Autopsy
Overview
Autopsy pathology is a specialized field where pathologists examine bodies post-mortem to determine the cause of death and identify disease or injuries. This plays a vital role in medical research, public health, and legal investigations.
Clinicians
The talented team behind groundbreaking discoveries in this subspecialty.

Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy (Section Head), Breast Pathology, Thoracic Pathology

Samuel J. Ballentine, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Liver/GI Pathology, Organ Procurement Organizations

Adam L. Booth, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Liver/GI Pathology

Cory Bernadt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Cytopathology, Thoracic

Fouad Boulos, MD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Bone and Soft Tissue, Breast, Frozen Section, Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), Pediatric

Kathleen Byrnes, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Liver/GI Pathology, Organ Procurement Organization

Eleanor Castro, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Breast, Frozen Section, Gynecologic

John SA Chrisinger, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: jschrisi@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-362-4086
Subspecialty: Bone & soft tissue, GI & pancreas

Erika C Crouch, MD, PhD
Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Medical Education/Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Breast

Suzanne Crumley, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Breast, Cytopathology, Frozen Section, Gynecologic,

Louis P Dehner, MD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Dermatopathology, GI & pancreas, Liver, Pediatric

Eric J Duncavage, MD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Hematopathology, Molecular

Joseph P Gaut, MD, PhD
Ladenson Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Molecular, Renal

Rongbin Ge, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Genitourinary Pathology

Ian S Hagemann, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Breast, Gynecologic, Molecular

Mai (Mike) He, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: maihe@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-273-1328
Subspecialty: Pediatric

Daniel Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Head and Neck Pathology, Liver/GI Pathology, Organ Procurement Organizations

Xiuli Liu, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Liver/GI Pathology(Section Head)

Changqing (Cathy) Ma, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Frozen Section, Liver/GI Pathology

Nidia Messias, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Genitourinary Pathology, Organ Procurement Organizations, Renal pathology

Jon H Ritter, MD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, Breast, GI & pancreas, Thoracic

Marianna Ruzinova, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialty: Autopsy, GI & pancreas, Hematopathology, Liver

Lulu Sun, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Breast Pathology, Frozen Section, Molecular Tissue Intake Service (Section Head), Gynecologic Pathology

R. Cody Weimholt, DO
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Subspecialties: Autopsy, Cyopathology, Frozen Section, Genitourinary Pathology,