The Region : Research Fraud Charged

California medical authorities filed charges of dishonesty and misrepresentation against former University of California, San Diego, heart researcher Dr. Robert Slutsky. The state Board of Medical Quality Assurance said Slutsky is accused of academic fraud in having fabricated research in 13 manuscripts submitted for publication, using the names of supposed co-authors without their knowledge or consent, claiming to have performed procedures that were not done, augmenting the number of animals claimed to have been studied, altering statistics, falsely reporting experimental data as though it were original and adding clinical data from patients who could not subsequently be identified. The charges, a board spokeswoman said, will be heard later this year by an administrative law judge who could impose sanctions ranging from public reprimand to revocation of Slutsky’s license to practice medicine.