Forensic Pathologist
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hometown: Muskego, WI
I am a Wisconsin native who attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison for both college and medical school. I then completed my residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology in Denver, Colorado before finishing my forensic pathology fellowship in Miami, Florida. After having worked at the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner in Salt Lake City, I am thrilled to be back home working as a board-certified forensic pathologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health!
Talk content can be catered to audience.
Areas of expertise, continued: Postmortem Changes, Estimating time since death (postmortem interval), Forensic Toxicology, Asphyxial Deaths, Determining Cause and Manner of Death, Death Certification, Sudden Unexpected Pediatric Deaths, Vital Statistic Data and Public Health, Opioid Epidemic, Death Investigation
Talks:
Introduction to Autopsy and Forensic Pathology
An introduction to the day-to-day job responsibilities of a forensic pathologist, the autopsy procedure, and how we determine cause and manner of death (it’s not always like what you see on television!).
Forensic Pathology and Public Health
Learn more about how we use vital statistic data from death certificates and autopsy findings to help people live longer, healthier lives (improving public health initiatives, tracking the evolving opioid epidemic, identification of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and many more!)
Myths about Autopsy and Death Investigation
There are a lot of misconceptions about death investigation and autopsy, largely due to inaccurate portrayals on television. Learn more about what really happens after someone dies from death investigation to autopsy. Fact can be more interesting than fiction!