 | Home Address |
|
739 Middle Way
Louisville, Kentucky 40206 |
| Business Address |
|
Commonwealth Medical Legal Services, Inc.
Brownsboro Office Park
6013 Brownsboro Park Blvd., Suite D
Louisville, KY 40207
(502)899-9837 or 899-9838
(502)899-9840 FAX
E-mail: REAPERGRN@AOL.COM |
| Date and Place of Birth |
|
November 22, 1946
Louisville, Kentucky |
| Marital Status |
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Married – Janell Seeger, M.D.
Children: Ian, Dillon and Jordan |
| Education |
1964-1968 |
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Degree: B.A. – American History |
| 1968-1972 |
University of Louisville
Degree: M.D.
School of Medicine |
| Residency |
1972-1976 |
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
University of Louisville
Affiliated Hospitals
Louisville, Kentucky |
| Fellowship |
1976-1977 |
Forensic Pathology
Institute of Forensic Medicine
Toxicology and Criminalistics
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Certification |
1977
1978 |
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic &
Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology, Forensic Pathology |
| Licensure |
1973 |
Kentucky # 16801 |
| 1976 |
Ohio # 39388 |
| 1987 |
Indiana # 01036519 (Lapsed as of
06/30/03) |
| ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
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| 1974-1976 |
Pathology Instructor (Teaching Resident)
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1977-1978 |
Instructor
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1978-1983 |
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1979-1985 |
Associate Member
Department of Toxicology & Pharmacology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1981-1982 |
Instructor
National College of District Attorney
Houston, Texas |
| 1983-1991 |
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1981-1997 |
Section Chief, Forensic Pathology
and Director of Forensic Pathology Training
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1997-Aug 1, 2002 |
Director, Clinical Forensic Medicine
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1991- Present |
Clinical Professor
Section of Forensic Pathology
and Clinical Forensic Medicine
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1996-Present |
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| Academic Address |
Division of Forensic Pathology
University of Louisville
810 Barret Avenue – 7th Floor
Louisville, Kentucky 40204
(502) 852-5587
(502) 852-1767 FAX
E-mail: REAPERGRN@AOL.COM |
| Non-Academic Appointments |
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| 1974 |
Fellow, American Cancer Society |
| 1975-1976 |
Chief Resident
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville
School of Medicine |
| 1976-1977 |
Deputy Coroner
Hamilton County, Ohio |
| 1977-1997 |
Chief Medical Examiner
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Retired September 1, 1997 |
| 1977-2005 |
Medical Director of Laboratories
International Clinical Laboratories
Smith Kline Clinical Laboratories
Smith Kline Beecham Clinical Laboratories
Quest Diagnostics |
| 1983-2006 |
President and Medical Director
Laboratory Physicians, Inc.
2307 Greene Way Circle
Louisville, Kentucky 40220
(502) 491-3484 |
| Sept. 1997-Dec 31, 1997 |
Consulting Forensic Pathologist
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1997-Present |
President
Commonwealth Medical Legal Services, Inc.
Brownsboro Office Park
6013 Brownsboro Park Blvd., Suite D
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
(502) 899-9837 |
| 1998-2004 |
Medical Consultant
Attorney General
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Unit |
| 1999-2005 |
Consultant in Laboratory Medicine
AdminaStar of Kentucky
(Medicare carrier)
9001 Linn Station Road
Louisville, KY 40223 |
| Memberships |
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| 1972-1976 |
House Staff Association
University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals
President, 1974-75 |
| 1974-1975 |
Board of Governors
Louisville General Hospital |
| 1974-Present |
Jefferson County Medical Society |
| 1974-Present |
Kentucky Medical Association
Board of Delegates – 1975-79
Committee on Community and Rural Health – 1984-86 |
| 1976-Present |
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Fellow – 1980 |
| 1976-Present |
National Association of Medical Examiner
Board of Directors 1982-1992, 1994-1995 |
| 1977-Present |
Kentucky Society of Pathologists
President – 1983 |
| 1977-Present |
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Fellow – 1991 |
| 1983-1988 |
Board of Directors
Kentucky Alliance for Exploited and Missing Children |
| 1983-Present |
American Association of Clinical Anatomists |
| 1984-1985 |
Commission Member, Kentucky State Child Sexual Abuse
and Exploitation Prevention Board |
| 1987-1995 and 1998-Present |
Board of Directors
Children First
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1990-Present |
College of American Pathologists – Fellow 1990 |
| 1991-Present |
Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine |
| 1996-2003 |
Jefferson County Task Force to Prevent Domestic
Violence
Chairman, Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee |
| AWARDS |
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|
| 1977 |
Outstanding Accomplishment in Medical-Legal Issues
Louisville Bar Association |
| 1987 and 1991 |
Kentucky Attorney General’s Certificate of Merit |
| 1990 |
Individual Achievement Award, Kentucky Organ Donor
Affiliates |
| 1993 |
Outstanding Victim Advocacy, Kentucky Victim’s
Coalition |
| 1993 |
Protect A Life Award, Office of Kentucky State Fire
Marshall |
| 1995 |
Silver "Telly" Award, Educational Video
Foundation |
| 1995 |
Vision Award, International Association of Forensic
Nurses |
| 1996 |
Certificate of Appreciation, Kentucky Coalition
Against Rape and Sexual Assault |
| 1996 |
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Alumni Association,
School of Medicine, University of Louisville |
| 1997 |
"The Wolf Award", in recognition of
outstanding service in the Coroner/Medical Examiner program
Coroner’s Association of Kentucky |
| 1997 |
Ambassador for the Visually Impaired award presented
by the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation, Inc., the University of Louisville Ophthalmology
& Visual Science and University of Louisville Lions Eye Bank |
| 1997 |
Clinical Forensic Medicine Leadership Award
Presented at the Fourth Annual Postgraduate Clinical Forensic Medicine Conference
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1998 |
Outstanding Crime Victim Advocacy
Presented by the Kentucky Victim’s Coalition (KVC) |
| 1998 |
1998 R. Dietz Wolfe Medical Educator Award
Presented by the Louisville Consortium for Medical Education |
| Hospital Appointments |
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| 1977-1983 |
Staff Pathologist
Louisville General Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1983-Present |
Staff Pathologist
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1993-1995 |
Consultant in Pediatric Pathology
Department of Pathology
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1986-1992 |
Director of Autopsy Service
Department of Pathology
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1988-1995 |
Consultant in Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pathology
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1995-2007 |
Active Staff
Department of Pathology
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2008-Present |
Emeritus Staff
Department of Pathology
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2008-Present |
Courtesy Staff
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky |
| HONORS |
|
| 1992 |
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical
Society |
| FIELD OF SPECIFIC INTEREST |
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Mass Fatality
Management, Hospital Associated Disorders, Medical Device Related Morbidity and Mortality,
Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Occupational Disorders, Clinical Forensic Medicine.
Medical Negligence, Causation Determination. |
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| SPEECHES AND INVITED LECTURESHIPS |
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| Too numerous to list |
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| RESEARCH |
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| Living Forensic Pathology Program, Grant
No. 5601-N15A - 02/95 |
| Practice Application of Infrared
Videography in Victims of Violent Crime, UHSC#117-94, 1994, $200,143 |
| Infrared Videography Grant
#5210-N15A-1/95, 1995, $179,125 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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|
| Tobin GR, Schustermann M, Peterson GH,
and Nichols GR; "Intramuscular neurovascular anatomy of the latissimus dorsi muscle:
The basis for splitting the flap." Surgical Forum, 31, (1980) |
|
| Alberhasky M, Nichols GR; "Fatal
Hemorrhage From Minor Trauma Following Massive Salicylate Ingestion" American J of
Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Vol 5, (1984) |
|
| Weems C, Olson Wm, and Nichols GR;
"Risk Factors for Death During a Heat Wave", J of the Kentucky Medical
Association, Vol. 83, Number 9, (1985) |
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| Nichols GR, Whitesel JL, ,Hahn W, and
Barrows GH; "Evaluation of a Routine Automated Alcohol Dehydrogenase Method",
American J Clinical Pathology, Vol 86, No. 3 (1986) |
|
| Beers GJ, Nichols GR, and Willing SJ;
"CT Demonstration of Fat Embolism-Associated Hemorrhage in the Anterior
Commisure", American J of Neuroradiology, Vol 9, No 1 (1988) |
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| Smock WS, Fuller PM, Huellcle DF and
Nichols GR, "Basilar Skull Fractures Without Cranial Vault Impacts". Proceedings
of the Thirty-Second STAPP Car Crash Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (1988) |
|
| Nichols GR, Davis GJ and Lefkowitz JB;
"Sudden Death Due to Fibromuscular Dysplasia of the Sinoatrial Nodal Artery". J
of the Kentucky Medical Association, Vol 87 (1989 |
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| Smock WS, Nichols GR, Fuller PM and
Weakley-Jones BA; "The Forensic Pathologist and the Determination of Driver vs.
Passenger in Motor Vehicle Collisions". American J of Forensic Medicine and
Pathology, Vol 10, (1989) |
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| Nichols GR, Davis GJ, and Corey TS;
"In the Shadow of The Baron: Sudden Death Due to Munchausen Syndrome:, American J of
Emergency Medicine, Vol 8 (1990) |
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| Nichols GR, Corey TS, and Davis GJ;
"Case Report: Nonfracture Associated Fatal Fat Embolism in a Case of Child
Abuse", J of Forensic Sciences, Vol 35 (1990) |
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| Farrow JR, Davis GJ, Roy TM, McCloud LC,
and Nichols GR; "Fetal Death Due to Nonlethal Maternal Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning", J of Forensic Sciences, Vol 35 (1990) |
|
| Nichols GR, Davis GJ, Corrigan CA, and
Ransdell JS; "Death Associated with Abuse of a designer Drug", J of the Kentucky
Medical Association, Vol 88 (1990) |
|
| Davis GJ, McCloud LC, Nichols GR,
"Cerebral Tissue Pulmonary Embolization Due to Head Trauma", J of Forensic
Sciences, Vol 36, (1991) |
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| Corey TS, Nichols GR, Weakley-Jones B.,
Theuer HH. Unnatural deaths in nursing |
| home patients. J for Sci 37(1):222-227.
Jan 1992 |
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| Nichols GR, and Davis GJ; "Body
Packing With a Twist: Death of a Salesman", American J of Forensic Medicine and
Pathology Vol 13, (1992) |
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| Nichols GR, Davis J, Parolla AJ;
"Dirty Diving: Sudden Death of a Scuba Diver in a Water Treatment Facility".
American J Forensic Med Pathol. 1992 |
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| Corey TS, McCloud LC, Nichols GR, and
Buchino JJ; "Infant Death Due to Unintentioned Injury; American J of Diseases of
Children, Vol 146 (1992) |
|
| Smock WS, Nichols GR, and Fuller PM,
"Development and Implementation of the First Clinical Forensic Training Program, J of
Forensic Sciences, Vol 38 (1993) |
|
| Handy TC, Nichols GR, Buchino JJ. A
pediatric forensic medicine program. In Dimmick JE, Singer DB (eds): Forensic Aspects in
Pathology. Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology. Basel, Karer. Vol 19:87-95, 1995 |
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| Handy TC, Nichols GR, Smock WS. Repeat
visitors to a pediatric forensic medicine program. J for Sci 41(5): 841-844. September
1996 |
| Mudd KL, Hunt A, Matherly RC, Goldsmith
LJ, Campbell FR, Nichols GR, Rink RD; "Analysis of Pulmonary Fat Embolism in Blunt
Force Fatalities", J of Trauma, Vol. 48, Number 4, (2000) |
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| BOOK CHAPTERS |
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| Nichols GR. Investigation of Church Bus
Collision with Fire and Mass Fatalities. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the
Forensic Aspects of Mass Disaster and Crime Scene Reconstruction. U.S. Government Printing
House, 1990. |
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| Handy TC, Nichols GR, and Buchino JJ; A
Pediatric Medicine Program in Dimmeck JE, Singer DB (eds): Forensic Aspects in Pathology.
Perspect Pediatric Pathology. Basel, Derger, 1995 |
