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Michele Catellier, MD


Dr. Catellier began her duties as an Associate State Medical Examiner for the State of Iowa on October 2, 2006.  Dr. Catellier spent her undergraduate, medical school, and post-graduate training in Indiana, and her forensic pathology fellowship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Following her training, she worked in general hospital pathology for approximately ten years. Prior to arrival in Iowa, she worked as a forensic pathologist in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Dr. Catellier is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology, and also achieved recertification in these areas. Particular areas of forensic interest include child death and child abuse, elder abuse, and asphyxia/strangulation. Dr. Catellier is a member of the Iowa Child Death Review Committee and Iowa Violent Death Review Committee. She enjoys teaching responsibilities.

Dr. Catellier discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.