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Drug Fatalities - America's 'Other' Epidemic: A Medical Examiner's Perspective & AOA Update


Total Credits: 2 including 2 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)

Average Rating:
   86
State Associations:
MOMS - Minnesota
Faculty:
Andrew M. Baker, MD, FCAP |  Thomas L. Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP
Duration:
2 Hours 02 Minutes
Expiration:
Never expires.


Description

Learning Objectives: 

  • Describe the scope and changing toxicological landscape of the drug fatality epidemic in the United States
  • List the steps involved in investigating an apparent drug-related fatality
  • Explain the intersection of the drug fatality epidemic and the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States, and the effect on the forensic pathology workforce

Disclosure:  Dr. Baker has not actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this program or presentation.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society (MOMS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

Grievance Policy: ​Grievances regarding this program or AOA CME credit reporting will be handled on an individual basis. All grievances should be directed in writing to the MOMS Executive Director at info@mndo.org or by mail to Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society, 1747 Beam Avenue, Suite 100, St. Paul, MN 55109-1128. Grievances that cannot be resolved by MOMS will then be sent to the AOA Council on CME, 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

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Faculty

Andrew M. Baker, MD, FCAP's Profile

Andrew M. Baker, MD, FCAP Related Seminars and Products


Dr. Andrew Baker is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He is board-certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology. He is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, having previously served as the Chair of the Academy’s Pathology/Biology section and on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is a fellow of the National Association of Medical Examiners, and has previously served as the President and Chair of the Board of Directors. A veteran of the US Air Force, Dr. Baker began practicing as a full-time forensic pathologist with the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2002. He was appointed to the position of Chief Medical Examiner for Hennepin County in 2004, and was reappointed in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. In 2013, Dr. Baker’s office expanded to provide all medical examiner services to Dakota and Scott Counties in the metropolitan Twin Cities area. 


Thomas L. Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP's Profile

Thomas L. Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP Related Seminars and Products


Thomas L. Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, was inaugurated as the 124th president of the American Osteopathic Association on July 18, 2020.

President Ely is an AOA board-certified osteopathic family physician and fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. A member of the AOA since 1980, Dr. Ely was elected to the AOA’s Board of Trustees in 2006 and has been a delegate representing Tennessee in the AOA’s House of Delegates since 1998.

Dr. Ely is past president of the Tennessee Osteopathic Medical Association and a member of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Osteopathic Examination (licensure board) for 9 years.

Prior to attending what is now the Kansas City (Missouri) University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Ely served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, which included two combat tours in Vietnam, serving as a “Dustoff” medical evacuation pilot. Following osteopathic medical school, he re-entered the military as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and completed a family medicine internship and residency at DeWitt Army Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He retired from the Army in 1988 with the rank of lieutenant colonel and went into private practice as a family physician in Clarksville, Tennessee, and subsequently served as the chief medical officer for the Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville from 2002 to 2015.

Dr. Ely has no discloures. 
 


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