Forensic pathologists, or medical examiners, are specially trained physicians who examine the bodies of people who died suddenly, unexpectedly, or violently. A forensic pathology practitioner will ...
They specialize in determining the causes of sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. But according to the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. is facing a critical shortage of these professionals.
One of forensic medicine’s biggest failings is its inability to meet the needs of defense attorneys and their clients. Forensic pathologists are in short supply. We’d need almost double the current ...
The United States is experiencing a shortage of medical examiners. Like everything else, this ongoing problem has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, the opioid ...
Forensic Pathology Division Director Gregory Davis, M.D., was recently consulted as an expert on the autopsy results of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, died on May 25 after being restrained by three ...
Wayne Country Chief medical Examiner Werner Spitz calls intense cross-examination "What you work for. It's a battle of the minds." World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, who made his ...
Dr Werner Spitz: he claimed to have been involved in more than 60,000 autopsies - CBS Photo Archive Werner Spitz, who has died aged 97, was a pioneering US forensic pathologist who was consulted by ...
Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of forensic pathology, however, focus on the dead. Ahmad Samarji, a Lebanon-based scholar of ...
SAGINAW, MI - A private company will assume the duties of the Saginaw County Medical Examiner’s Office, and it plans to open an office in Saginaw and offer training in forensic pathology. Saginaw ...
When someone famous dies, Michael Baden’s phone starts ringing. The 74-year-old forensic pathologist — who smiles merrily when asked about his “detective of death” nickname — got one of those calls ...
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A forensic pathologist out of the San Francisco area has disputed the allegations made in lawsuits filed against the company running the Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s Office.