MARGUERITE V. DEWITT, M.D., J.D. 20832 Amistad Road Harlingen, Texas 78550 Home phone: 956-440-9369 Cell phone: 207-557-5606 megdewitt@rocketmail.com PROFESSION FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST Deputy Chief Medical Examiner - RETIRED Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maine Augusta, Maine 2005 2010 EDUCATION DOCTORAL University of Maine School of Law Degree Awarded: Juris Doctor 1995-1999 Wake Forest School of Medicine Degree Awarded: Doctor of Medicine 1976-1980 UNIVERSITY Saint Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, North Carolina Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts Major: Biology 1974-1976 University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado 1972-1974 POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING Centers for Disease Control Initiative Train the Trainer Regional Seminar Investigation of Sudden Unexpected Infants Deaths Boston, Massachusetts Certificate Awarded May 2007 Fellowship in Forensic Pathology Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1999-2000 Residency in Pathology University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Program Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield, MA 1983-1987
Internship in Family Medicine Asylum Hill Family Medicine Program Mount Sinai Hospital Hartford, CT 1980-1981 BOARD CERTIFICATION Forensic Pathology 2000 American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology 1988 American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology 1988 American Board of Pathology CURRENT LICENSES TEXAS #H4086 MAINE #11302 MEDICAL PRACTICE Hospital-Based Surgical, Autopsy and Clinical Pathology Harlingen, Texas 2002-2005, 1987-1994 Penobscot Bay Medical Center Rockport, Maine 1994 Forensic Pathology Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, Pennsylvania 2000-2002 Locum Tenens Pathologist Maine General Medical Center, Waterville, Maine Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, Maine St. Joseph s Hospital, Bangor, Maine Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Rockport, Maine HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS Committee for the Planning of the Child Abuse Response Team [Chair] 2004-2005
Medical Education Committee 2004-2005 Medical Board Member Member-at-large 1994 Nominating Committee for the Medical Board 1993 Infection Control Committee [Chair] 1989-1994 Pediatric Committee Valley Baptist Medical center 2004 2005 Surgery Committee 1989-1994 Cancer Committee [Chair] 1989-1992 Blood Products Utilization Committee 1993 LEGAL INTERNSHIP Maine Medical Association Summer Intern 1995 Prepared a Compilation Work: Physician s Guide to Maine Law PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Child Fatality Review Teams Texas and Maine Child Fatality Case Review - Texas National Association of Medical Examiners American College of Legal Medicine Texas Medical Association Cameron Willacy County Medical Association
EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS Adjunct Professor Regional Academic Health Center At, Harlingen, Texas University Health Science Center, San Antonio Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology Pennsylvania State College of Medicine The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, Pennsylvania Clinical Assistant Professor De Sales University Center Valley, Pennsylvania TEACHING AND CONFERENCE PLANNING 1 st Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Sciences: Child Death Investigations Scene to Courtroom Sponsor: South Padre Island November 2004 2 nd Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Science: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, Investigation November 4 th and 5 th, 2005 3 rd Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Sciences: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, Investigation November 3 rd and 4 th, 2006 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th and 8 th Annual Rio Grande Seminars in Forensic Sciences November 2007-2011 Trauma Grand Rounds: Introduction to Patterns of Injury and Forensic Medicine June 2004 Medical Grand Rounds: End of Life Issues McAllen Medical Center May 2004
Medical Grand Rounds: Congenital Hearth Disease Studying the Heart for Malformations With Dr. Saroja Bharati of the Maurice Lev Congenital Heart Institute and Conduction System Center, Chicago, IL April 2003 Resident Teaching: Pronouncement and Certification of Death Family Practice Residents July 2003, 2004 Introduction to Laboratory Medicine MS III Students Regional Academic Health Center of the Lower Rio Grande @ Valley Baptist Health System University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Forensic Toxicology Rio Grande District Association for Clinical Laboratory Science July 2003 Clinical Pastoral Education The Role of the Pathologist and Autopsies in Clinical Pastoral Care April 2003, 2004, 2005 Introduction to Careers in the Forensic Sciences South Texas Independent School District Med High April 2004 Shattered Dreams Los Fresnos High School Seniors Brownsville Medical Center April 2004 Introduction to the Forensic Sciences and the Medical Examiner System in Maine University of Maine, Orono, ME September 2006 and 2007 Obesity Cardiomyopathy Colby College, Waterville, ME August, 2006 Disguised Suicides [ Death s A Great Disguiser ] Colby College, Waterville, ME August, 2007
Cops and Caseworkers Conference The Medical Examiner s Approach to the Investigation of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Department of Transportation Maine State Police Augusta, ME 2008 Forensic Autopsy Procedures Colby College, Waterville, ME August, 2009 Fire Related Deaths Colby College, Waterville, Maine August, 2009 When the Bough Breaks With The Child in Mind: Understanding the Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Trauma to Inform Decision-Making The Maine Judicial Branch Conference Family Division March, 2010 The Forensic Autopsy Victimology Symposium University of Texas, Brownsville, Texas May, 2011 TEACHING AT THE AUTOPSY TABLE 3,000 Autopsies Done Policy Academy Harlingen, TX Nursing Students Pastoral Care Interns Case-by-case for Detectives in Oklahoma, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Texas