Board Certified Forensic Pathologist

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death and documents written reports of findings supported by the medicolegal death investigation.
• Examines the body structures and internal organs of human bodies in order to trace the cause of death, disease or illness.
• Reviews items related to autopsies such as hospital charts, deputy coroner reports, law enforcement agency reports, and postmortem results.
• Determines and certifies causes of death.
• Determines the preservation of the chain of evidence.
• Advise health departments, and government agencies involved in death investigations with relevant findings.
• Serves as an expert witness in depositions, grand jury sessions, trials, and conferences with attorneys.
• Provides expert witness capabilities for all forensic criminal and civil actions associated with cases investigated and any other forensic needs within Montgomery County jurisdiction.
• Participates in conferences with family members, law enforcement, attorneys, and other individuals to provide information on investigations and autopsies.
• Provides training to forensic technicians, investigators, photographers, interns, and other personnel assisting in the medicolegal death investigation.
• Provides assistance and guidance to the organ donor centers.
• Participates in regional disaster preparedness.
• Presents lectures for students, officers, and the general community.
• Maintains current knowledge of industry, regulatory and legislative developments affecting the operations of the Coroner’s Office.
• Write policy and SOP’s as it relates to the daily operation of the Coroner’s office and staff.
• Develop a fully-accredited post-graduate Forensic Pathologist Fellowship training program to include academic and hands-on instruction in the field of forensics, anthropology, odontology, criminalistics, toxicology and firearms.
• Participate in weekly / monthly meetings and provide feedback for death review teams and social media content.
• Aid Program Director with the implementation of continuing education lectures, presentations and sourcing educators and topics.
• Complete requirements for office accreditation to include IACME, NAME.
• Conduct research for the purpose of publishing studies of new concepts and advances as it relates to the field of forensic sciences.
• Search and apply for grants specific to medicolegal investigations, office functions and personnel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed as a physician to practice medicine in the State of Pennsylvania.
• Must be a pathologist board certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic, and forensic pathology.
• Skilled in performing autopsies, external examinations, and medical records reviews of decedents, with three years of experience working in a Coroner or Medical Examiner’s Office.
• Knowledge of anatomy, pathology, anthropology and other related disciplines for identification and investigative purposes.
• Knowledgeable of firearms and other instruments of death.
• Knowledgeable of rules of evidence and court procedures.
• Knowledgeable of vehicular crash analysis.
• Adhere to NAME autopsy performance standards and requirements.
• Knowledgeable of federal, state, and local laws related to the operation of the county coroner’s function.
• Must have a valid PA driver’s license.