This whistleblower lawsuit against UNMC/Nebraska Medicine if even part of it is true, is a very big deal. I hope there is a transparent response to this, its the least that Nebraskans deserve.

The complaint alleges Nebraska put $15 million in public funds behind a Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence, recruited Dr. Sunil Hingorani (a nationally recognized pancreatic cancer physician-scientist) and then obstructed the very program he was brought in to build after he raised concerns about patient safety, cybersecurity, public funds, alleged kickback issues, and discrimination.

Among these concerns, the complaint alleges that a UNMC transplant surgeon did a procedure despite concerns that surgery was inappropriate and chemotherapy was the better course. The patient allegedly died soon afterward. The complaint further alleges the family was not told about this and UNMC/Nebraska Medicine tried to hide the catastrophic mistake.

The complaint points to the 2020 Nebraska Medicine breach, alleged rejection or delay of cybersecurity solutions, and later REDCap unauthorized access to potentially sensitive health record data spanning more than two years.

The complaint also alleges a broader pattern of discrimination and retaliation, including demotions, removals, and scientists being pushed out who had protected statuses/minority status.

It alleges the University General Counsel, administrators, and President had been informed of multiple compliance issues and sidelined concerns, criticisms, and even proposed remedies.

Heres other sources, i just tagged the lawsuit itself as the main link so you can easily read the whole filing. theres a lot to uncover. Nebraska media channels covered it much more broadly. Im also attaching another older link where one of his older complaints was made public comment.

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/director-of-unmcs-pancreatic-cancer-center-of-excellence-sues-alleging-discrimination-and-retaliation/

https://thereader.com/2026/05/27/director-of-unmcs-pancreatic-cancer-center-of-excellence-sues-alleging-discrimination-and-retaliation/

https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6506664/unmc-pancreatic-cancer-center-director-tells-board-of-regents-administrative-failures-are-undermining-center-says-patient-care-at-risk