Death Doesn't Look Like CSI
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What this talk is about
The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.
One speaker. One big idea. One good room.
Where · Times Ten Cellars.
Television crime dramas have given us a tidy, fast-paced version of forensic pathology: results in minutes, glamorous labs, and detectives who double as coroners. The actual work looks nothing like that. Dr. Jill Urban walks through what forensic pathologists really do in the morgue, from autopsy procedures and determining cause of death to working with law enforcement and testifying in court. The talk addresses the gap between what viewers see on CSI and what happens in a county medical examiner's office, where the work is technical, unglamorous, and governed by strict protocols. Dr. Urban is a Medical Examiner at the Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at UT Southwestern, where she serves on the forensic pathology fellowship faculty. She is board-certified in forensic pathology, performs autopsies and testifies as an expert witness in this county, and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the National Association of Medical Examiners.
How the night goes
Doors at 6:30 PM. Claim a seat, settle in.
We kick things off around 6:55 PM.
Dr. Urban takes the floor at 7:00 PM.
Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.
Then we linger. Meet the speaker, meet each other, around 8:00 PM.
Out by 8:30 PM.
Who's speaking
Dr. Jill Urban
Jill Urban, M.D. graduated from Kansas State University with a BA in Anthropology. Following college, she attended medical school at the University of Kansas, where she graduated with an MD. She then came to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), where she completed a five year residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She then did a one year fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences. She is board certified in Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathology and is licensed to practice medicine in the State of Texas. She has been employed as a Dallas County Medical Examiner at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences since 2000. She is also an Assistant Professor of Pathology at UTSW and serves as Medical Director of Transplant Services at UTSW.
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Times Ten Cellars · Dallas, TX