A former University of Kentucky doctor and medical school professor lacked viable claims that his clinical privileges were suspended in retaliation for blowing the whistle on financial and other improprieties, the state’s top court ruled Thursday.

Paul Kearney was a trauma surgeon and tenured professor of surgery at UK. He retired in October 2019, finishing his career at the university as just a tenured faculty member after the revocation of his clinical privileges was upheld by the UK board of trustees’ health care committee, allegedly based on complaints of unprofessional conduct by colleagues, students, and a patient, the Kentucky Supreme ...

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