Marie A. Russell
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine and LAC+USC Medical Center Director, Center for Life Support Training and Research Director, Clinical Forensic Medicine Program
Contact at: (323) 226-6667 or mrussell@hsc.usc.edu
Expertise:
- soft tissue wounds and infections - gunshot wounds, stab wounds, patterned wounds
- wound ballistics
- dog bites, law enforcement and civilian
- gang violence
- nonverbal gang communication -
the forensic significance of tattoos,
graffiti. hand signs and dress ("colors")
- forensic significance of gang graffiti,
dress and tattoos
- domestic violence - elder abuse,
child abuse
- homicide and serial homicide
- gunshot, stab and patterned wounds
- correctional (jail) medicine
- police abuse
- police procedures and techniques -
pepper spray, restraint procedures,
Taser
- forensic pathology
- clinical forensic medicine
- Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
Consultant, Los Angeles Regional Poison Control Center
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