Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in San Francisco magazine. Reprinted with permission. Bennet Omalu is not a man who seeks out controversy. He's been known to flee it, in fact.

Forensic pathologists, or medical examiners ... an aspirant must have strong aptitude for science. The first step is to get an undergraduate degree in a medical or science discipline, before ...

The modern ones seem out of touch. Your accomplishments include many impressive firsts: first board certified forensic pathologist from Howard University, first African-American Chief Medical Examiner ...

I've been a practicing forensic pathologist for more than 37 years ... [bone saw buzzing] Carter: First of all, is either one of them a pathologist? Second of all, the person's supposed to ...

This past Sunday, expert forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter investigated ... Rue had two different kinds of strokes,” he said. “Her first stroke was an ischemic stroke, caused by a ...

Today, forensic pathologists rarely visit crime scenes to examine a body first-hand. Instead, they collaborate with forensically trained police officers on-site, who relay images and video to the ...