Weill Cornell Medicine deal to boost sexual abuse prevention ends criminal investigation
Summary
Weill Cornell Medicine agreed to spend $30 million to create a new program to prevent sexual abuse after one of its doctors was sentenced to life in prison for abusing patients over ten years. The medical school also settled civil claims by paying victims more than $1 billion and agreed to improve patient safety and reporting of sexual misconduct.Key Facts
- Doctor Darius Paduch was sentenced in 2024 to life in prison for sexually abusing patients from 2009 to 2019.
- Paduch’s victims included boys as young as 13 with certain medical conditions.
- Weill Cornell Medicine agreed to spend $30 million to start the Institute for Safe Patient Care and Patient Empowerment to prevent abuse.
- The institution had previously agreed to pay over $1 billion to settle claims from victims.
- Prosecutors found that Weill Cornell Medicine’s policies failed to detect and stop the abuse.
- The medical school admitted its earlier prevention efforts were not enough.
- Under new leadership, the school has made major reforms to patient safety and reporting rules.
- Weill Cornell Medicine will maintain a top-level prevention program and report future cases of sexual misconduct to the federal government.
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