliafito’s presence in a Southern California hotel room&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The woman&comma; named as Sarah Warren&comma; was rushed to hospital after the overdose in March 2016 and was able to recover&period; Police found meth in the hotel room but no one was ever arrested&comma; no charges were preferred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-214501" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;sarah-warren-and-dr-carmen-puliafito-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Sarah Warren and Dr Carmen Puliafito 2&period;png" width&equals;"766" height&equals;"464" &sol;><strong>21-year-old prostitute<&sol;strong> <strong>Sarah Warren &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was rushed from Carmen Puliafito &&num;8216&semi;s hotel room to hospital after the overdose in March 2016&period; She recovered&comma; though police found meth in the hotel room&comma; no charges were brought <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The summary of the LA Times report is that Carmen Puliafito&comma; the former dean of the University of Southern California&&num;8217&semi;s medicine school&comma; has a history of partying and allegedly taking meth and ecstasy with criminals<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">He resigned as dean of Keck School of Medicine three weeks later after a witness to the overdose informed police and USC of Puliafito&&num;8217&semi;s behavior&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Puliafito&&num;8217&semi;s secret life was chronicled in photos and video shot between 2015 and 2016 by his drug-related friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;nextpuliafito-right-is-pictured-standing-to-calif-governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-at-the-opening-a-usc-clinic-in-2010&period;png&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"nextPuliafito &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; is pictured standing to Calif&period; governor&comma; Arnold Schwarzenegger at the opening a USC clinic in 2010" width&equals;"685" height&equals;"374" &sol;><strong>Dean Carmen Puliafito &lbrack;right&rsqb; standing next to then California governor&comma; Arnold Schwarzenegger at the opening a USC clinic in 2010<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug">According to the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;local&sol;california&sol;la-me-usc-doctor-20170717-htmlstory&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">LA Times<&sol;a> report&comma; Puliafito kept company with a circle of criminals and drug users who said the doctor used methamphetamine and other drugs with them&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>His double life was chronicled in numerous photos and videos&comma; taken in 2015 and 2016 and reviewed by the Times&comma; of Puliafito taking pills and smoking from glass pipes — used to consume methamphetamine — with people who were much younger&period; The photos and videos have not been published&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The footage&comma; reviewed by the Times&comma; allegedly shows him taking pills and smoking from glass meth pipes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It showed the renowned eye surgeon partying with others in hotel rooms&comma; cars and even the dean&&num;8217&semi;s office at USC&period; Puliafito was also filmed heating a glass meth pipe&comma; inhaling and blowing out white smoke&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was filmed once showing an orange pill on his tongue before he swallowed it and said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Thought I&&num;8217&semi;d take an ecstasy before the ball&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-214563" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;sarah-warren-partied-with-carmen-puliafito&period;png" alt&equals;"Sarah Warren partied with Carmen Puliafito&period;png" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"390" &sol;>Sarah Warren met Carmen Puliafito in early 2015&period; She claims they had been partying at the Hotel Constance in Pasadena&comma; Calif&period; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; when a dose of the drug GHB left her &&num;8220&semi;completely incapacitated&period;&&num;8221&semi; A hotel employee called 911&period;&comma; fortunately she recovered<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The drug overdose patient&comma; Sarah Warren&comma; said she met Puliafito while working as a prostitute in 2015&period; They saw each other regularly and she claims they would often spend the night together in hotel rooms he paid for&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When she overdosed&comma; Puliafito told the 911 operator he was a doctor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;My girlfriend here had a bunch of drinks and she&&num;8217&semi;s sleeping&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told the dispatcher&period; When asked if the woman had taken anything else&comma; he replied&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I think just the alcohol&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-214544" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;keck-school-of-medicine-usc-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Keck School of Medicine&comma; USC 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"2048" height&equals;"1151" &sol;>Carmen Puliafito&comma; the socialite dean abruptly quit his job at Keck School of Medicine in March 2016 shortly after a 21-year-old Sarah Warren overdosed in his Pasadena hotel room<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-214540" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;dr-carmen-puliafito-7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Dr Carmen Puliafito 7&period;jpg" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"845" &sol;>A man used to working the social scene In this 2003 photograph&comma; Dr&period; Carmen Puliafito is &lbrack;second from the right&rsqb; is shown at a gala when he was head of the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute from&comma; 2001 to 2007&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>Several men&comma; most with criminal convictions&comma; said Warren had introduced them to Puliafito&period; They claimed he had given them drugs like meth while they partied&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Puliafito&comma; who is married with three children&comma; oversaw hundreds of medical students&comma; professors research grants as dean of USC&&num;8217&semi;s med school&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was also heavily involved in fundraising and attended star-studded USC galas where he would pose behind celebrities&comma; including Jay Leno&comma; Gwyneth Paltrow and Pierce Brosnan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When he resigned from his &dollar;1&period;1 million job&comma; the Harvard graduate said it was to explore outside opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-214472" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;puliafito-heavily-involved-in-fundraising-and-attended-star-studded-usc-galas-where-he-would-pose-behind-celebrities-including-jay-leno-they-are-pictured-above-in-20141&period;png" alt&equals;"Puliafito heavily involved in fundraising and attended star-studded USC galas where he would pose behind celebrities&comma; including Jay Leno&period; They are pictured above in 2014" width&equals;"593" height&equals;"834" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Dean Puliafito was heavily involved in fundraising and attended star-studded USC galas where he would pose behind celebrities&comma; including Jay Leno&comma; seen &lbrack;right&rsqb; in this 2914 fundraiser&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The brilliant Puliafito helped invent a laser technology to help diagnose and treat eye disease&period; He also worked as director of the University of Miami&&num;8217&semi;s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute from 2001 to 2007 before taking up his post at USC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was once hit with a lawsuit by an optometrist while working at the Miami university accusing him of assault and battery in 2006&period; Puliafito denied wrongdoing and him and the university reached a settlement with the optometrist the following year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is still on faculty at USC and his website says he still sees new patients at campus eye clinics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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