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is proud to present
MEDICOLEGAL
INVESTIGATION
OF DEATH
April 29 - May 1, 2015
Endorsed by:
Captain Gregoire P. Michaud
Director, Forensic Science Division
Michigan Department of State Police
COURSE DIRECTOR
Werner U. Spitz, MD
Consultant Forensic Pathology and Toxicology
Former Chief Medical Examiner, Wayne and Macomb Counties, Michigan
Professor of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Toxicology, University of Windsor, Canada
39th Year
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn, Michigan
www.cme.med.wayne.edu
Faculty
Linda Kenney Baden, Esq.
Former Prosecutor currently in private practice with
concentration on litigation related to employment, civil rights,
and criminal cases.
Ms. Kenney Baden has been involved in numerous high
profile cases including former NBA basketball player
Jayson Williams, Phil Spector and Casey Anthony.
She is an active member of the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences and has appeared as a legal
guest commentator on various television networks.
Michael Baden, MD
Former Chief Medical Examiner of New York City
Fox News Contributor for Forensic Science
Dr. Michael Baden is a board-certified, forensic pathologist.
He was chairman of the Forensic Pathology Panel of the
US Congress Select Committee on Assassinations that
investigated the deaths of President John F. Kennedy
and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Baden has been
involved as an expert in forensic pathology in many
cases and trials of international interest including: Tsar
Nicolas, Claus Von Bulow, Marlon Brando’s son, O.J.
Simpson, Medgar Evers, Kobe Bryant, Robert Blake, the
Twin Towers terrorist bombing and countless others.
Stephen Cina, MD, FACP
Cook County Medical Examiner
Dr. Stephen J. Cina has 20 years of forensic autopsy
experience. Prior to becoming the Chief Medical
Examiner of Cook County, he served as the Deputy Chief
Medical Examiner of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale),
Florida and on staff at the University of Miami School of
Medicine. As a board-certified anatomic and forensic
pathologist, Dr. Cina has authored over 100 scientific
publications and book chapters and serves as the Forensic
Pathology section editor for eMedicine. He also serves
as a forensic consultant on medicolegal death cases.
Bryan Kastelic
Special Agent, Division of Criminal
Investigation, State of Wisconsin
Bryan Kastelic currently serves as a Special Agent at the
Department of Justice and a Unified Tactical Trainer. Prior
to his work with the State of Wisconsin, he was a Narcotics
Investigator with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department.
Henry Lee, PhD
Distinguished Chair Professor, University New Haven,
Founder, Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science,
Former Commissioner, Connecticut State Police
Dr. Henry Lee is a legendary investigator, known for finding
the tiniest clues. Over the past 40 years Dr. Lee has assisted
in the investigations of more than 6,000 cases, including
war crimes in Bosnia and Croatia, the suicide of President
Clinton’s former White House attorney Vince Foster, O.J.
Simpson, Kobe Bryant, Casey Anthony, the review of the
JFK assassination, and the death of JonBenét Ramsey.
Joe Navarro, MA, FBI (ret.)
President, JNForensics.com
For 25 years, Joe Navarro worked with the FBI, both as an
agent and supervisor in the areas of counterintelligence
and counterterrorism. He is a founding member of
the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program and is a world
renowned expert on the forensic use of nonverbal
communication. Mr. Navarro is the author of 11 books and
has appeared on all major networks including Crossfire
with Chris Matthews. Mr. Navarro continues to lecture
throughout the world on nonverbal communications and
is a visiting lecturer at the Harvard Business School.
Werner Spitz, MD
Consultant, Forensic Pathology and Toxicology
Former Chief Medical Examiner, Wayne
and Macomb Counties, Michigan
Professor of Pathology, Wayne State
University School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Toxicology,
University of Windsor, Canada
Dr. Spitz is the author of over 90 scientific publications,
author and editor of the authoritative and celebrated textbook
“Medicolegal Investigation of Death.” He served on the
House Committee on Assassinations, investigating the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Dr. Spitz has served as an expert in many
national cases including the California Night Stalker, Mary
Jo Koepeckne, JonBennet Ramsey and O.J. Simpson.
T. Paulette Sutton, MS, MT (ASC) CLS
Associate Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
University of TN Health Sciences Center
Ms. Sutton is a private consultant in the field of bloodstain
pattern analysis and a Distinguished Member of IABPA.
She entered private practice after a career as the Assistant
Director of Forensic Services and Director of Investigations
for the Division of Forensic Pathology at the University of
Tennessee, Memphis. In 1998, Ms. Sutton was certified
by Professor MacDonell and the Institute on the Physical
Significance of Human Bloodstain Evidence. Honors
include the Lecturer of Merit Award and Distinguished
Faculty Award from the National College of District
Attorney and Outstanding Service Award from the FBI.
Steven A. Symes, PhD, DABFA
Associate Professor, Applied Forensic Sciences
and Anthropology, Department of Applied Forensic
Sciences, Mercyhurst University, Eric, PA
Dr. Symes is a US forensic anthropologist best known for his
expertise in interpreting trauma to bone and a leading authority
on saw and knife mark analysis. A sought-after consultant
in criminal cases, his specialty in criminal dismemberment
and mutilation has led to consultation on serial homicides
and other criminal cases around the US and the world. Dr.
Symes’s research includes human skeletal biology and
trauma analysis with an emphasis on forensic tool marks
and interpretation of fracture patterns in bone, saw and knife
marks in cases of violent death, blunt force, ballistic, burn and
healing bone trauma. He is the author of over 50 publications
and has earned the Thomas Dale Stewart Award for lifetime
achievement by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Dr. Symes is certified by the American Board of Forensic
Anthropology and is an associate professor at Mercyhurst
Archaeological Institute at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA.
Target Audience
This program provides valuable training for any individual involved
with death investigations: homicide investigators, criminalists,
emergency medical service providers, evidence technicians,
attorneys, prosecutors, medical examiners, coroners, traffic
accident investigators, insurance adjusters, forensic nurses, clinical
legal nurse consultants, private investigators and criminal justice
professionals.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will have gained:
- Increased knowledge of crime scene investigation
- Understanding of the necessity of collaborative working relationships between the
various professionals responsible for death investigations
- Greater understanding of forensic crime scene investigation
- Learn the latest on drug and weapons of mass destruction labs
- Increased knowledge of bloodstain pattern analysis
- Understanding of postmortem changes, time and cause of death
- Greater understanding of blunt and sharp injuries
- Improved knowledge of injuries by firearms
- Understand indications on bones of dismemberment and mutilation
- Increased understanding of the non-verbals of interrogation
Location
The program will be held at The Dearborn Inn (a Marriott Hotel). 20301 Oakwood Blvd,
Dearborn, Michigan. Telephone (313) 271-2700 or 1-800-228-9290.
Web site www.marriott.com. Plenty of free parking is available.
Lodging
Rooms have been reserved for participants at The Dearborn Inn. Our special convention
rate is $143 single, double, triple or quad occupancy, plus 14% tax. Room reservations
must be made on-line.
Room reservations must be made on-line at: www.marriott.com for The Dearborn Inn, A
Marriott Hotel. Please enter mdimdia into the “Group Code” box if not already entered
(on the left under “Special Rates and Awards”) to receive the discounted housing rate.
Housing deadline is Friday, April 10, 2015. If for some reason you need to cancel your
hotel arrangements, your reservation must be cancelled by 11:59 pm local time the day
before check in. The full link may also be accessed at the CME website by clicking on
the “Online Registration” button at cme.med.wayne.edu.
Registration Fee
The fee for this three day course is $495. Organizations paying three or more registrations
(at the same time) are allowed a $45.00 discount for each registrant (i.e., $450 per
registrant). Per day rate is $250. On-line registration is now available at
cme.med.wayne.edu. Fee includes continental breakfasts, lunches, breaks,
Wednesday evening reception and course materials. Payment may be made by purchase
order, check, VISA or Mastercard by mail or fax, Discover and American Express online.
Refund Policy
All requests for refunds must be made in writing by April 1, 2015. The registration fee
minus a $50 processing fee will be refunded after the course. After April 1, 2015, a 50
percent refund of the registration fee will be granted to all written requests.
Program Schedule
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
8:30 AM
Advanced Wound Recognition - Forensic Cases I
Werner U. Spitz, MD
10:15 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Bloodspatter Pattern Analysis
T. Paulette Sutton, MS
12:15 PM
Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM
2015 Update on Drugs and
Weapons of Mass Destruction Labs
Bryan Kastelic
2:45 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Advanced Wound Recognition - Forensic Cases II
Werner U. Spitz, MD
5:00 PM
Reception
Thursday, April 30, 2015
8:30 AM
Advanced Crime Scene Techniques
Henry Lee, PhD
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Nonverbal Communication in a Forensic Setting
Joe Navarro, MA, FBI (ret.)
12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
12:45 PM
Bone Trauma: Criminal Dismemberment and Mutilation
Steven A. Symes, PhD
2:15 PM
Break
2:45 PM
Controversies in Forensic Pathology
Stephen Cina, MD
3:45 PM
Current Cases: Medicolegal
Michael Baden, MD, Linda Kenney Baden, Esq.
Friday, May 1, 2015
8:30 AM
Advanced Gun Shot Wounds & Forensic Jeopardy
Stephen Cina, MD
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Bloodspatter Cases
T. Paulette Sutton, MS
12:00 PM
Closing and Evaluation
Credit
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
The Wayne State University School of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Wayne State University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a
maximum of 16.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only
the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Law Enforcement
This program is certified by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement
Standards for 17 hours. This program meets the criteria for the use of 302 funds.
Wayne State University is recognized by the Law Enforcement Training Board
of the State of Indiana as a certified training provider. Provider #38-6028429.
This program is approved for credit by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer
Standards and Training (POST). A brochure and certificate should be sent in
for credit.
Nursing Continuing Education
“Continuing Education (CE) credits are available for Nurses under Regulation
338.10602 Acceptable Continuing Education Rule 2 (a).”
Continuing Legal Education
This course is approved by the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois
for 16.50 general CLE hours.
This course is approved by the Indiana Commission on Continuing Legal
Education as follows: Participating attorneys are eligible to receive up to 16.5 hours
of CLE credit which includes .0 hours of Ethics. Additionally, newly admitted attorneys
may receive 16.5 hours of new lawyer CLE. Course #183596 and Sponsor #0100736.
The New York State Continuing Legal Education Board’s
Approved Jurisdiction policy applies to this course IC #20798.
This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission
on Continuing Legal Education for 16.5 total CLE hour(s) of instruction.
This course is approved for use toward the Wisconsin mandatory continuing legal
education requirement for 16.5 hours, by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Board
of Bar Examiners.
This course is approved by the Missouri Bar of the Supreme Court of Missouri
for a maximum of 19.8 credit hours. Hours of attendance can be reported on
his or her Annual Report of Compliance, Form 1 by the required filing date.
This course is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal
Education Board for a maximum of 16.50 PA CLE.
This course is approved by the Bar of the Supreme Court of Vermont for
a maximum of 17.0 hours general credits of continuing legal education.
Continuing Education Board for Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the Continuing Education
Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS).
American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)
ABMDI accepts the 16.5 hours of AMA Category I Credit towards AMBDI recertification.
Clinical Legal Nurse Consultants
Clinical Legal Nurse Consultants may submit certificate and brochure to the National
Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants for credit after course completion.
Conference Registration
Medicolegal Investigation of Death
April 29 - May 1, 2015
Online registration is now available at
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Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Continuing Medical Education
4201 St. Antoine, 9A-UHC
Detroit, MI 48201
MEDICOLEGAL INVESTIGATION OF DEATH
April 29- May 1, 2015
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