Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation

Dr. Sathyavagiswaran is a medical graduate from Stanley Medical College, Madras University, India. He is a 30 plus year veteran of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and was appointed as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner (CME-C) for Los Angeles County on February 18 1992 by the Board of Supervisors, who also appointed him to the position of Director in 2012 and he retired from his position in 2013. He is a Board Certified Physician in several specialties including Anatomic, Clinical & Forensic Pathology, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is also certified in pathology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As a peace officer, he holds a specialized law enforcement executive certificate from the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training, State of California. Dr. Sathyavagiswaran is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Keck School of Medicine USC and has numerous publications to his credit. Dr. Christopher Rogers received his MD degree from the University of California, San Diego. He did pathology residency at LAC and USC Medical Center, and forensic pathology fellowship at Los Angeles County Coroner. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, and in forensic pathology. He has worked at Los Angeles County Coroner since 1988, and has been the chief of forensic medicine since 1992. He was acting chief medical examiner-coroner to Los Angeles County from January 19, 2017, through July 09, 2017. He also holds an MS degree from California Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from California State University in Los Angeles. He has numerous publications to his credit.

• 1. Role of the CardiacElectrophysiologist2. Role of the Consultant in Pediatrics3. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Radiology4. Role of the Consultant in Anesthesia5. Role of the Consultant in Surgery6. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Odontology7. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Anthropology8. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry9. Role of the Cardiac Pathologist in Evaluating Sudden Natural Deaths10. Envenomations and the Forensic Pathologist11. High Profile Cases12. Quality Assurance in a Medical Examiner-Coroner Office13. Business Continuity Planning in a Medical Examiner-Coroner Office14. Firearms - Special Topics15. Virtual Autopsy and CT Scans16. Eye Pathology17. Firearms Examiner18. Quality Assurance and Peer Review