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SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

INFORMATIONAL HEARING

SUBJECT: UC Irvine Medical Programs:  Diagnosis and

         Prescription for Accountability

STATE CAPITOL

ROOM 4203

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006

11:30 A.M.

Reported by:

Evelyn J. Mizak

Shorthand Reporter

APPEARANCES

MEMBERS PRESENT

SENATOR DEBORAH ORTIZ, Chair

SENATOR DAVE COX

SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO

SENATOR GLORIA ROMERO

STAFF PRESENT

ROGER DUNSTAN, Consultant

ANIA GARBIEN, Committee Assistant

ROBERT PRATT, Counsel

Legislative Counsel’s Office

JOE PARRA, Consultant

Senate Republican Caucus

ALSO PRESENT

FULTON LIPSCOMB, M.D.. Chief

Medical Policy Section

Department of Health Services

KENNETH JANDA, Ph.D., Professor

Chair, Academic Senate

Member, Liver Transplant Program Review Committee

JEFFREY A. BLAIR, Attorney

The Regents of the University of California

MICHAEL V. DRAKE, M.D., Chancellor

University of California, Irvine

THOMAS CESARIO, M.D., Dean

Medical School

University of California, Irvine

PETER A. SCHNEIDER, Associate Counsel

Health Sciences

Office of Counsel to the Chancellor

INDEX

Page

Proceedings         ...................................... 1

I. OPENING STATEMENTS

       SENATOR ORTIZ....................................... 1

       SENATOR MALDONADO................................... 3

       SENATOR COX......................................... 5

       SENATOR ROMERO..................................... 31

       Parameters of Hearing............................... 6

II. MEDI-CAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

    LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM................................

       FULTON LIPSCOMB, M.D., Chief

       Medical Policy Section

       Department of Health Services....................... 8

             Questions and Answers....................... 12

III. FINDINGS OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE

     CONVENED TO EVALUATE THE LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM

       KENNETH JANDA, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry

       Chair, Academic Senate

       Member, Liver Transplant Program Review

       Committee.... ..................................... 24

             Admonition by Counsel, JEFF BLAIR........... 27

             Questions and Answers....................... 27

IV. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FACING UNIVERSITY OF

    CALIFORNIA, IRVINE MEDICAL PROGRAMS

       MICHAEL V. DRAKE, M.D., Chancellor

       University of California, Irvine................... 37

       THOMAS CESARIO, M.D., Dean

       School of Medicine

       University of California, Irvine................... 44

             Questions and Answers of Both

             Witnesses................................... 45

                   Counsel Admonition..................... 53

                  Counsel Admonition..................... 70

CLOSING STATEMENTS

       SENATOR ORTIZ...................................... 80

       SENATOR MALDONADO.................................. 82

Termination of Proceedings................................ 83

Certificate of Reporter................................... 84