The City of Philadelphia is seeking a qualified applicant to join our group of forensic pathologists in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office (PMEO).
Responsibilities:
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.
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.
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