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Fee-for-Service Autopsy List

Updated July 6, 2010

This list is offered as a service to members of the public seeking a pathologist to perform an autopsy. The list consists of members of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) who expressed an interest in performing autopsies on a fee-for-service basis. All list members are Board-certified pathologists, and none has paid to be included on this list.

The CAP has not investigated the training or experience of any individual on this list. Before engaging the services of any such individual, please conduct your own investigation and assessment of the qualifications of that individual. THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE LIST AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL.

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State	Contact Information	Autopsy Type
CO	Michael J. Dobersen, PhD, MD, FCAP Coroner/Medical Examiner Arapahoe County Coroner's Office Littleton, CO 720-874-3625 (phone) 720-874-3627 (fax) E-mail: mjdobersen@pol.net	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
	Dean Havlik, MD, FCAP Forensic Pathologist Mesa County Coroners Office The Pathology Group P.C. Grand Junction, CO 970-256-6463 (phone) 970-256-6521 (fax) E-mail: dhavlik@gjhosp.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
	Robert A. Kurtzman, DO, FCAP Forensic Pathologist Mesa County Coroner’s Office Community Hospital Pathology Department Grand Junction, CO 970-256-6356 (phone) 970-256-6521 (fax) E-mail: rkurtzman@gjhosp.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
CT	John Sinard, MD, PhD, FCAP Director, Autopsy Service Yale Medical School New Haven, CT 203-785-2748 (phone) 203-737-5654 (fax)	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
FL	William R. Anderson, MD, FCAP Forensic Dimensions Heathrow/Orlando, FL 866-857-3512 (phone) E-mail: forensicdi@aol.com	Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
FL	Gary Pearl, MD, PhD, FCAP Orlando Regional Healthcare Orlando, FL 407-841-5217 (phone) 407-843-2447 (fax) E-mail: gpearl@orhs.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Limited (brain only)
GA	Eric A. Eason, MD Atlanta, Georgia Email: erinchas@aol.com	Adult Forensic Limited (all other)
GA	Mark G. Hanly, MD, FCAP Southeastern Pathology Associates Brunswick, GA 912-446-2756 (phone) 912-261-2669 (fax) E-mail: mhanly@sepamed.us Service to Florida, South Carolina and Georgia	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
IN
	Dean A. Hawley, MD Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN 317-491-6491 (phone) 317-491-6419 (fax) E-mail: dhawley@iupui.edu	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
	Paul F. Mellen, MD, FCAP East Central Indiana Pathologists, PC Ball Memorial Hospital 765-747-3306 (phone) 765-751-1497 (fax) E-mail: mellenp@palab.com	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Other: Exhumation, second opinion
KY	Gregory J. Davis, MD, FCAP Forensic Pathology Director, Autopsy Services Dept. of Pathology & Lab Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, KY 859-323-6183 or 859-257-5357 (phone) Assistants: Debbie Martin & Betsy Meredith	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
KY	John R. Parker, MD, FCAP Joseph C. Parker, Jr., MD, FCAP Co-Directors of Autopsy Pathology and Neuropathology Services University of Louisville 502-852-6515 (phone) 502-852-1761 (fax) E-mail: j0park09@gwise.louisville.edu E-mail: jcpark01@gwise.louisville.edu	Adult Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Other: Neurodegenerative
LA	Stephen H. Norman, MD, FCAP Director Louisiana Pathology Alexandria, LA 318-729-3173 (phone) E-mail: shnorman@mac.com	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Other: Single Organ Removal
MA	David L. Gang, MD, FCAP Chief, Division of Anatomic Pathology Baystate Medical Center Tufts University School of Medicine Western Campus Springfield , MA 413-794-4501 (phone) 413-794-5893 (fax) E-mail: david.gang@bhs.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Adult
MD	Barbara J. Crain, MD, PhD, FCAP Director, Autopsy Service The John Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD 410-502-5767 or 410-955-2490 (phone) 410-955-9777 (fax) E-mail: bcrain@jhmi.edu	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
MN	Lindsey C. Thomas, MD, FCAP Medical Examiner Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office Hastings, MN 651-480-4253 (phone) 651-480-4257 (fax) E-mail: lindsey.thomas@reginamedical.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
MO	Thomas W. Young, MD, FCAP Forensic Pathologist Heartland Forensic Pathology LLC Kansas City, MO 816-941-2896 (phone) 816-255-2126 (fax) E-mail: tyoung532@kc.rr.com	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Exhumation Second Opinion
NC	Charles L. Garrett, MD, FCAP Director of Laboratories Onslow Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, NC 910-577-2242 (phone) 910-577-2242 (fax) E-mail: medxam@onslowonline.net	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
NC	Alan D. Proia, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 919-684-2482 (office phone) 919-970-1361 (pager) E-mail: proia001@mc.duke.edu	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
ND	Mary Ann Sens, MD, PhD, FCAP Professor and Chair of Pathology University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 701-777-2561 (phone) 701-777-3108 (fax) E-mail: msens@medicine.nodak.edu	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Exhumations
NE	Matthias I. Okoye, MD, JD, FCAP Director and Forensic Pathologist Nebraska Forensic Medical Services, PC Lincoln, NE 402-486-3447 (phone) 402-486-3477 (fax) E-mail: nebraskaforensic@windstream.net E-mail: drokoye@gmail.com Licensed Attorney, toxicologist, board certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology and cytopathology; Available on short notice, will travel to provide services	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain) Limited (all other) Exhumations
NJ	Edward S. Chmara, MD Forensic Pathologist Forensic Pathology Services LLC Hopewell, New Jersey 609-902-4458 (phone) 609-964-1603 (fax) E-mail: ForensicAutopsies@gmail.com Service to Pennsylvania and New Jersey	Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited autopsy (brain only) Limited autopsy (all other) Second opinion Records review
NJ	William L. Manion, MD, PhD, JD Medical Examiner, Chief of Pathology Burlington County Medical Examiner’s Office Medford, New Jersey 856-607-8641 (phone) 856-810-0438 (fax) E-mail: drbillmanion@aol.com Licensed attorney, board certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology; Available on short notice, will travel to provide services	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited autopsy (brain only) Limited autopsy (all other) Homicide, suicide, accidental
NY	Scott LaPoint, MD, FCAP Scientific Consulting of Western New York, Inc. Pittsford, NY 585-750-6574 (phone) 585-383-9259 (fax)	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain) Limited (all other)
NY	Jose E. Maccera, MD, FCAP Director Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Bronxville Pathology Associates at Lawrence Hospital Center Bronxville, NY 914-771-6629 (phone) 914-771-7106 (fax) E-mail: jemaccera-law@MSN.com	Fetal/perinatal Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Second opinion Consultation and reports also provided in Spanish, if requested
PA
PA	Gordon C. Handte, MD, FCAP Pathologist Centre Community Hospital State College, PA 814-234-6748 (phone) 814-231-7390 (fax) E-mail: ghandte@cchl.org	Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
SC	Kim A. Collins, MD, FCAP Director, Forensic and Autopsy Pathology Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC 843-792-1655 (phone) 843-792-3537 (fax) E-mail: collinsk@musc.edu	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)
SC	Janice E. Ross, MD, FCAP Forensic Pathologist Newberry Pathology Associates Newberry, SC 888-446-9898 (phone) 803-276-0208 (fax) E-mail: janice.ross@newberrypathology.com	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited autopsy (brain only) Limited autopsy (all other)
TX	Amy C. Gruszecki, MSFS, DO Forensic Pathologist American Forensics, LLC Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas 214-221-2700 (phone) 972-692-6676 (fax) Email: www.usaforensics.com Board certified in anatomic and forensic pathology; Medico-legal consultations and records review; Medical licenses TX, AL, MS, PA; Will travel to provide services	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other) Exhumation Second Opinion
	Debra L. Kearney MD Director of Autopsy Pathology Pediatric Pathology Consultants Texas Children Hospital Houston, TX 832-824-2250 (phone) 832-825-1032 (fax) E-mail: dlkearne@texaschildrenshospital.org	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Limited (brain) Limited (other)
	Louis A. Levy, MD Pathologist South Texas Private Autopsy Service San Antonio, Texas 210-347-5569 (phone) 210-408-1483 (fax) E-mail: lulevy@pol.net Medico-legal consultation and records review	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited autopsy (brain only) Limited autopsy (all other) Second opinion
	Joseph Manuel Guileyardo, MD, FCAP Forensic/Clinical Pathologist Baylor University Medical Center 214-942-0250 (phone) 214-942-7548 (fax) E-mail: guileyardo@sbcglobal.net	Fetal/perinatal Pediatric Adult Forensic Limited (brain only) Limited (all other)