Dr. Jeff Johnston - Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner
Release Date: 07/17/2019
Tom Van Dyke - Author and Artist
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Tom Smith - Wrap Technologies
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George Weisz - Weisz Ventures and Scottsdale Community Bank
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Phil Boas - The Arizona Republic
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Chris Ronzio - Trainual
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Rachel Mertensmeyer - RexPay
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Jamie Baxter - Qwick
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Rick Smith - Axon
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Karen Rasmussen - PrePass Safety Alliance
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Dr. Jeff Johnston - Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner
Arizona Originals
This week our guest is Dr. Jeff Johnston who serves as the Chief Medical Examiner for the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner; a position he has held since 2013. He oversees the Office which provides all statutory forensic medical death investigations for the 4th-most populous and fastest growing county in the the United States.
info_outlineThis week our guest is Dr. Jeff Johnston who serves as the Chief Medical Examiner for the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner; a position he has held since 2013. He oversees the Office which provides all statutory forensic medical death investigations for the 4th-most populous and fastest growing county in the the United States.
Dr. Johnston holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and a Medical Doctorate from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He trained in Anatomic Pathology at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, home of the University of Tennessee’s Anthropology Research Facility. He has subspecialty training in Forensic Pathology from the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office and is Board Certified by the American Board of Pathology in both Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Pathology. He has performing Medical Examiner work for the public since 2002.