While Pierson said the Florida Attorney General’s office was also alerted to the accusations, a spokeswoman said the office could locate no correspondence. The Florida Department of Health, which through its Board of Dentistry licenses and regulates the state’s dentists, did not respond to requests for comment. If you don’t have the state’s imprimatur, that makes it difficult to go forward.” Attorney’s Office had hit a barrier in its inquiry “because there certainly was not a lot of interest on the State of Florida’s part in addressing this. She also said it was her “impression” that the U.S. His attorney, Cristina Pierson with the Fort Lauderdale law firm Kelley Uustal, said it was difficult for Zhang to proceed without the federal government’s backing. Zhang voluntarily dismissed his whistleblower case in January following the government’s decision not to intervene. All dental treatment will meet or exceed technical and ethical standards of care, that have been established by the dental profession.” “The Dental Medicine Patient Care Centers offer patients both comprehensive and specialty care within a university setting. Services are available to adults, children, adolescents, and elderly clients. Our dentists are leaders in their field and collectively offer extensive knowledge in every aspect of oral health care. The NSU dental college’s website says, “In its short 20-year history, the NSU College of Dental Medicine (CDM) has developed an outstanding reputation for educating leaders in dentistry. “NSU does not comment on any pending, current or past litigation,” he said. NSU spokesman Joe Donzelli declined to comment. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Marlene Rodriguez said, “We do not disclose our rationale on intervention decisions.” Attorney James Weinkle declined to comment. According to Zhang, a “comprehensive review” of the university’s dental program from 2016 to 2018 found that “more than 20 clinical instructors who were assigned to supervise and hundreds of other dental students enrolled in clinical courses were not eligible to teach such courses.” Prosecutors won’t discuss NSU dental programĪssistant U.S. The complaint, whose allegations remain unresolved, was filed by Nova dental school graduate Michael Zhang in August 2020. The alleged victims were not just the government, but unsuspecting dental students and patients from the community who were treated for fillings, crowns, extractions, implants and other procedures at a half-dozen college dental clinics in Broward and Miami-Dade. “Despite knowing the instructors were unlicensed and ineligible to teach such clinical courses involving the practice of dentistry on patients, defendant falsely certified to the government that it was in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations in order to receive financial aid funds,” the complaint says. NSU was accused of knowingly defrauding the government out of millions of dollars disbursed under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. According to the complaint, they either were not actual, state-licensed dentists or they lacked a required teaching permit from the Florida Department of Health issued to full-time dental instructors who only practice dentistry at a school’s teaching facilities. The alleged fraud involves the reputed credentials of a “large portion” of the college’s clinical faculty.
Attorney’s Office declined to intervene in the case, nonetheless contains disturbing allegations of massive fraud by Nova Southeastern University and its College of Dental Medicine. Nova Southeastern University College of Dental MedicineĪ federal whistleblower’s complaint, withdrawn recently after the U.S.
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