New York State Association of County Coroners and Medical Examiners
Fall 2008 Conference
Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sierra Suites Hotel – Fishkill, New York
“SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED, AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY”
Friday, September 19, 2008
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. NYSACCME Board of Directors Meeting
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own
Saturday, September 20, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Sr. Inv. Thomas Martin, New York State Police, Troop “K”
“Death Scene Investigations in Multiple Murder Cases”
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Dianne Vertes, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Erie County, NY
“I Buffalo”
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Dianne Vertes, M.D., Associate Chief Medical Examiner, Erie County, NY
“Zoological Mysteries”
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Richard Callery, M.D., F.C.A.P., Chief Medical Examiner, State of Delaware
“Delaweird Unusual Cases from the First State”
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Accreditation Meeting
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Yvonne Milewski, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, NY
“Medico-legal Investigation into the Deaths of the Abused and Neglected”
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Barbara Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., First Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, NYC
“Sudden, Unexpected Cardiovascular Death: The Extraordinary”
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Laura Labay Ph.D., DABFT, Forensic Toxicologist, NMS Laboratories
“Murder, Mayhem and Madness: Adventures in Forensic Toxicology”
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Charles Catanese, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Orange County, NY
“The Negative Pediatric Autopsy - Natural, Accident, or Homicide?”
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Free time
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Business meeting
8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Bring Your Own Slides – Case Presentations (1-1½ hours)
Speakers: Dr. Callery, Dr. Sikirica, Dr. Reiber, Dr. Milewski,
Dr. Catanese, Dr. Chute, and volunteers
10:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Hospitality Suite
Sunday, September 21, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Dennis Chute, M.D., Deputy Medical Examiner, Dutchess County, NY
“Nebulous, Novel & Necessary: Neuropathology”
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Dan Pavord, Chief Physicist, Dept. of Radiation-Oncology, VBMC
and Kari Reiber, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Dutchess County, NY
“Radioactive Implants”
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ADA Marjorie Smith, Bureau Chief, Special Victims Bureau, DA Office
and Kari Reiber, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, Dutchess County, NY
“Exhumations – Legal and Social Issues”
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Ralph L. Klicker, Ph.D., Funeral Director, Buffalo, NY
“Unexpected Traumatic Death and the Funeral Director”
Total NYSACCME hours: Application submitted for 13 AAFP Prescribed Credits
NYSDOH approved credits for Funeral Directors: 3 CEUs
Updated: 07/12/08 SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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