The MAME annual conference will be held Friday, November 5, through Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the Radisson Lansing at the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. The full agenda will be released closer to the conference date.
Our featured speaker is Melissa Pasquale, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Examiner at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME). Dr. Pasquale is a board-certified anatomic and forensic pathologist for Brooklyn and Staten Island at the NYC OCME.
Originally from Edwardsburg, Michigan, Dr. Pasquale is a graduate of Hillsdale College and Wayne State University School of Medicine. She completed pathology residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, followed by completion of forensic pathology fellowships at the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Office in Miami, Florida, and at the Wayne County Medical Examiner Office in Detroit, Michigan. She has also worked as a medical examiner in Detroit and Atlanta. Her alliances are with the Wolverines (by marriage), and she never leaves Michigan without a few jars of Sanders dark chocolate hot fudge.
Dr. Pasquale will be giving a keynote presentation on her experience during the COVID-19 pandemic at the NYC OCME. Additionally, Dr. Pasquale will be presenting on NYC's experience trying to build a health and wellness program for employees at the OCME.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Pasquale joining us this year, and hope that you will be joining us, as well!
The Radisson Lansing at the Capitol is in a great location with plenty of entertainment options just a short walk away, including the beautiful Michigan state capitol building, the Impression 5 Science Center, and the Lansing City Market. Book your room now at our conference rate with the code MAME21.
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.
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Agenda
Friday, November 5, 2021
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7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration, check-in & breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome
Jo Catania, MPA, D-ABMDI
WMU School of Medicine
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Updated Mass Fatality Plan
Jessica Gould; MDHHS
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. STORM Project & Drug-Related Death Surveillance
Chloe Bielby, MPH
WMU School of Medicine
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Fentanyl & Fentanyl Analogues
Prentiss Jones, PhD, F-ABFT, TC-NRCC
WMU School of Medicine
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. CME Credit Instructions
Jo Catania, MPA, D-ABMDI
WMU School of Medicine
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ME & MEI Role in Death Review Processes Heidi Hilliard, MPH; MPHI Katie Hubbard, MA; MPHI
Melissa Brown, BS; MPHI
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. The Lac Mégantic Disaster
Eleftherios Vouyoukas, MD Michigan Medicine
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break with Exhibitors
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Evaluating Organs & Tissue for Transplant in Forensic Cases
Logan Miller Gift of Life Michigan
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Evidence Collection and Handling
Sgt. Todd A. Rathjen
Battle Creek Police Department
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Complex Suicides
Catherine Perez, MD
Michigan Medicine
5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Affiliates/Investigator Forum
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Gift of Life Reception
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Saturday, November 6, 2021
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7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration, check-in & breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Welcome
Carl Schmidt, MD; Michigan Medicine
8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Positional Asphyxia in Opioid- Related Deaths Joyce deJong, DO
WMU School of Medicine
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. COVID-19 Experience in NYC
Medical Examiner’s Office Melissa Pasquale, MD
OCME, City of New York
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
10:00 a.m.– 10:45 a.m. Forensic Odontology in Mass
Disasters
Bill Lichon, DDS; MIFSM
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Photography for Medical Examiners
Kelly Root; Michigan Medicine
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Aerial Lift-Related Deaths
Christopher Ramos, MD
WMU School of Medicine
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CDC Screening & Autopsy Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Deaths Carl Schmidt, MD; Michigan Medicine
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Break with Exhibitors
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Interesting & Unusual Cases
Stephen Cohle, MD
Kent County Medical Examiner
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Fall & Bleed or Bleed & Fall?
Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, MD
WMU School of Medicine
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break with Exhibitors
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Viral Hepatitis Cases in Drug- Related Deaths of Wayne County
Omar Rayes, MD
Michigan Medicine
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. MAME Annual Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Annual Banquet & MAME Moments
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Sunday, November 7, 2021
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8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (provided)
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. An Airplane Crash in Water:
Lessons Learned Jeffrey Jentzen, MD
Michigan Medicine
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. The Oral Systemic Link & an Update on Bitemark Analysis Gary M. Berman, DDS
Wayne County ME Office
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. NYC’s Experience Trying to Build a Health & Wellness Program for Employees at the Medical
Examiner’s Office Melissa Pasquale, MD
OCME, City of New York
10:45 a.m.—11:30 a.m. Stress Injury
Kate Dernocoeur
MEI, Ionia County
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CME Credits Review & Wrap-up
Omar Rayes, MD Michigan Medicine
12:00 p.m. Departure
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