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Hello Members
Just a quick reminder that our next CSFS zoom webinar will be held on October 12th at 1:00 p.m. The zoom information will be forwarded to registrants the day before.
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Diagnostically Difficult Forensic Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples (Zoom Webinar)
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The presentation considers the purposes of a forensic autopsy or case review, focusing on cases in which the original forensic pathologist medical examiner or other expert made a non-evidence-based diagnosis without scientific foundation, thereby catalyzing criminal charges or medical malpractice lawsuits. In many of these cases, simple searches of readily-available forensic literature, much of it in well-known book or journal form on most death investigators’ shelves, could have prevented the defendant’s travails. The presentation will extrapolate from these cases to touch upon commonly encountered errors, confirmation biases, the logical fallacy of _post hoc ergo proper hoc_, as well as basic medical and forensic ethical principles to which all forensic physicians and scientists should adhere and be examined upon in criminal or civil proceedings. To quote Saukko and Knight: “over-interpretation […] regrettably still leads to instances of miscarriage of justice.”
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After the presentation, the attendees will:
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- Identify some possible “overreaches” of forensic pathology interpretation
- Be aware of some limitations of the autopsy gross and microscopic examination
- Know common errors of interpretation of toxicology by medical examiners
- Discuss basic competencies vis-à-vis a medical examiner’s ability to interpret observations during death investigation and autopsy
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Gregory J. Davis, MD, FCAP
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Professor and Director, Forensic Consultation Service Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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Gregory G. Davis graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and trained in pathology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, followed by a fellowship in forensic pathology at the San Diego County Medical Examiner Office in San Diego, CA. Dr. Davis then joined the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he currently serves as a Professor and as Director of the Forensic Division of the Department of Pathology. Dr. Davis also serves as Chief Coroner/Medical Examiner for Jefferson County, Alabama, the county in which Birmingham is located. Dr. Davis has earned a Master of Science in Public Health from the UAB School of Public Health. His research interest is the application of epidemiology to the study and practice of forensic pathology, especially drug-related deaths. He has published 75 peer-reviewed manuscripts, including serving as lead author on both the 2013 opioid position paper of the National Association of Medical Examiners and on the updated position paper, which was published in 2020. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology. Dr. Davis serves as a Fellow At-Large Director on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and is a past president of the National Association of Medical Examiners. Dr. Davis has been a long-serving member of the CSFS, joining the Society in 1993.
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