The Office of the Medical Investigator, a special program of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, is pleased to offer expertise in forensic neuropathology consultation by Heather S. Jarrell, MD and Karen S. SantaCruz, MD.
Cases accepted include, but are not limited to: adult and pediatric blunt head trauma (accidental and non-accidental), neurodegenerative disease (adult and pediatric), leukodystrophy, leukoencephalopathy and infectious processes of the CNS.
Expert testimony is available by request or subpoena. Materials accepted for consultation include formalin-fixed whole brain and/or spinal cord, paraffin-embedded formalin fixed tissue, or H&E stained/unstained slides.
Please complete and include a Neuropathology Consultation Chain of Custody form for all specimens shipped.
Contact Information: Contact Heather Jarrell, M.D. for additional information and fee scheduled at: hjarrell@salud.unm.edu
Non-Contagious brains without prior shipping materials.
Office of the Medical Investigator
ATTN: Albert Arocha/Morphology Department
1101 Camino de Salud NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact OMI
Phone: 505-272-3053
Main Fax: 505-925-0546
General e-mail: hsc-omi-feedback@salud.unm.edu
Records requests
hsc-omirecordrequest@salud.unm.edu
Records Request Fax: 505-925-0558
Request for witness testimony
omijudicial@salud.unm.edu
Hours
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Media Relations
Chris Ramirez, MPA
UNM – HSC Communications Manager