The MAME annual conference will be held Friday, November 4th, and Saturday, November 5th, 2022, at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Please note the updated format from 2.5 days to 2 full days of presentations and events. The tentative agenda has been released and can be found below. Registration is now open and additional registration options are available this year!
This year's featured speaker is Reade Quinton, M.D. Dr. Quinton is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is also a board-certified forensic pathologist and a medical examiner for the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. Prior to 2019, he was the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner and Director of Forensic Pathology fellowship training program for the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Quinton has published and lectured extensively in the field of forensic pathology, with a focus on child fatality and forensic pathology education. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) and Chair of the NAME Educational Activities Committee.
We are so excited to have Dr. Quinton joining us this year and we hope that you'll be joining us, as well!

Book your room now at our conference rate with code: MAME11322.
This conference is good for medical examiners, deputy medical examiners, and additional medical examiner personnel including investigators (MEIs), forensic scientists, administrators, and other professionals working within or affiliated with a county.
2022 Annual Meeting Tentative Agenda
Friday, November 4th, 2022
Guidelines and Resources for Death Investigation
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Amanda Wallace, D-ABMDI
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Chemical Terrorism
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Edmund Donoghue, MD
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How Laboratory Results can Guide the Investigator
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Richard Cruz, D-ABMDI, AMT-MLT
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Pillars and Pitfalls of Forensic Photography
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Matthew Bombich, BA |
Michigan Mass Fatality Resources and Requesting
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Jessica Gould, BSc
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System for Opioid Overdose Surveillance (SOS)
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Jason Goldstick, PhD
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Beyond the Database: NamUs Resources for Unidentified Person Cases
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Lori Bruski, BS
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Methods and Use of Ophthalmic Photography in Neuropathology Examinations
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Allison Deemter, MA & Riley Davis, BA
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Investigation of Fire-Related Deaths
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D/F/Lt. Trever Slater
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Advancing Education in Forensic Pathology
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Reade Quinton, MD
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Saturday, November 5th, 2022
Basic Interview & Interrogation
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Brent Benzing, MA
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Atypical Gunshot Wounds
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Thomas Herb, MD
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Injury Patterns in Motor Vehicle Collision-Pediatric Pedestrian Deaths
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Moheem Halari, MBBS, MSc, Dip. FHID
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Coming Changes to Death Certification
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Jeffrey Duncan, PhD
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Everything You Need to Know About Filling Out a Death Certificate Accurately and Completely but were Afraid to Ask: A Discussion
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Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, MD & Carl Schmidt, MD
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Cremation Permit Review and COVID-19 Death Certificates
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Madeline VanderVeen, BA
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The Autopsy Report as Self-Portrait
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Carl Schmidt, MD
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Hymenoptera (Bee) Stings and Other Anaphylaxis Deaths
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Reade Quinton, MD
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Some strategies for helping juries successfully navigate abusive head trauma cases, with emphasis on the forensic pathologist expert defense witness***Likely needs 1 hour
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Michael Caplan, MD
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Forensic Medicine in Saudi Arabia
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Sadiq Alqutub, MD
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A Review of Interesting Cases
Toxicology from the Investigative Perspective
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Stephen Cohle, MD
Prentiss Jones, PhD
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