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Dr. Todd Grey

Medical Examiner
Pre-Medical Education
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Yale University - B.A. 1976 Anthropology

Medical Education:
Dartmouth Medical School - M.D. June, 1980
 
Hospital Training:
Intern Anatomic Pathology - U.C.S.D. 1980-1981
Resident Anatomic Pathology - U.C.S.D. 1981-1982

Past Employment:
    - Staff Anatomic Pathologist
      Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital 1982-1985
   - Designated Pathologist
     Office of the Medical Investigator
     McKinley County, New Mexico 1983-1985
   - Associate Medical Examiner
     Dade County M.E.’s Office 1985-1986
   - Clinical Assistant Professor
     University of Miami School of Medicine 1985-1986
   - Assistant Medical Examiner and Deputy Director
     Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah 1986-1988
   - Clinical Assistant Professor
      Dept. of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine 1986-1992
   - Chief Medical Examiner
     Office of the Medical Examiner - State of Utah 1988-2016
   - Clinical Associate Professor  
     Dept. of Pathology, 
     University of Utah School of Medicine 1992- current
​Certification:
  • National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate, August 1, 1981 #238440
  • Board Certified, Anatomic and Forensic Pathology, June 20, 1986
 Licensure:
  • State of Utah No.  86-17491-1205
  • Previously licensed in California and New Mexico
 Honors and Awards:
  • B.A. cum laude with Honors in the major
  • M.D. Dean’s Honor Roll
  • A.O.A. Honor Society
 Professional Society Memberships:
  • National Association of Medical Examiners
  • American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • Utah Society of Pathologists
 Committees and Consultantships:
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Advisory Committee
  Utah Department of Heath, 1986 to 2005
- Vital Statistics Task Force-Death Certificate Revision Committee
  Utah Department of Health, August-December 1987
- Department Improvement Committee
  Utah Department of Health, April-August 1988
- Architect Selection Board for Medical Examiner Facility
  Division of Facility and Construction Management, State of Utah, April-May 1988
- Information Technology Task Force
  Assigned to review Dept. of Health data processing systems and make  recommendations for improvement, July to December 1992
- Child Fatality Review Committee
  Multi-Agency Board to review deaths of children in Utah, November 1991 to 2016
- Infant and Fetal Death Technical Review Committee
   Utah Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services, August 1992 to September 1995
- Residency Committee
  Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, June 1990 to 2016
- Health Data Statute Review Committee
  Tasked to rewrite various statues concerning the collection and use of data by the state  health department, August-September 1995
- Suicide Prevention Task Force
   Legislatively mandated committee tasked with providing recommendations on ways to reduce the number of suicides that occur in Utah. 
​   July - November 1999
- Intermountain Tissue Center Scientific Advisory Board
   Provides advice and expertise on issues related to tissue harvesting.  October 2000 to 2006
- Electronic Death Registration Advisory Committee
  Provide advice and expertise for the development of a web based electronic death registration system November 2004 to August 2006
- National Violent Death Registration System Advisory Committee
   Provide advice and expertise in the process of data collection and analysis of violent  deaths in Utah,  July 2005 to 2016
- Controlled Substances Advisory Committee
   Legislatively established committee to advise the legislature on the scheduling of controlled substances 2005 - 2016
 
Presentations:​​
  • Grey, T.C. “Kearns Mid-Air Collision-The Role of the Medical Examiner in Aircraft Disasters” Aircraft Disaster Seminar, Jackson Hole, WY., October 1987
  • Grey, T.C. “Preserving the Scene” and “Mechanisms of Injury”
          Eighth Annual Life Flight Conference, SLC, UT., March 1989
  • Penny, J.A., Grey, T.C., and Sweeney, E.S. “Cause of Death: Venomous Snake Bite, Manner of Death: Homicide”  Presented by Grey, T.C. at the 40th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., February 1988
  • Grey, T.C. and Schnittker, S.I. “A Fowl Deed at the Aviary”
          National Association of Medical Examiners 1989 Annual Meeting, Sanibel Island, Fl., October 1989
  • Grey, T.C. “Equivocal Deaths: “What’s the Manner With You?””
           5th Annual National Conference on Serial Murders, Unidentified Bodies and Missing Persons, Nashville, Tn., March 1993
  • Grey, T.C. “Mechanisms of Injury and Their Medicolegal Significance”
           1993 Clinical Care Conference: Transport and Care of the Critically Injured, Snowbird, UT., May 1993
  • Grey, T.C. “Highway Accident Deaths: The Role of the Medical Examiner and a Plea to Change Utah Law” Northwest Association of Forensic Sciences-Fall Meeting, SLC, UT. October 1996
  • Grey, T.C., “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome” 
          Family Practice Grand Rounds, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, SLC, Ut., June 1997
          Pediatric Grand Rounds, Primary Children=s Medical Center, SLC, Ut., September 1997
  • Grey, T.C. “The Pediatric Autopsy: Role of the Medical Examiner”
          Panel Discussion-Pediatric Grand Rounds, Primary Children=s Medical Center, SLC, UT., October 1997
  • Grey, T.C. “Forensic Issues for First Responders”, “Gunshot Wounds”, “Sharp Force Injuries” and “Blunt Force Injuries”
          26th Annual Intermountain E.M.S Conference, SLC, UT., November 14 - 15, 2002
  • Grey, T.C. “CSI Utah - The Investigation and Interpretation of Equivocal Deaths” Intermountain Critical Care Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. October 28, 2005
  • Grey, T.C. “Forensic Pathology” Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance. Boise ID, June 7, 2006 

Publications:
  • Sweeney, E.S. and Grey, T.C. “Letter to the Editor-SIDS” New England Journal of Medicine Vol.  315, No.  26, Dec.  25, 1986.
  • Grey, T.C. and Sweeney, E.S. “Physicians and the Death Penalty (letter)”
    West. J. Med. 1987, July 147:207.
  • Sweeney, E.S. and Grey, T.C. “Cause of Death-Proper Completion of the Death Certificate (letter)” JAMA Vol. 258, No. 22, Dec. 11, 1987                        
  • Grey, T., Mittleman, R., and Wetli, C.: “Aortoesophageal Fistulae and Sudden Death: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review” Am.  J. of Forensic Medicine and Pathology Vol. 9, No. 1, March 1988 pp 19-22.
  • Andrews, J.M., Sweeney, E.S, and Grey, T.C. “Help, I’m Freezing to Death” ASCP Forensic Pathology Check Sample.  F.P. 90-5 (Accepted April 8, 1988).
  • Grey, T.C. and Sweeney, E.S. “Patient Controlled Analgesia (letter)” JAMA Vol. 259, No. 15, April 15, 1988.
  • Andrews, J.M., Sweeney, E.S., Grey, T.C. and Wetzel, T.  “The Biohazard Potential of Cyanide Poisoning During Postmortem Examination” J.  of Forensic Sciences Vol. 34, No. 5, September 1989 pp 1280-1284.
  • Grey, T.C. “Defibrillator Injury Suggesting Bite Mark” Am. J. of Forensic Medicine and Pathology Vol. 10, No. 2, June 1989 pp 144-145.
  • Grey, T.C. “Book Review; Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders, (Stiltoe and Roberts)” J. of Forensic Sciences Vol. 34, No. 4, July 1989 pp 1044.
  • Grey, T.C. “The Incredible Bouncing Bullet: Projectile Exit Through the Entrance Wound” J. of Forensic Sciences Vol. 38, No. 5, September 1993, pp 1222.
  • Grey, T.C. “Shaken Baby Syndrome: Medical Controversies and Their Role in Establishing Reasonable Doubt” Child abuse Prevention Council Newsletter, May 1998.
  • CDC (Grey, T.C. - contributor) “Fatal Car Trunk Entrapment Involving Children United States, 1997-1998" MMWR Vol. 47, No. 47, 1998 pp 1019-22
  • Grey, T.C. “Unintentional and Intentional Injuries” in Understanding Pathophysiology (Second Edition), McCance, K.  L.  and Huether, S.  E., Mosby, St.  Louis.  2000.
  • CDC (Grey, T.C. - contributor) “Hypothermia Related Deaths - Utah, 2000 and United States, 1979 -1998" MMWR Vol. 51, No. 4, 2001 pp 76-78
  • Bennett, P.J., McMahon, W.M., Watabe J., Achilles J., Bacon M., Coon H., Grey T., Keller T., Tate D. Tcaciuc I., Workman J. and Gray D. “Tryptophan Hydroxylase Polymorphisms in Suicide Victims”, Psychiatr. Genet. 2000 Mar;10(1):13-7.
  • Boyer, R. S., Rodin, E. A. & Grey, T.C. “The Skull and Cervical Spine Radiographs of Tutankahem: A Critical Appraisal” Am. J. of Neuroradiol.. 24: 1142-1147, June/July 2003
  • Caravati, E.M., Grey, T.C., Nangle, B., Rolfs, R.T. & Peterson-Porucznik, C. A. “Increase in Poisoning Deaths Caused by Non-Illicit Drugs C Utah, 1991B2003", Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. January 21, 2005/ Vol. 54 / No. 2.
  • Callor, W. B., Petersen, E., Gray, D., Grey, T. C., Lameroux, T & Bennet, P. “Preliminary Findings of Noncompliance with Psychotropic Medication and Prevalence of Methamphetamine Intoxication Associated with Suicide”. Crisis 2005; Vol 26 (2): 78 - 84. 
  • Agarwai, A.M & Grey, T. C. “Pulmonary Talc Granulomatosis masquerading as Massive Pulmonary Embolus”, Int J Surg Pathol. 2009 Dec;17(6):454. Epub 2008 Oct 22.
  • Gray, D., Dawson, K. L., Grey, T. C. & McMahon, W. T.    “The Utah Youth Suicide Study: Best Practices for Suicide Prevention Through the Juvenile Court System”, Psychiatric Services December 2011 Vol. 62 No. 12    
  • Lanier, W.A., Johnson, E., Rolfs, R., Friedrichs, M.D. and Grey, T.C. “Risk Factors for Prescription Opiod-Related Death, Utah 2008-2009”. Pain Medicine, 2012
  • H. Coon, T Darlington, , R Pimentel, KR Smith, CD Huff, H Hu, L Jerominski, J Hansen, M Klein, WB Callor, J Byrd, A. Bakian, SE Crowell, WN McMahon, V.  Rajamanickman, NJ Camp, E McGlade, D Yurgelin-Todd, T Grey and D Gray  “Genetic Risk Factors in two Utah Pedigrees at High Risk For Suicide”,  Translational Psychiatry (2013), 1 – 8
Seminars and Other Training Activities:
  • “Determination of the Cause and Manner of Death”. Presented July 1988 at Utah Peace Officers Association Annual Conference, Wendover, Nevada.
  • “Injuries due to Gunfire, Sharp and Blunt Forces”. Eight hour presentation to Wyoming Coroner’s Basic Certification Course.  Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Douglas, Wyoming, February 26, 1991, March 23, 1993 and June 17, 1996
  • “Death Investigation”. Eight hour course for law enforcement professionals on investigative techniques and pathologic findings”
            Cedar City, Utah, April 5, 1991.
            St.  George, Utah, April 10, 1992.
            Vernal, Utah, June 5, 1992.
  • “Pathological Techniques for Discovering Non-Accidental Causes of Death in Children”. Prosecution Council Training Seminar on Child Sexual Abuse and Child Fatalities, Snowbird, Utah, June 18, 1991.
  • “Shaken Baby Syndrome-The Role of the Medical Examiner”.  Child Abuse Prevention Council of Ogden, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, August 6, 1992.
  • “Mechanism, Cause and Manner of Death: The Proper Completion of the Death Certificate”. Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 22, 1993.
  • “S.I.D.S. and The Office of the Medical Examiner”. Utah Department of Health Symposium on S.I.D.S. for Public Health Nurses, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 30, 1993.
  • “Patterns of Injury: Investigative Challenges”. Federal Bureau of Investigation-College of American Pathologists Course “Medicolegal Investigation of Death & Injury in Child Abuse and S.I.D.S.”. Salt Lake City, Utah.  August 14, 1995.
  • “Fire Related Deaths”. Salt Lake City Fire Department, September 12, 1995.  Also presented to Idaho Chapter, International Arson Investigators, November 7, 1996.
  • “Forensic Medicine: The Vital Link in Organ/Tissue Donation”. Intermountain Organ Recovery Systems Educational Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 6, 1997                     
  • “What Your Pathologist Can and Can’t Do For You” Utah Prosecution Council Prosecutor Training Course. Layton, UT. September 18, 2003
  • “Prosecutors and the Office of the Medical Examiner”. Utah Prosecution Council Homicide Conference. St. George, UT. November , 2008.
  • “Police Shootings in Utah”. Second Annual Forensic Sciences Seminar, Office of the Medical Examiner. Salt Lake City, UT. September 2010
 
Other Activities:
  • Initial design development and participation in oversight of design and construction of a new 18,000 sq. ft. facility for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1989-1991.
  • Development, purchase and implementation of Macintosh based computer system for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1989-1991.
  • Completion of Series I and II of Certified Public Manager=s Course.  University of Utah and Utah Department of Human Resource Management.  November 1995.
  • Development, purchase and implementation of MS WindowsÆ based computer system for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1996-1997.
  • Development of web based Medical Examiner database and case management program, State of Utah, 2009 to 2010
  • "Examination of an expert witness"  American College of Trial Lawyers C.L.E. Salt Lake City, UT. October 21, 2015.
 
Other Activities:
- Initial design development and participation in oversight of design and construction of a new 18,000 sq. ft. facility for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1989-1991.
- Development, purchase and implementation of Macintosh based computer system for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1989-1991.
- Completion of Series I and II of Certified Public Manager=s Course.  University of Utah and Utah Department of Human Resource Management.  November 1995.
- Development, purchase and implementation of MS Windows7 based computer system for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 1996-1997.
- Development of web based Medical Examiner database and case management program, State of Utah, 2009 to 2010
- Initial design development and participation in oversight of design and construction of a new 18,000 sq. ft. facility for the Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Utah, 2007-2016.
                        
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