Former Northwestern cardiologist Prof. Dr. Nalini Rajamannan, who has been at the center of a medical misconduct controversy for the past few years, is questioning the circumstances under which she was denied tenure by the University.
“She was under consideration for tenure, and the University followed the customary and clearly defined procedures for tenure review,” University spokesman Al Cubbage said. “Dr. Rajamannan was not granted tenure, and that was a decision she appealed that.”
Still, Rajamannan insists her decision to “blow the whistle” negatively affected her career.
“Prior to the time I first brought this issue to the attention of my superiors at Northwestern, I was enjoying a successful career and anticipated making tenure and ending my career at that institution,” Rajamannan told heartwire, a cardiology news website, in an email last week. “However, I didn’t know my career would end so quickly and end, no doubt, as a result of the revelations I made. Since I brought the issue of the implantation of the Myxo ring without informed consent to the attention of hospital officials, my career has taken an unexpected downward