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 ...

The crisis in Maryland was indicative of a widespread but little-known aspect of the worsening problem of physician shortages. Roughly 750 forensic pathologists are working full-time in the U.S., but ...

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 ...

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.

Roger Byard has investigated hundreds of fatalities, ranging from serial killer victims to deadly run-ins with roosters and ...

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 ...

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 ...

La Plata County recently contracted with a new forensic pathologist who will perform autopsies locally, so bodies no longer must be transported to Montrose. Dr. Michael Arnall began work for the ...

Rochester will be home to the second forensic pathology fellowship program in the state, even as the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office grapples with a heavy case load of autopsies generated by ...

Hawaii island police detectives have identified the remains of man reported missing in December 2015 as 50-year-old Eddie ...