Andrew M. Baker, MD, FCAP | Thomas L Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP -Drug Fatalities – America’s ‘Other’ Epidemic: A Medical Examiner’s Perspective & AOA Update

Andrew M. Baker, MD, FCAP | Thomas L Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP -Drug Fatalities – America’s ‘Other’ Epidemic: A Medical Examiner’s Perspective & AOA Update

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Learning Objectives: 

• Describe the scope and changing toxicological landscape of the drug fatality epidemic in the United States
• List the steps involved in investigating an apparent drug-related fatality
• Explain the intersection of the drug fatality epidemic and the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States, and the effect on the forensic pathology workforce

Disclosure:  Dr. Baker has not actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this program or presentation.

Dr. Andrew Baker is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He is board-certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology. He is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, having previously served as the Chair of the Academy’s Pathology/Biology section and on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is a fellow of the National Association of Medical Examiners, and has previously served as the President and Chair of the Board of Directors. A veteran of the US Air Force, Dr. Baker began practicing as a full-time forensic pathologist with the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2002. He was appointed to the position of Chief Medical Examiner for Hennepin County in 2004, and was reappointed in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. In 2013, Dr. Baker’s office expanded to provide all medical examiner services to Dakota and Scott Counties in the metropolitan Twin Cities area.

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