# Any forensic pathologists here? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648 "2017-01-31T06:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RanOverByATrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RanOverByATrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RanOverByATrain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/1 "2017-01-31T06:44:55Z")
Hi! I wasn’t sure where to put this. I’m wondering if there are any forensic pathologists here because I have some questions. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/2 "2017-01-31T08:48:49Z")
Why not just ask your questions, rather than determining who may answer them? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/3 "2017-01-31T11:45:51Z")
Perchance, do your questions have any connection to your username? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/4 "2017-01-31T12:38:01Z")
We did have a pathologist on the boards a few years ago. I can’t recall if she was a forensic pathologist or not, but I don’t believe she is active anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/5 "2017-01-31T13:52:23Z")
**Jackmannii** is a pathologist. Not sure if he’s forensic or not. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/6 "2017-01-31T13:56:00Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > We did have a pathologist on the boards a few years ago. I can’t recall if she was a forensic pathologist or not, but I don’t believe she is active anymore. She was, and she isn’t. We still have at least one pathologist on the Dope (cough) but since his last forensic autopsy was circa 1993, he may not be the best source of info on exotic untraceable poisons. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/8 "2017-01-31T14:55:27Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > We still have at least one pathologist on the Dope (cough) :smack: Sounds like you have a nasty cough there, need me to call you in a Z-pak? ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/9 "2017-01-31T15:04:36Z")
> [@B\_Horlin](#): > > As with most fields, the forensic pathologist’s salary varies according to experience, location, employer, and specialization. It’s important to remember that salaries for hospital-based pathologists tend to be higher than those for medicolegal forensic pathologists who work in facilities such as a coroner’s or medical examiner’s office. This may be one factor contributing to the current shortage of forensic pathologists. Interesting non-sequitur. Spammer or escapee from [subreddit simulator](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimulator/)? :dubious: Inquiring minds want to know! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/10 "2017-01-31T15:56:06Z")
> [@RanOverByATrain](#): > > Hi! I wasn’t sure where to put this. I’m wondering if there are any forensic pathologists here because I have some questions. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Perchance, do your questions have any connection to your username? I had the misfortune to sorta-participate in the fire/EMS response to one such accident. It took zero expertise to see why the guy died. Measured from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet was about 20 yards. He died of excess tallness. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/11 "2017-01-31T16:01:48Z")
Need answer fast? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/12 "2017-01-31T16:03:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I had the misfortune to sorta-participate in the fire/EMS response to one such accident. > > It took zero expertise to see why the guy died. Measured from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet was about 20 yards. He died of excess tallness. Was this the [Procrustes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes) residence? Sorry, that was a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/13 "2017-01-31T19:02:58Z")
I have worked with them still have some contacts. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/14 "2017-01-31T20:58:14Z")
I’ve seen many on TV. I rotated through for a month in Med school. TV looks better. They are way smarter and better looking. ---
**Author:** ![eightysix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@eightysix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eightysix)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/15 "2017-02-01T05:30:37Z")
> [@RanOverByATrain](#): > > Hi! I wasn’t sure where to put this. I’m wondering if there are any forensic pathologists here because I have some questions. I am a forensic pathologist. Fire away. ---
**Author:** ![EdelweissPirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EdelweissPirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdelweissPirate)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/16 "2017-02-01T05:31:37Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Was this the [Procrustes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes) residence? > > Sorry, that was a stretch. That was terrible, and I loved it. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/17 "2017-02-01T16:39:31Z")
> [@eightysix](#): > > I am a forensic pathologist. Fire away. Are you a doctor? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/18 "2017-02-01T17:04:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It took zero expertise to see why the guy died. Measured from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet was about 20 yards. He died of excess tallness. So, quite the opposite of that Frenchman nobleman who, facing a Revolutionary trial led by a prosecutor who’d mistakenly added a couple syllables to his name, testily replied “Citizen, I’m here to be shortened, not lengthened”. As the apocryphal anecdote goes, that witticism set him free. In French legalese the verb for “setting an accused free” is “_élargir_”, literally “to widen”. Reportedly, the judge couldn’t resist dropping his own _bon mot_. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/19 "2017-02-01T17:13:34Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Are you a doctor? Holding an MD or DO degree is one of the requirements for becoming a pathologist, so I suspect that will be a “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/20 "2017-02-01T18:28:00Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Holding an MD or DO degree is one of the requirements for becoming a pathologist, so I suspect that will be a “yes”. But not necessarily required to be a coroner. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648/21 "2017-02-01T18:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Coroners supervise examinations on deceased individuals to determine the cause of death. Their jobs may include visiting death scenes at all hours, filling out death certificates and speaking with family members of the deceased. The education requirements to become a coroner vary by state, but a bachelor’s degree is usually the minimum requirement. In some states, coroners must be licensed medical doctors. In many jurisdictions, coroners are appointed or hired by the government, but in some areas coroners are elected. [http://study.com/articles/Coroner\_Job\_Description\_and\_Info\_for\_Students\_Considering\_a\_Career\_as\_a\_Coroner.html](http://study.com/articles/Coroner_Job_Description_and_Info_for_Students_Considering_a_Career_as_a_Coroner.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-forensic-pathologists-here/778648.md?page=2)