Office of the Chief Coroner, and Ontario Forensic Pathology:

Medical Management Team

Maggie Bellis MD FRCPC - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology

Unit Dr. Bellis joined the Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit (PFPU) as a Forensic Pathologist

in 2014, following residency training in Forensic Pathology at the PFPU and through the

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. She is also

the Medical Manager of Autopsy Services at the unit. Maggie completed her residency training

in Anatomical Pathology at U of T in 2013. She completed of her medical training at the

National University of Ireland, Cork in 2006.

Dr. Christopher (Toper) G. Ball, MBBS MScEng FRCPC – Forensic Pathologist and

Coroner for Ontario, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. Ball is a forensic

pathologist at the Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit (PFPU) in Toronto. He received his

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Wollongong in

Australia in 2011. He completed residency training in Anatomical Pathology at the

University of Ottawa and passed the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of

Canada (RCPSC) examination in Anatomical Pathology in 2017. He completed fellowship

training in Forensic Pathology at the University of Toronto and PFPU in July 2018, and will

sit the RCPSC sub-specialty examination in forensic pathology in September 2018. Dr.

Ball’s previous career is in Mechanical Engineering, with both work and research

experience in the field; he completed a Bachelor and Master of Science, both in

Mechanical Engineering. He also holds undergraduate degrees in French Studies and

Life Sciences. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and made presentations at

international conferences on topics in Fluid Mechanics and in Anatomical Pathology

(including forensic pathology, peri-natal pathology, surgical pathology). Dr. Ball was

recently appointed as a coroner for Ontario in August 2018.

Dr. Liza Boucher MD FRCPC – Forensic Pathologist is rejoining the Provincial

Forensic pathology Unit as a staff forensic pathologist in November 2018, after working

as a forensic pathologist at the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine

légale in Montreal (LSJML) for just over five years. Liza obtained her medical degree

and Doctorate in Medicine at the University of Montreal in 2004, followed by three years

of training in General Surgery and an Anatomical Pathology residency at Laval

University. She completed her residency training in Forensic Pathology at the University

of Toronto/Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit program in 2012. Liza is also a Fellow of

the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Anatomical and Forensic

Pathology.

Bonnie Burke B.Sc., M.D., FRCSC - Regional Supervising Coroner for Central

Region – Central West Office Dr. Burke attended the University of Toronto earning a

BSc in toxicology and human biology. She then attended the University of McMaster for

her Doctor of Medicine and the University of Toronto for a residency in General Surgery.

She worked for many years as a consult at Apotex. Most recently, she was received a

certification from CAMH for their Opioid Dependence Treatment course. Dr. Burke has

been an investigating coroner since 2002 and has been an inquest coroner and has

completed over 3800 death investigations. She was recently appointed as Regional

Coroner for the Central West Office.

David Cameron MD LLB CCFP - Regional Supervising Coroner for North Region,

Sudbury Office Dr. Cameron was appointed Regional Supervising Coroner North

Region – Sudbury Office in January 2015. Dr. Cameron is a physician and a

lawyer. He has worked clinically as a family doctor and hospitalist, in the legal field as a

business lawyer and health law consultant, and administratively as a hospital vice-

president and chief of staff. The RSC job is the best job yet, by far.

Kristopher Cunningham MD PhD FRCPC – Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist and

Forensic and Cardiovascular Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit Dr.

Cunningham initially joined the PFPU in 2009, and was the Medical Director from 2011

to 2013, when he left to become the Director of the Kingston Forensic Pathology

Unit. He returned to Toronto one year later to run the Ontario Forensic Pathology

Molecular Autopsy Programme. Dr. Cunningham also works with Ms. Liz Siydock and

Ms. Natasha Desjardins in running the OFPS / OCC Next of Kin Clinic. Dr.

Cunningham received a PhD in biochemistry at Ohio State University (2000) and his

medical degree from the University of Ottawa (2004). Dr. Cunningham did his

residency training at U of T in Anatomical Pathology, with additional training in

cardiovascular and pulmonary pathology at U of T and the Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr.

Cunningham was appointed as Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist in May 2018.

Michael D'Agostino MD MBA FRCPC - Pathologist-in-Chief and Medical Director of Laboratory Services, Sault Area Hospital Dr. D’Agostino completed his medical training at the University of Toronto: MD (2005), General Pathology Residency Training Program (2010), Forensic Pathology Residency Training Program (2011). Prior to this he completed Bachelor of Science (Biology) and Master of Business Administration degrees at Lake Superior State University in Michigan. Following training, he worked as a staff general surgical pathologist and forensic pathologist at Health Sciences North and the Northeastern Forensic Pathology Unit in Sudbury for one year. In 2012 he took the opportunity to return home to Sault Ste. Marie to continue this work at the Sault Area Hospital where he also serves as Chief and Medical Director of the Laboratory Medicine. In May 2015 the seventh Forensic Pathology Unit in Ontario came into service in Sault Ste. Marie for which he is medical director. He holds much gratitude in being afforded the opportunity to become a member of the provincial medico-legal death investigation team and to be able to contribute to advancing the laboratory services and patient care in the community he serves.

Jennifer M. Dmetrichuk MBChB PhD - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic

Pathology Unit Dr. Jennifer Dmetrichuk received her Honours Bachelor of Science

(Biological Sciences) and PhD in Biological Sciences (Neurobiology and Physiology)

from Brock University and her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the

University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She completed her General Pathology residency and

Forensic Pathology Fellowship at McMaster University, before joining the PFPU full-time

as a Forensic Pathologist in July 2019.

Paul Dungey MD – Regional Supervising Coroner for East Region – Kingston Office Dr. Paul Dungey was appointed Regional Supervising Coroner East Region – Kingston Office in May 2015. He is an active educator holding the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University. He was the Deputy Head & Program Medical Director for the Emergency program at Queen’s for 9 years with responsibility for operation of their two acute care sites. As a strong advocate for innovation, he was the physician lead for the implementation of the Emergency Department Information System in Kingston – one of the few centres in Canada to fully implement this type of emergency electronic medical record system.

Tyler Hickey MD PhD - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit

Dr. Tyler Hickey received his BSc.H degree at the University of Guelph, his PhD at the

University of British Columbia through the Department of Pathology & Laboratory

Medicine, and then completed his MD and residency in Anatomical Pathology, both

through UBC Vancouver. Tyler was a Forensic Pathology Resident at PFPU before

joining full time as a Forensic Pathologist. He recently became appointed as an

investigating coroner in June 2019.

Emily R. Groot MD, MPH, FRCPC Regional Supervising Coroner for North Region

– Sudbury Office Dr. Emily Groot completed her undergraduate degree and medical

school at McMaster University, Master of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and

residency in public health and preventive medicine at Queen’s University. She is an

assistant professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Queen’s

University. Prior to joining the Office of the Chief Coroner in February 2019, she was

the Associate Medical Officer of Health at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the

chair of the Thunder Bay Opioid Surveillance and Response Task Force. Her research

interests include public health applications of death investigation data, syndemics, and

public health informatics, and she has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals.

Kathy Gruspier, Forensic Anthropologist BA, MA, PHD, JD Kathy Gruspier obtained

her BA in Near Eastern Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University, her MA in

Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology from The University of Sheffield, her Ph.D.

in Physical Anthropology from the University of Toronto and her JD from the Faculty of

Law, University of Toronto. She is currently the first and only fulltime forensic

anthropologist in Canada, working for the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service. She is an

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of

Toronto. She has undertaken extensive field work and analysis of human remains in

Italy and Jordan (archaeological sites), Kosovo, East Timor, Cambodia and Poland

(forensic investigations). She was also a consulting forensic anthropologist to the Office

of the Chief Coroner for Ontario (since 1992), and consulted for the Laboratoire de

Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale in Quebec. Kathy has published numerous

papers in scientific journals, and regularly presents papers at international conferences

and for continuing education groups and special seminars. She regularly testifies in

criminal proceedings, and testified for the Goudge Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic

Pathology for which she also wrote a research paper. Her teaching contributions include

law courses for forensic science students and forensic science courses for law students,

as well as courses in forensic anthropology.

Roxanne Halko, Team Lead, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Team Roxanne

Halko is the Team Lead of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) review team at the

Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario. In addition to review and oversight of all MAiD

deaths in Ontario, her team is actively involved in ongoing initiatives around the

surveillance of opioid mortality data across the province. She is a registered nurse with

varied clinical experience, having completed nursing studies at McGill University and

graduate work (Master of Public Health) at the University of Toronto.

Jayantha Herath MD DLM MD (Forensic) FCAP FRCPC – Deputy Chief Forensic

Pathologist of Ontario Forensic Pathology Service Dr. Herath is a Deputy chief

Forensic Pathologist for Toronto and London regions. He is the Program Director for

Forensic Pathology and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory

Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. He obtained his MD and MSc

from the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria, and his post-graduate Diploma in Legal

Medicine and Doctor of Forensic Medicine from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

After moving to Canada, he completed his residency in Anatomical Pathology and

fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the University of Manitoba, obtaining specialist

certification in Anatomical Pathology and subspecialty certification in Forensic

Pathology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Before

joining the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Dr. Herath worked as a Medical

Examiner for the Province of Manitoba and an Assistant Professor in the Department of

Pathology of the University of Manitoba. He is also an Investigative Coroner for

homicides and criminally suspicious deaths in Ontario.

Reuven Jhirad MD MPH CCFP FCFP - Deputy Chief Coroner; Chair of the Patient

Safety Death Review Committee; Adjunct Professor Dalla Lana School of Public

Health University of Toronto, and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of

Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty Health Sciences, McMaster

University. Prior to becoming Deputy Chief Coroner, Dr. Jhirad has been an

investigating coroner in Ontario since June 2004 in the Halton and Reel regions and has

presided over several inquests. In addition to his work as both investigating and inquest

coroner, Dr. Jhirad has also worked as a Family Physician in Burlington, Ontario,

Emergency Physician at Wellesley/St. Michael’s Hospital and Occupational Health

Medical Officer for Health Canada in Toronto. Ontario. He has also been a

Lecturer/Resident Supervisor for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at

the University of Toronto and an Assessor/Investigator at the College of Physicians and

Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Jhirad is a graduate at the University of Toronto’s School of

Medicine, is certified in Family and Community Medicine, and completed the

requirements for a Masters of Public Health at the University of Liverpool in Liverpool,

England. Dr. Jhirad has been the Medical Director of the Sexual Assault Centre at the

Trillium Health Center and was part of the medical executive at the Joseph Brant

Memorial Hospital in Burlington.

Joel A. Kirsh, BASc, MSc, MD, MHCM, FRCP(C) – Regional Supervising Coroner

for Central Region – Central East Office Dr. Kirsh joined the Office of the Chief

Coroner in September 2017 as the Regional Coroner overseeing the Central Region,

Central East Office, and he is the Chair of the Pediatric Death Review Committee. Prior

to joining the OCC, Dr. Kirsh was a staff cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children

(SickKids), where he served as Head of the Arrhythmia Service and was cross-

appointed in Cardiac Critical Care. Dr. Kirsh holds a Master’s Degree in Healthcare

Management from Harvard University, and is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of

Medicine at the University of Toronto. During his clinical career, Dr. Kirsh led the

development of innovative methods for safer catheter ablation of arrhythmias, public

access defibrillator programs, the care of children and families with inherited heart

rhythm disorders, and the investigation of sudden unexplained deaths. Prior to his

appointment as a Coroner, Dr. Kirsh provided consultative support to the Coroner’s

Office over two decades, including case reviews, inquest testimony, the development of

a provincial investigative framework for the evaluation of sudden unexplained deaths,

and research collaboration through the Cardiac Death Advisory Committee. “Dr. Joel” is

the founder (in 2004) and medical director of Camp Oki, Canada’s first summer camp

for children with heart disease, and serves as a volunteer Board Member of Ronald

McDonald House Charities Canada.

Anita Lal MD D-ABP FCAP - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology

Unit Dr. Lal joined as a staff Forensic Pathologist in the Provincial Forensic Pathology

Unit (PFPU) in January 2013. Dr. Lal obtained her medical degree (2005) at Ross

University in the West Indies. She then completed her residency training in Anatomical

and Clinical Pathology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and fellowship in

Forensic Pathology at the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, also located in

Detroit. Dr. Lal joined the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Calgary, Alberta as an

Assistant Chief Medical Examiner in July 2011 with a cross-appointment as a Clinical

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Carolyne Lemieux, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC, D-ABP - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial

Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. Carolyne Lemieux joined the PFPU in July 2019. Dr.

Lemieux received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Limerick (Ireland) in

2013. She subsequently completed her residency in Anatomical Pathology at McMaster

University (2018), and fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Travis County Medical

Examiner’s Office (University of Texas Medical Branch) in Austin, Texas (2019). She

has attained her RCPSC and American Board of Pathology certifications in Anatomical

Pathology (2018), and sat her RCPSC and American Board of Pathology examinations

in forensic pathology in September 2019. Before initiating her formal medical training,

Dr. Lemieux completed her undergraduate degree in the Health Sciences program at

McMaster University (2006) and Master of Science in Forensic Science with a

concentration in forensic toxicology and drug chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth

University (2008).

Rick Mann MD CCFP FCFP FRRMS - Regional Supervising Coroner for West Region – London Office and Chair of the Office of the Chief Coroner’s Maternal and Perinatal Death Review Committee Dr. Mann practiced family medicine and was on staff at both the Kincardine & District

General Hospital and the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, where he was Chief of Staff

(Kincardine General Hospital), President and Vice-President Medical Staff (South Bruce

Grey Health Centre). He served as President of the Ontario College of Family

Physicians, 1993-1994. While in Kincardine he was a member of the Family Medicine

teaching faculty at both the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario.

Dr. Mann is currently an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Pathology

and Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry” at Western University.

Noel McAuliffe: MB ChB BAO DMJ(Path) Dip ABP(AP) - Forensic Pathologist,

Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. McAuliffe became a permanent Forensic

Pathologist in the PFPU in 2011, following many years of valuable contract support. He

has also been appointed as a Coroner for Ontario since 2013. Dr. McAuliffe’s Forensic

Pathology practice in Ontario spans 25 years. He was certified by the American Board

of Pathology in Anatomical Pathology in 1993 and in Forensic Medicine with a Diploma

in Medical Jurisprudence in 2005. Dr. McAuliffe has performed autopsies in Ireland,

East Timor and St. Maarten. He gained extensive experience in Human Rights/War

Crime Pathology while working with the United Nations as the Director of the Forensic

Pathology Unit in East Timor in 2001 and 2003.

Louise McNaughton-Filion B.Sc. (Hon) MD CM FCFP CCFP (EM) CCPE– Regional Supervising Coroner for East Region - Ottawa Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion is the Regional Supervising Coroner for the Ottawa office

in the East Region, since 2013. Prior to her appointment she was an investigating and

inquest coroner for many years. She has been a practicing physician since 1990,

initially working as a ‘full service’ family physician (emergency, obstetrics, palliative

care, in-hospital) in Pickering and Toronto, then focussing her practice on emergency

medicine upon her arrival in Ottawa in 1993. She has held multiple administrative posts

on a hospital, regional and national level. Dr. McNaughton-Filion is also the organizer

for the Multi-Disciplinary Death Investigation Rounds, an educational initiative for all

participants in the death investigation system, province-wide.

Chris Milroy MBChB MD LLB BA LLM FRCPath FFFLM FRCPC Founder in

Forensic Pathology DMJ - Director of the Eastern Ontario Regional Forensic

Pathology Unit Dr. Milroy is a Forensic Pathologist based in Ottawa where he is

Director of the Eastern Ontario Regional Forensic Pathology Unit and Full Professor in

the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He qualified in Medicine from

the University of Liverpool (MBChB, MD) and in Law from the University of London

(LLB, LLM). He also has a BA in Philosophy from London. He is a Fellow of the UK

Royal College of Pathologists, The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine and a Fellow

of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, where he is Chief Examiner in Forensic

Pathology. He has worked as a full time Forensic Pathologist in the UK and Canada for

30 years and has published over 100 articles and chapters.

Kenneth A. Peckham MD – Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Central West Dr. Kenneth Anthony Peckham attended the University of Toronto for his Doctor of Medicine where, among his many awards and scholarships, he was awarded a Cody Gold Medal for top academic standing. Since completing his internship at Toronto Western Hospital in 1990, Dr. Peckham has practiced at a number of Toronto-area hospitals, primarily in Intensive Care Units with a focus on Cardiology and Haematology/Oncology. Since 2011, he has been serving as the Chief Hospitalist for Inpatient Medical and Radiation Oncology Service at Sunnybrook Hospital. Dr. Peckham has been an investigating coroner since 2004 and has completed over 700 death investigations. He was appointed as Regional Coroner to

the Central West Office in October 2018.

Michael Pickup MSc MD FRCPC - Forensic Pathologist and Medical Manager of

Postmortem Imaging, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. Pickup obtained his

Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He went on to complete his residency

training in Anatomical Pathology followed by subspecialty fellowship training in Forensic

Pathology at the University of Toronto. He holds Royal College certifications in both

Anatomical and Forensic Pathology, and currently is a staff Forensic Pathologist at the

Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit in Toronto. Dr. Pickup is an Assistant Professor in

the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and holds a cross

appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. Over

the years, he has developed a particular interest in postmortem radiology and has

recently taken a position as the newly formed medical manager of postmortem imaging

at the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex.

Martin Queen MD – Medical Director Northeast Regional Forensic Pathology Unit

at Health Sciences North in Sudbury Dr. Queen obtained his Doctor of Medicine at

the University of Toronto. He was certified in Anatomical Pathology by the Royal

College and by the American Board of Pathology in 1992. Dr. Queen was certified in

Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology in 1996. He is currently the

Medical Director of the Northeast Regional Forensic Pathology Unit at Health Sciences

North in Sudbury. Dr. Queen is on the teaching staff at Laurentian University, and is an

Associate Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Ashwyn Rajagopalan MD FRCPC - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic

Pathology Unit Dr. Ashwyn Rajagopalan is a forensic pathologist and coroner at the

Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He received his MD

from Queen’s University, and trained in pathology at both McMaster University, and at

the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and

Surgeons of Canada in both Anatomical and Forensic Pathology, and a Lecturer in the

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. He

is a consultant forensic pathologist to the Cayman Islands.

Dr. Chitra Rao FRCPC MBBS Interim Director, Hamilton Health Sciences Dr. Rao

teaches pathology and forensic pathology to McMaster University residents

and medical students. She also supervises third-year research projects for students in

the Forensic Science Program at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Dr. Rao’s

research focus is related to child abuse and interpretation of injuries, differentiating

between accidental and non-accidental injuries in children under five. She is also

involved in ongoing research on incidents of retinal hemorrhages and its significance.

Roger Skinner MD CCFP (EM) – Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region – Toronto West Office; Chair of the Office of the Chief Coroner’s Geriatric and Long-Term Care Death Review Committee Before joining the Office of the Chief Coroner full-time, Dr. Skinner was an investigating and inquest coroner in Grey-Bruce where he practiced family, emergency and hospitalist medicine with Grey Bruce Health Services. He currently chairs the Office of the Chief Coroner’s Geriatric and Long-Term Care Review Committee.

Karen C. Schiff MD FRCPC (EM) – Regional Supervising Coroner for West Region – Hamilton Dr. Schiff obtained an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree (2000) from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON). She obtained her Medical Degree (2005) from the University of Ottawa and a Fellowship in Emergency Medicine (2010) from McMaster University (Hamilton, ON). Dr. Schiff was an Emergency Physician at St. Joseph Healthcare, and was the Associate Program Director for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Emergency Medicine Training Program at McMaster University from 2011 to June 2016. Dr. Schiff was appointed as a coroner for Ontario in 2013, and was appointed as Regional Coroner in March 2017.

James R. Sproule, MD CM CCFP (EM) MBA CCPE – Deputy Chief Coroner, Office

of the Chief Coroner Deputy Chief Coroner Dr. James Sproule joined the OCC in

October 2015. After graduating from Medical School at McGill University, Dr. Sproule

completed a combined residency in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the

University of Ottawa followed by a Fellowship in Sport Medicine at the University of

Western Ontario. He practiced Emergency Medicine and Sport Medicine in Ottawa and

London Ontario where he taught in the Faculties of Medicine and Kinesiology at the

University of Western Ontario. Dr. Sproule was Chief Medical Officer for Canada at the

1996 Centennial Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Sproule joined the

Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) in 1995 and, in 2001, earned an MBA

degree from the Queen’s University School of Business. In 2003, he became the

Director of Physician Consulting Services at CMPA. From 2008 to 2015, Dr. Sproule

was the Managing Director of the Physician Services Group and a member of CMPA’s

Senior Management Group. Dr. Sproule led a number of major projects including the

Association’s transition to Electronic File Management (EFM), and a review and

revamping of the roles and responsibilities of CMPA’s physician employees. Jim was

the Executive Sponsor for CMPA’s recent Strategic Initiatives to enhance the

Association’s service delivery model. Jim’s previous leadership experience will help the

Office of the Chief Coroner implement the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan for Ontario’s Death

Investigation System.

Jeff Tanguay, MD, FRCPC - Director, Kingston Regional Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. Tanguay became the Director of the Kingston Regional Forensic Pathology Unit on May 1, 2018. His education includes a Bachelor of Science (Queen's University, 1997), Masters of Science (Queen's University, 1999), Medical Degree (University of Western Ontario, 2003), Anatomic Pathology Residency Training Program (University of Toronto, 2008), and Forensic Pathology Residency Training Program (University of Toronto, 2009). He sat the first Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Forensic Pathology examination in 2009. After completion of forensic pathology residency training, he worked at the Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit in Toronto for several years. He then undertook additional fellowship training in Thoracic Pathology at the Toronto General Hospital and worked there as a Thoracic Pathologist while continuing to work as a part time forensic pathologist at the Provincial Unit. He now practices Forensic and Thoracic pathology at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. He is an Assistant Professor at Queen's University.

Dr. Edward (Ted) Tweedie, MD, FRCPC - Director, Southwest Regional Forensic Pathology Unit Dr. Ted Tweedie is Director of the Southwest Regional Forensic Pathology Unit at the London Health Sciences Centre. He is a medical graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He trained in Anatomical Pathology at UWO and completed a Fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Hamilton Regional Unit. He teaches pathology residents and students in the Pathologists’ Assistant Masters Program at Western University. He is a member of the Royal College Forensic Pathology Examination Board. In addition to forensic and autopsy pathology, his practice also involves cardiovascular surgical pathology service

Ingo von Both MD PhD - Forensic Pathologist, Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit

Dr. von Both completed his residency in Anatomical Pathology at the University of

Cologne, Germany, followed by a PhD. He came to Toronto in 2000, where he was a

Post-Doctoral Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital and then a Research Associate at

SickKids. In 2015, Dr. von Both completed his residency in Anatomical Pathology at

University of Toronto in 2015 followed by subspecialty training in Forensic Pathology at

U of T. In addition, Dr. von Both was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department

of LMP at the University of Toronto. Dr. von Both has joined the Provincial Forensic

Pathology Unit at the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex in July 2016, to

augment forensic pathology capacity in the Greater Toronto Area.

Andrew S. Williams, MD FRCPC (AP & FP) - Forensic Pathologist, Coroner,

Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit completed his BMSc with an Honors

Specialization in Pharmacology and Toxicology (2007) prior to obtaining his MD (2011)

from The University of Western Ontario, followed by residencies in Anatomical

Pathology (Dalhousie University, 2016) and Forensic Pathology (University of Toronto,

2017). He joined the Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit in Toronto as a Forensic

Pathologist in July 2017 and is appointed as a coroner for the province of Ontario. Dr.

Williams has special interest in postmortem cross-sectional imaging (PMCT, PMCT

Angiography) and workplace wellness.

Michael B. Wilson, B.Arts.Sc., MD, CCFP, FCFP, Regional Supervising Coroner

North Region - Thunder Bay Office, Inquest Coroner and Chair of the

Construction Death Review Committee Dr. Wilson has lived in Thunder Bay since

1994 and has been Regional Supervising Coroner since 2010. He was an investigating

coroner for 10 years and practiced family and emergency medicine in Nipigon,

Northwestern Ontario from 1996 to 2010 and held positions at the Nipigon District

Memorial Hospital, including Chief of Staff and Chair of the Emergency Care Team. He

is a member of the American Association of Forensic Sciences and an Associate

Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.