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FORENSIC PATHOLOGY EXPERT WITNESS, SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA CALIFORNIA, BOARD CERTIFIED FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS, AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY EXPERT WITNESS, EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY IN AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY, EXPERT OPINION IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS, SUDDEN DEATH, AUTOPSY REPORT SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA, BUTTE COUNTY, FREMONT COUNTY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, MARIPOSA COUNTY, MONTEREY COUNTY, REDDING COUNTY, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, SONOMA COUNTY, SUTTER COUNTY, BRANCIFORTE COUNTY, CALAVERAS COUNTY, MARIN COUNTY, MENDOCINO COUNTY, NAPA COUNTY, TRINITY COUNTY, YUBA COUNTY, SOLANO COUNTY, EL DORADO COUNTY, YOLO COUNTY, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, SAN JOSE COUNTY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, TUOLUMNE COUNTY, SHASTA COUNTY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, COLUSA COUNTY, IMPERIAL COUNTY
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Dr. Melinek is
a ABP board-certified forensic pathologist and an Assistant Medical Examiner
in San Francisco, California as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of
Pathology at the UCSF Medical Center.
Dr. Melinek trained as a forensic pathologist at the New York City Medical
Examiner's Office from 2001-2003. She has testified in criminal and civil
cases in New York and California.
Dr. Melinek has been qualified as an expert witness in forensic pathology,
neuropathology and wound interpretation. She has had subspecialty training
in surgery and has published and consulted on cases of therapeutic misadventures.
She trains doctors on proper death certification and has been invited to lecture
at professional conferences on the subjects of complications of therapy and
in-custody deaths.
Past clients include the Santa Clara County District Attorney, Office of the
County Counsel County of Contra Costa, Marin County Public Defender, the Court
Appointed Attorney Program of the Alameda County Bar Association, the Attorney
General of the State of California, and private civil plaintiff's and defense
attorneys including TheAccidentalLawyer.com.
DR. MELINEK'S MOST RECENT PUBLICATION:
Anthropological and Radiographic Comparison of Vertebrae
for Identification of Decomposed Human Remains, J Forensic Sci, September
2006, Vol. 51, No. 5 PP.1002-1004
DR. MELINEK'S CASES IN THE NEWS:
San Francisco Chronicle: S.F.
near settlement with fall victim's family
San Francisco Chronicle: Probe
inconclusive on fall from Nob Hill roof
Bay Area Reporter: Police Believe that
Nielsen Died after Fall
SFgate.com:
San Francisco - After Seven Months Man's Death is Still a Mystery
Jury in San Jose Awards Widow $1 Million for Wrongful Death of Husband in
Police Custody
Narcotics
Agent Accused of Manslaughter Not Guilty
