latimes.com – By Harriet Ryan, Paul Pringle, Matt Hamilton, Sarah Parvini and Adam Elmahrek – USC faced a choice five years ago: Keep Dr. Carmen Puliafito at the helm of the Keck School of Medicine or replace him. As dean, Puliafito had brought in star researchers, raised hundreds of millions of dollars and boosted the school’s national ranking — all critical steps in USC’s plan to become an elite research institution. But what might have been an easy decision to renew his appointment was complicated by a groundswell of opposition from the medical school’s faculty and staff… Still, USC President C.L. Max Nikias opted to reappoint Puliafito, giving him a new five-year term with an annual salary of more than $1 million.
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