Areas of Specialty Postmortem radiologic imaging Medical examiner surveillance for infectious disease mortality Autopsy biosafety Pathology and epidemiology of drug abuse Classification of self-injury mortality and relationship between alcohol intoxication and suicide Prevention of out-of-hospital trauma mortality Certifications American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology American Board of Pathology - Forensic Pathology Achievements & Awards Rita Feinberg Fellowship- Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan, 2020 Outstanding Service Award- In Recognition of Outstanding Service to the National Association of Medical Examiners and of Significant Contributions to the Advancement of the Medicolegal Investigation of Deaths in the United States, 2018 United States Attorney Law Enforcement Award Recognizing Outstanding Contributions to the New Mexico Heroin & Opioid Prevention & Education Initiative, 2017 Gift of Sight Award from Eye Bank Association of America, 2017 Compass Award - For Steadfast and Enduring Counsel to the National Association of Medical Examiners, 2015 President’s Award for Special and Ongoing Service to the National Association of Medical Examiners, 2013 Nominated for Charles C. Shepard Science Award, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for “A history of being prescribed controlled substances and risk of drug overdose death” in Pain Medicine, 2012