MEDICAL EXAMINER
Dr. Mary H. Dudley's Bio
Mary H. Dudley, M.D. is the Chief Medical Examiner for Jackson County, Missouri. She is board certified in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathologists.
She completed a two-year fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the University of New Mexico, following a four-year Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Previously, Dr. Dudley was the Chief Medical Examiner in Sedgwick County, Kansas, for seven years, and Medical Examiner for Maricopa County in Phoenix, Arizona, for five years.
Dr. Dudley has been active in the field of forensic medical investigation for many years. She developed the first forensic nursing program in Colorado in 1994 and the first Forensic Medical Investigation Institute course in 1996.
She is a member of the following associations and committees:
- National Association of Medical Examiners – fellow and Board of Directors
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences – fellow
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- Registered Diplomate of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
- National Disaster Medical Services – DMORT 7
Dr. Dudley is an associate professor for the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School Department of Pathology and on the teaching faculty for Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs), Penn Valley Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City, Missouri), and Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas).