Comments | little_details: Qualifications to be a medical examiner in San Francisco? Also how a medical examiner is ranked?

iteari in little_details

Qualifications to be a medical examiner in San Francisco? Also how a medical examiner is ranked?

Oct 28, 2012 07:37

Setting: San Francisco, California. Current times.

Story: My character is 28 years old and I want her to be an assistant medical examiner. The problem I have right now is finding what qualifications she would need to have in order to be one since apparently that differs depending on what jurisdiction you are in. I'm also flummoxed at how to figure ( Read more... )

~forensics: corpses, usa: california, usa: government: law enforcement (misc)

Comments 2

anonymous October 29 2012, 14:00:27 UTC

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the City and County of San Francisco is an appointed position. You have to complete medical school (4 yrs), a general pathology residency specializing in Anatomic pathology (4 years), and a year of Forensic Pathology Fellowship. To gain board certification, you have to sit for the American Board of Pathology's examinations in Anatomic and Forensic pathology (one test in each) and pass them. Then you can start applying for jobs. Wherever you get a job you need a medical license in that state.

anonymous October 31 2012, 14:51:25 UTC

There is a organisation chart in the SF Medical examiner's annual report.
http://sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=943