USC gynecologist kept treating students despite allegations of inappropriate behavior

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The University of Southern California allowed a gynecologist at the campus health center to continue treating young women despite receiving complaints from students and his colleagues over the years, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Dr. George Tyndall was hired in 1989, and was the only full-time gynecologist at the clinic. More than 20 current and former USC employees told the Times that starting in the 1990s, coworkers complained about Tyndall taking unnecessary photos of genitals during pelvic exams and making inappropriate remarks about his patients' bodies. Some of the health center employees said that in recent years, as more Asian students enrolled at USC, Tyndall apparently began to target these women, because they didn't speak much English and weren't aware of how medical exams are conducted in the U.S., the Times reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.