5 | Dr. Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell on forensic pathology, 9/11 & writing

Dr. Judy Melinek is an American board-certified forensic pathologist and graduate of Harvard University. She trained at UCLA in medicine and pathology, graduating in 1996. Currently, Dr. Melinek is CEO of PathologyExpert Inc., & is currently based in Wellington, working as a clinical professor at the Otago School of Medicine. She also travels nationally and internationally to lecture on anatomic & forensic pathology and she has been consulted as a forensic expert in many high-profile legal cases.T.J. Mitchell, husband of Dr. Melinek, graduated with an English degree from Harvard and worked in the film industry before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad and screenplay consultant in 2000. T.J. and Judy co-authored the New York Times bestseller Working Stiff and now have two other novels out, called First Cut and Aftershock. This episode has trigger warnings:In this episode, we discuss Judy's journey into forensic pathology including her move from surgery into pathology, her work as one of thirty medical examiners during the 9/11 attacks, her personal experience with suicide and how it shaped her journey, their move from America, and the writing of best-selling memoir, 'Working Stiff', as well as their latest books 'First Cut', and 'Aftershock'. As mentioned in the episode:Their website and books can be found and purchased here: https://drworkingstiff.com/They write for a column on Medpage Today found here: https://www.medpagetoday.com/Social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrWorkingStiffTwitter: https://twitter.com/drjudymelinek & https://twitter.com/TJMitchellWSAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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