Dates:

Monday, September 8th, 2025 from 8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 from 8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 from 8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Thursday, September 11th, 2025 from 8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Friday, September 12th, 2025 from 8:00am - 12:00pm ET

Registration: $1,800 per person, or $1,500 for groups discounts of 5 people or more.

Onsite Training Course Description:

Drug toxicity is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Comprehensive death investigations of suspected drug-involved deaths include comprehensive scene investigation, a forensic autopsy and forensic toxicology testing. Information from the scene and history allows the forensic pathologist to ensure that the correct samples are collected at autopsy and the appropriate testing panels are selected for testing. Evidence collected at autopsy may indicate the involvement of drugs or other toxic substances not indicated from the scene. Once the test results are available, forensic pathologists and toxicologists work together to interpret the toxicology findings in the context of the case and help ensure that the presence of drugs is given the appropriate weight in the pathologist’s certification of the death.

The course features sections on involvement in drug related deaths of opioids, CNS depressants, stimulants, antidepressants and antipsychotics, novel psychoactive substances including hallucinogens, opioids and cannabinoids, anticonvulsants, alcohol and ketoacidosis, and other topics. Each session in structured to review the basics of the pharmacology, adverse effects, and guidance to interpretation of drug concentrations, and concludes with the perspectives of leading forensic pathologists. The program also includes an in-depth consideration of postmortem redistribution, and other factors that affect interpretation.

This year's event will be held at the brand new, state-of-the-art, CFSRE laboratory in Horsham, PA, right outside of Philadelphia. If, however, you are unable to personally join, the Postmortem Interpretive Toxicology Course is also offered through state of the art, hybrid technology. The HYBRID, Online Version will feature a live, simultaneous broadcast of the presentations from the podium at CFSRE, with the opportunity for virtual interaction with on-site attendees and faculty through a Q&A window and chat feature. This mode is best suited to participants who are unable to travel to in-person meetings or attendees over the allowable capacity of the conference room.

CFSRE offers this course only one time per year, and it is a unique training opportunity for forensic pathology fellows to meet the AGCME and NAME requirements in toxicology for their fellowship, and to become well-versed in the lessons of toxicology and toxicological interpretation as related to cause and manner that is not taught in medical school. The 2025 Postmortem Toxicology Training, with its world-leading experts and expertise, should not be missed! We look forward to your registration and attendance.

DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. The participants will be able to describe the complexities posed by drug-related deaths from the perspective of a Forensic Pathologist, Forensic Toxicologists, and a certified medicolegal death investigator.
2. The participants will be able to apply their understanding of the interrelatedness, dependencies, and level of collaboration and communication that must be present for the Forensic Pathologist to reach accurate cause and manner of death findings.
3. The Forensic Fellows and participants will be able to incorporate their understanding of analytical toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics and Drug-Drug Interaction, into their practice, with incoporating the scope, type, and level of forensic toxicology required in their medicolegal death investigations.

Click the Enroll button below to register for the PM Tox for Forensic Pathology Fellows and Toxicologists Training course!