Forensic pathologist with over 20 years of experience
Past consultations have included:
- Nursing home deaths
- Drug-related deaths
- Motor vehicle deaths
- In-custody deaths
- Pediatric deaths
- Criminal cases
- Wrongful death lawsuits
- Medical malpractice lawsuits
- Cause of death opinions
- Personal injury cases
- Asbestos and silica exposure cases
- Deaths in mental health facilities
- Pregnancy-related deaths
- Review of microscopic slides (autopsy pathology, surgical pathology, and cytopathology)
Certifications in anatomic and clinical pathology and forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology
Over 20 years of experience in providing testimony in criminal and civil proceedings
Attained rank of professor of pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and McMaster University
Formerly director of regional forensic pathology services in Ontario, Canada and assistant medical examiner in the metropolitan St. Louis area
Expertise in:
- Postmortem changes and artifacts
- Toxicology interpretation
- Natural disease processes
- Evaluation of motor vehicle and aviation deaths
- Gunshot and stabbing wounds
- Pediatric deaths
- Industrial/work-related exposures and injuries
- Placental pathology
- Review of scene photographs and police records
- Evaluation of laboratory studies
- Interpretation of microscopic slides
- Medical records review