The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office is accredited by The National Association of Medical Examiner’s (NAME). https://www.thename.org/inspection-accreditation
Fellowship
Additionally, the ME's Office operates a one-year Fellowship Training Program in Forensic Pathology, which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The training course begins with orientation and didactic lectures, followed by graduated responsibility in case difficulty and complexity. Forensic Pathology knowledge is gained by scene investigations and performance of approximately 200 to 250 autopsies. Fellows will have observed court testimony and depositions by the end of the one-year fellowship. Categorized records provide excellent study materials for research projects and board preparation. At year’s end the Fellow should be educated with skills and logic needed to practice forensic pathology independently. The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office received its ACGME accreditation in 2002, with continued accreditation through 2025. https://www.acgme.org/
Society Memberships
The medical staff and investigative staff have various memberships and affiliations with professional organizations, including:
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
- College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team (DMORT)
- Kansas City Regional Mortuary Operational Response Group (KCRMORG)
- Medical-Legal Death Investigation Subcommittee (OSAC)
- Mid-American Regional Council (MARC)
- Midwest Transplant Network (MTN)
- Missouri Disaster Response System (MODRS)
- Missouri Mortuary Operational Response Group (MOMORG)
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)
- National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- State Technical Assistant Team (STAT)
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
The medical staff has clinical faculty appointments in the Department of Pathology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) and University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). Additionally, we participate in the training of UMKC Residents in Pathology and Children's Mercy Hospital fellows in Pediatric Pathology and Child Abuse Care. The medical staff also conducts educational lectures for the UMKC Medical Student Pathology course and, whenever called upon, at local hospitals and other community organizations.