Designated Pathologist Program

Designated Pathologist Program The purpose of the Designated Pathologist Program is to identify, recruit and assist qualified Pathologists to perform consultations and to provide autopsy service in support of the Mississippi Medicolegal Death Investigation System. Pathologists so designated should have adequate training and experience in anatomic pathology with a special interest in forensic pathology. They will assist the County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Medical Examiner’s Office in the investigation of “deaths affecting the public interest” as defined by Mississippi Statutes. The Designated Pathologists will conform to all Mississippi Statutes concerning Medicolegal Death Investigations, and will abide by Rules and Regulations promulgated by the State Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Board of Medicolegal Death Investigations.