Save Dr Kearney

The miscarriage of justice unloaded on Dr Paul Kearney is the issue. He is a Tenured Professor of Surgery & one of the most awarded- if not THE single most awarded- physician in the UK College of Medicine. His credentials include an Endowed Chair in his name as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Science from his Alma Mater, Providence College. Dr. Kearney brought national recognition to the University of Kentucky, Level I Trauma Center for excellence in education, research, and patient care. Under his leadership, patient outcomes rose to the third in the Nation, besting, among others, Harvard MGH, Vanderbilt, UC, and Louisville. He was illegally barred from campus & stripped of clinical privileges because he challenged leadership asking for a KMSF audit @ a University of KY Faculty Council meeting, where he was the College of Medicine faculty representative. Dr Karpf, the Executive Vice President of Health Affairs, threatened him with firing at that public meeting in response to the request. An audit would have exposed Karpf, who had 'falsified and altered' documents sent to the BoT for approval in order to take sole control of the KMSF fund--which is the account where all physician billing is deposited. This allowed Karpf and his henchmen to mismanage funds outside the KMSF charter and beyond the reach of UK BoT oversight. Most importantly, it would have exposed Karpf’s willful decision to ignore systematic billing fraud in the Hazard Cardiology Practice. Dr Kearney's request & the debacle following is nothing short of a whistleblower's worst nightmare. A slanderous, false narrative began regarding Dr K that has been proven untrue retaliation for exercising his free speech in questioning the EVPHA. The slander included the insertion of false documents in his personnel file. The BoT has not done their job --one might ask why-- the administration has ignored orders from the BoT & from the Attorney General. How can they do that while spending taxpayer $$ defending themselves? The corrupt administration of Dr Karpf & Dr Capilouto is fraught with multiple lawsuits & controversy including a current lawsuit against the University newspaper BY THE ADMINSTRATION!!! in an attempt to avoid releasing documents in another case, relevant to this case. The administration would then have no excuse to deny documents here in Dr Kearney's whistleblower lawsuit. You should Google The Kentucky Kernel lawsuit. You couldn't make it up & you need a program to follow along with all the villains involved. The goal is to return Dr Kearney to his rightful place as a Tenured Professor of Surgery, restore his clinical privileges, and allow him to work in the hospital & at the College of Medicine. We also wish to expose the two little men for who they are-- though we all know now. We would also like to see the audit of KMSF & the loss of Dr Karpf's golden parachute so that the people of Kentucky won’t have to foot the bill.

Update #27 years ago
Friday night greetings. Thank you all for signing. We have 794 signatures at the moment. We hoping for 1000 by Monday Morning. The Chief is flabbergasted & he doesn't flabbergast easily. We are hoping facebook & the petition will be game changers for getting Dr Kearney back to work. Please share the post & help us get this done ASAP. It's another wild weekend in the Bluegrass.
Peace.
Update #17 years ago
A sincere thanks to all of you.
Almost 500 people in three days. That's so good.
The sooner we reach 1000 the sooner we send this to the media, the governor, & the BOT
We have never done anything political/petitiony like this before as students & this has really opened our eyes. Thank you Dr Kearney's supporters.
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