Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2019 Correctly identifying deaths due to drug toxicity without a forensic autopsy.  American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.  40:99-101. 2019
2019 n-Ethyl Pentylone-Related Deaths in Alabama.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  64:304-308. 2019
2018 National Association of Medical Examiners position paper: Recommendations for the investigation and certification of deaths in people with epilepsy.  Epilepsia.  59:530-543. 2018
2018 Postradiation Histiocytic Sarcoma in the Setting of Muir-Torre Syndrome..  Case Reports in Pathology.  2018:5947870. 2018
2017 Rhabdomyosarcoma, Spindle Cell/Sclerosing Variant: A Clinical and Histopathological Examination of this Rare Variant with Three New Cases from the Oral Cavity..  Head and Neck Pathology.  11:494-500. 2017
2017 Quantification of loperamide by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.  Journal of Analytical Toxicology.  41:729-734. 2017
2017 The Regional Autopsy Center: The University of Alabama at Birmingham Experience.  American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.  38:189-192. 2017
2017 A survey of medical examiner death certification of vignettes on death in epilepsy: Gaps in identifying SUDEP.  Epilepsy Research.  133:71-75. 2017
2017 The Value of Outsourcing Selected Cases in a Medical Examiner Population: A 10-Year Experience.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  62:99-102. 2017
2016 Effects of Cold Ischemia on Gene Expression: A Review and Commentary.  Biopreservation and Biobanking.  14:548-558. 2016
2016 Surveillance of Drug Overdoses Using Google Fusion Tables.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  6:281-290. 2016
2016 Use of Infrared Photography to Visualize a Tattoo for Identification in Advanced Decomposition.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  6:338-342. 2016
2016 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting as a brainstem encephalitis.  Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.  143:76-79. 2016
2016 Factors affecting the use of human tissues in biomedical research: Implications in the design and operation of a biorepository.  Methods in Molecular Biology.  1381:1-38. 2016
2015 Comparison of the Distribution of Cranial Fractures by Mechanism of Formation.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  5:338-343. 2015
2012 Micro-anatomy of the renal sympathetic nervous system: A human postmortem histologic study.  Clinical Anatomy.  25:628-633. 2012

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2017 Safety and the Biorepository.  479-492. 2017
2016 Factors Affecting the Use of Human Tissues in Biomedical Research: Implications in the Design and Operation of a Biorepository..  1-38. 2016

Research Overview

  • I am actively engaged in innovative methods of graduate and undergraduate medical education particularly with the implementation of a cadaver biopsy program which was launched with grant support in 2016. I am also interested in how death certification practices impact public health, specifically in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). I am also interested in the function of a regional autopsy center (RAC), the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s unique national footprint as a leading RAC model, and how findings in autopsies can generally help improve understanding of disease processes and ultimately positively impact healthcare in the 21st century.

    • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Daniel Atherton