Were Red Flags Missed in U. of Southern California Dean’s Hire?

Five years after his scuffle with Marc E. Brockman, the optometrist, Dr. Puliafito was named dean of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, where he descended into a life of drug-fueled partying that imploded with the overdose of a young woman in his company, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation published last month.