Comments on: What is thte difference between a Medical Examiner and a Forensic Pathologist? http://falcate.com/blog/what-is-thte-difference-between-a-medical-examiner-and-a-forensic-pathologist/ Falcate.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:12:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: abacaxitoo http://falcate.com/blog/what-is-thte-difference-between-a-medical-examiner-and-a-forensic-pathologist/comment-page-1/#comment-270 abacaxitoo Fri, 22 May 2009 16:11:14 +0000 http://falcate.com/blog/what-is-thte-difference-between-a-medical-examiner-and-a-forensic-pathologist/#comment-270 A "medical examiner" is a title ... the person who is legally responsible for ensuring autopsies are done and death certificates are filed in a county. Might not even be an MD, might be the local doctor. A Forensic Pathologist is a pathologist (Med school plus lots of years) with extra training specificallly to do investigations of criminal causes of deaths. A “medical examiner” is a title … the person who is legally responsible for ensuring autopsies are done and death certificates are filed in a county. Might not even be an MD, might be the local doctor.

A Forensic Pathologist is a pathologist (Med school plus lots of years) with extra training specificallly to do investigations of criminal causes of deaths.

]]> By: K http://falcate.com/blog/what-is-thte-difference-between-a-medical-examiner-and-a-forensic-pathologist/comment-page-1/#comment-269 K Wed, 20 May 2009 13:17:37 +0000 http://falcate.com/blog/what-is-thte-difference-between-a-medical-examiner-and-a-forensic-pathologist/#comment-269 The hours are great, I can tell you that right off the bat. During the summers, I used to work with in the pathology department at a teaching hospital. The hours were 8-4, no weekends, no night call. My favorite things were autopsies and dissections. As far as an ME versus a forensic pathologist, the difference is primarily that forensic pathologists don't always perform autopsies. They approach cases from more of a biological level while the ME performs the autopsy and then does the dissections and cytology. From what I understand, the pay is definitely adequate. Medical examiners may sometimes be city employees and thus, paid a bit less than if they worked through a major institution. It's not the most lucrative field in medicine but then again, money is not the reason you go into this line of work. The hours are great, I can tell you that right off the bat. During the summers, I used to work with in the pathology department at a teaching hospital. The hours were 8-4, no weekends, no night call. My favorite things were autopsies and dissections. As far as an ME versus a forensic pathologist, the difference is primarily that forensic pathologists don’t always perform autopsies. They approach cases from more of a biological level while the ME performs the autopsy and then does the dissections and cytology. From what I understand, the pay is definitely adequate. Medical examiners may sometimes be city employees and thus, paid a bit less than if they worked through a major institution. It’s not the most lucrative field in medicine but then again, money is not the reason you go into this line of work.

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