USC was told gynecologist could be preying on Asian students, records show
LOS ANGELES - After decades of complaints about a campus gynecologist, administrators at the University of Southern California hired a team of medical experts to evaluate him.
The experts came back with a disturbing report saying there was evidence Dr. George Tyndall was preying on vulnerable Asian students and had signs of "psychopathy."
Still, the university did not fire Tyndall or notify the state medical board.
Instead, lawyers for USC arranged a secret deal with the doctor that allowed him to leave his post with a substantial financial payout and a pristine professional record.
The confidential report was among a cache of internal university records made public Thursday after the Los Angeles Times sought a court order for access to the documents. The
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