IEI Straight Talk on The Autopsy: Introduction for Funeral Directors
Presented by Daniel L. Schultz, MD F-AP/CP/FP
Event Details
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About the 1-hr CE Course*
Objectives
Understand the technique of a proper autopsy and cosmesis outcomes that should be expected.
Understand the background and training of a forensic pathologist versus that of a general pathologist/lay dissection specialist.
Understand accelerated postmortem changes and initiating factors outside environmental controls
Understand what constitutes a case that should be referred to the medical examiner (the case that fell through the cracks)
Understand special autopsy techniques (posterior neck exam, deep tissue dissections) and why they might be performed
About the Presenter
Dr. Daniel Schultz is a forensic pathologist and the founder/president of Final Diagnosis Inc. a freestanding autopsy lab serving the entire United States and abroad located in Tampa, Florida. He is board certified in forensic, anatomic, and clinical pathology and received his MD from Michigan State university in 1990. Dan worked as a medical examiner/coroner most of his career in Sarasota and Tampa Florida, in Cincinnati Ohio, and in Michigan. Notable cases have included 2015 second autopsy of Alfred Anglin (died 1964) featured in “Alcatraz: Search for the Truth” on History Channel, the Stephen Smith second autopsy in 2023 (died 2015) from South Carolina whose story was featured on the “Murdaugh Murders” series on Netflix, the Glen Rogers 1995 serial murder case involving Tina Cribbs in Tampa, the 2000 Roger Owensby police custody death in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the 2018 brodifacoum poisoning via synthetic marijuana in Tampa, FL. He has autopsied roughly 7000+ cases and personally attended all homicide scenes, complicated traffics and infant deaths in his jurisdictions for his entire career.
Retired from a day job, he now focuses on second autopsies/opinions and often very complicated medical deaths. Most referrals come from funeral homes when families inquire of autopsy services. In parallel with forensic medicine, Dan spent from 2006 to 2020 as tissue bank Medical Director and Vice President for LifeLink Foundation in Tampa, and from 2019 to 2022 as the Vice President of Medical Affairs and Medical Director for LifeNet Health in Virginia Beach, VA. He was Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) from 2015-2017.
For More Information:
- You must be an IFDF member (firm establishment owner, individual member, and affiliate member).
- You must attend the full webinar to obtain credit; partial credit will not be awarded.
- You must login to Zoom using your full name and remain logged into the webinar for the entirety of the event.
- Prior to or immediately after the event, forward your FL license number to Ruth Bedell, to sign up for CE credit.
- IFDF will issue documentation granting credit within 4 weeks post-event after verifying full attendance and will upload the course roster to the licensee portal.