Forensic Pathology SAC
Forensic pathology is the specialty in which doctors examine people who have died, usually when there is concern that the cause of death was unnatural. Although this is a branch of pathology that many people have heard of via the media, it is one of the smallest specialties.
Chair: Professor Ralph Bouhaidar
Committee Members
- Dr Jeff Adams - Home Office and Forensic Science Regulator (observer)
- Dr Esther Youd - Chair, Death Investigation Committee
- Dr Amanda Jeffery - BAFM representative
- Dr James Lyness - State Pathologist
- Dr Rob Ainsworth - Association of Clinical Pathologists
- Dr Matthew Lyall - Chair of Panel of Examiners
- Dr Nicholas Shaw - Coroners' Society
- Dr Theodore Estrin-Serlui - Forensic Pathology Trainee Representative
- Dr Kathryn Urankar - Co-opted member and Head of School for Pathology (Severn and Peninsula)
- Jez Noyce - Home Office
- Dean Jones - Senior Forensic Pathology Manager
- Moira Orr - Procurator Fiscal’s Office
CELEBRATING OUR SPECIALTIES
Our April 2022 Bulletin celebrates the history and achievements of some of our pathology specialties. The article by Home Office forensic pathologists, Dean Jones and Martin Allix gives a fascinating insight into decision-making processes at the initial scene of an unexpected death and how new research will give police officers the tools to make better judgements and decisions – to be able to make a fatal call and stop people getting away with murder.