Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy with a degree of Doctor of

Medicine or Osteopathy

Board certification by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic

and Clinical Pathology; or a minimum of 5 years of experience in forensic pathology

Board certification by the American Board of Pathology in Forensic Pathology entitles the

successful applicant to a salary increase (see “Compensation” below).

Current trainees in forensic pathology fellowships are encouraged to apply (note: applicants

who are current trainees still must meet the above certification requirements).

A Pennsylvania medical license is not necessary at the time of application; however,

possession of a valid Pennsylvania medical license is required prior to appointment.

Housed in newly built facilities, the PMEO handles approximately 1600 autopsies per year. The PMEO has an in-house toxicology laboratory and ready access to consultants in neuropathology, pediatric pathology, anthropology, radiology, and odontology.

Job duties include:

• Reviewing reports of deaths received from hospitals, private physicians, and police and determining jurisdiction of cases

• Determining the need and extent of postmortem examination

• Directing the activities of autopsy technicians in preparing bodies for autopsy

• Performing autopsies and obtaining specimens for laboratory analysis

• Examining wounds on decedents

• Directing the photographing of the body prior to, during and subsequent to the postmortem examination

• Making microscopic examinations of specimens

• Determining the cause and manner of death

• Preparing reports of findings

• Reviewing current literature in the field as necessary to assist in formulating decisions

• Testifying in court as an expert witness

Pathologists in our office do not routinely respond to death scenes but may do so in very unusual cases.

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