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A cardiologist at Virginia Commonwealth University has filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit against his employer and several colleagues. Tiziano Scarabelli, MD, PhD, claims his complaints about protocols that could compromise patient safety led to a concerted effort to drum up cause for firing him.
“We have no comment on the pending litigation beyond stating we vigorously deny the allegations and will defend our actions accordingly,” Pamela DiSalvo Lepley, the vice president for university relations at VCU, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch