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Name GREGORY GEORGE DAVIS
Professor of Pathology
Director of Forensic Division		  
Campus Address CGH 220
Phone  (205) 930-3603
E-mail  gdavis@uabmc.edu
Other websites http://138.26.61.118/depts/MEB/SOMResearchFaculty/currentfacultydata.asp?ID=gdavis
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Education
Undergraduate  Vanderbilt University    1983  B.A. 
Medical School  Vanderbilt University    1987  M.D. 
Residency  Vanderbilt University    1992  Pathology (AP/CP) 
Fellowship  San Diego County Medical Examiner Office    1993  Forensic Pathology 
Graduate  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health    2001  M.S.P.H 

Certifications
American Board of Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology  1993 
American Board of Pathology - Forensic Pathology  1994 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Clinical Pathology  Forensic Pathology Professor

Biographical Sketch 
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Program Director, Scientific Sessions, Pathology/Biology Section (2000-1); Chair, Path/Bio Section (2003-4); Member, Board of Trustees, Forensic Sciences Foundation (2009-13); Member, Board of Directors, AAFS (2011-6); recipient, Pathology/Biology Section Milton Helpern Award (2016); co-chair, annual meeting program (2019-20). American Board of Pathology - Member, Forensic Pathology Test Development and Advisory Committee (2005-12); member, Anatomic Pathology PathLink Test Development and Advisory Committee (2016-present). Association of Pathology Chairs - Co-chair, Autopsy Working Group, Program Directors Section (PRODS) (2014-2016). American Society for Clinical Pathology - Member, Check Sample Committee (2005-11); Chair, ASCP Case Reports Committee (formerly Check Sample Committee) (2011-7); Pathologist at Large member, Board of Directors (2018-present). College of American Pathologists - Member, Forensic Pathology Resource Committee (2007-12); Member, Curriculum Committee (2013-2018). National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Member, Death Subcommittee, Panel to Evaluate U.S. Standard Certificates for National Center for Health Statistics, 1998-9 revision (represented NAME); Chair, Subcommittee for Journal of NAME (2003-13); Member, Board of Directors, NAME (2005-10); NAME Chair, NAME and American College of Medical Toxicology Expert Panel on Evaluating and Reporting Opioid Deaths (2012-3); Vice-President, NAME (2013); President, NAME (2014); Chair of Board of Directors, NAME (2015); recipient, Outstanding Service Award (2016); Chair, NAME Expert Panel on Evaluating and Reporting Opioid Deaths (2019-20). Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Chair, Crime Scene/Death Investigation Scientific Area Committee and member, Forensic Science Standards Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology (2014-9). Director, Forensic Pathology Training Program, UAB (2004-14); Chair, Clinical Competence Committee, UAB Pathology (2013-16). Editorial Boards, Am J Forensic Med Pathol (1998-present), J Forensic Sciences (2001-2021), Forensic Sci Med Pathol (2007-present), Acad Forensic Pathol (2011-5); co-editor, ASCP Check Sample series on forensic pathology (2005-11); Executive Editor, ASCP Case Reports series (formerly Check Sample) (2011-7). author of 74 published papers and 1 book.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Academy of Forensic Sciences     
American Society for Clinical Pathology  Fellow-at-Large member, Board of Directors   
College of American Pathologists     
National Association of Medical Examiners  past president   
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology     
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Description
My interest is the application of epidemiology to the practice of forensic pathology, including the cause of sudden death in patients with a history of drug abuse.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
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Keywords
drug abuse, opioid, sudden death, death certification