Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology Services
Scott Luzi, MD
Manager and Primary Consultant
Specializing in the Discreet Handling
of High Profile Cases
Specializing in the Discreet Handling
of High Profile Cases
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Undergraduate: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
B.S., Physiology/Lyman Briggs School (Honors), 1990
Medical School: Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI
M.D., 1994
Professional Training and Experience:
Internship: Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI,
Transitional, 1994 - 1995
Residency: National Capital Consortium (National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1998 – 2002
Fellowship: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Forensic Pathology, 2004 - 2005
Work History / Military Assignment History:
Private Practice: Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology Services, June 2011 to present
1. Forensic Autopsy Services with:
a. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner, September 2012 to present
b. Orange County, CA
i. Orange County Sheriff-Coroner/Juguilon Medical Corporation, April 2013 to June 2014
ii. Orange County District Attorney's Office, December 2013 to present
c. Los Angeles County Medical Examiner/Coroner, May 2013 to present
d. San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner, February 2018 to present
2. Autopsy Pathology Services with:
a. Naval Medical Center San Diego, October 2016 to present
b. Analytic Pathology Medical Group, Inc (for Sharp HealthCare), May 2018 to present
Active Duty: United States Navy, July 1995 to October 2016
1. Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, July 2015 to October 2016
a. Regional Medical Examiner
b. Staff Pathologist
2. Naval Medical Center San Diego, July 2010 to July 2015
a. Laboratory Department Head, November 2012 to July 2015
b. Regional Medical Examiner
c. Staff Pathologist
d. Residency Program Director, July 2010 to August 2013
e. Core Laboratory Medical Director, January 2011 to November 2012
f. Blood Bank and Transfusion Services Medical Director, December 2013 to October 2014
g. Medical Director, Laboratory, Naval Hospital Twenty-nine Palms, November 2014 to June 2015
3. U. S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, June 2008 to June 2010
a. Director, Clinical Support Services
b. Regional Medical Examiner
c. Staff Pathologist
d. Medical Director, Laboratory, 18th Medical Group, Kadena Air Force Base
4. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner,
October 2005 to June 2008
a. Deputy Medical Examiner
b. Associate Program Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship
c. Member, Credentials Committee
d. Course Coordinator, George Washington University Forensic Pathology Masters Program
5. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Forensic Pathology Fellowship,
October 2004 - September 2005
6. United States Naval Hospital – Guam, July 2002 – August 2004
a. Department Head and Medical Director, Laboratory
b. Staff Pathologist
c. Chairman; Credentials Review Committee
d. Chairman; Tissue, Transfusion, and Invasive Procedure Review Committee
e. Chairman, Cancer Committee
f. Tumor Registrar
g. Member, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff
h. Medical Director, Laboratory, 36thMedical Group, Andersen Air Force Base
7. National Capital Consortium for Graduate Medical Education,
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, July 1998 - June 2002
a. Pathology Liaison, Naval Medical Clinic, Quantico, VA; November 2000 - June 2002
b. Chief Resident; May 2001 - May 2002
c. Residency Lecture Coordinator; July 2001 - June 2002
8. 2D Marine Division, MarForLant, Camp Lejeune, NC, July 1995 – June 1998
a. Operation Express Sword, Fort Bragg, NC
b. Combined Arms Exercise 3-4/96, 29 Palms, CA
c. Unit Deployment Program, Okinawa, Japan
d. Korean Integrated Training Program, P'ohang, Republic of Korea
e. Combined Arms Exercise 5/97, 29 Palms, CA
f. Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, CA
Licensure:
1. Current State License:
a. North Carolina
b. Florida
c. Michigan
d. California
2. Board Certification:
a. Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, June 2002
b. Forensic Pathology, September 2005
Military Training Courses:
1. Officer Indoctrination School, 1991
2. Field Medical School, 1995
3. Amphibious Assault - Medical Planning Course, 1995
4. Contaminated Casualty Course, FMF LANT, 1998
5. Naval War College - Joint Task Force Planning, 2001
6. USDA - Management of Civilian Employees, 2002
7. Naval War College - National Security Decision Making, 2003
8. Advanced Officer Leadership Course, August 2004
9. Basic Medical Department Officer’s Course, April 2006
10. Deployable Medical Systems Readiness Training, August 2006
11. Navy Medicine Public Affairs Course, October 2006
12. Advanced Medical Department Officer’s Course, December 2006
13. Naval School of Justice – Senior Officer’s Course, February 2009
14. Naval War College – Strategy and War, 2009
Honors and Recognition:
1. Academic:
a. National Honor Society, 1986
b. Dean's List, 1987 to 1990 (ten consecutive terms)
c. Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, 1988
d. Mortar Board Sophomore Honors, 1988
e. Golden Key National Honor Society, 1988
f. Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
g. Anatomy Honors, December 1990 and March 1991
h. Associate Master Clinician, 2014
i. Master Clinician, 2015
2. Military:
a. National Defense Ribbon, July 1991; October 2001
b. Pistol Marksman Ribbon, August 1995
c. Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, September 1996
d. Fleet Marine Force Ribbon, October 1996
e. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, July 1998
f. Meritorious Unit Commendation Award; November 2001, 05 May 2004, July 2010
g. Overseas Service Ribbon, July 2003, July 2004, June 2009
h. Humanitarian Award, November 2003
i. Korean Defense Medal; June 2004
j. Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal; August 2004, October 2016
k. Global War on Terrorism, Service Medal, February 2005
l. Defense Meritorious Service Medal, June 2008
m. Meritorious Service Medal, June 2010
Professional Societies:
1. College of American Pathologists, 1998 to present
2. Catholic Medical Association, 1999 to present
3. National Association of Medical Examiners, 2005 to present
Academic Appointments:
1. Teaching Assistant
Michigan State University/Lyman Briggs School - Department of Physics, 1988-1990
2. Graduate Assistant
Michigan State University/College of Human Medicine - Department of Anatomy, 1991-1992
3. Graduate Assistant
Michigan State University/College of Human Medicine - Department of Family Medicine, 1993-1994
4. Visiting Teaching Assistant
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, 2001
5. Adjunct Professor, Coordinator – Forensic Pathology Course
George Washington University, Masters Program in Forensic Sciences, 2005 to 2008
6. Associate Program Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, 2005 to 2008
7. Guest Lecturer
Georgetown University Medical School - Department of Pathology, 2006 to 2008
8. Guest Lecturer
National Capital Consortium for Graduate Medical Education,
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, 2006 to 2007
9. Guest Lecturer
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology,
- Forensic Odontology Course, 2006 and 2007
- Anatomic Pathology Review Course, 2007
11. Assistant Professor
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, 2011 to 2016
12. Guest Lecturer
Naval Medical Center San Diego, Directorate of Dental Services, Oral Pathology Section
- Forensic Odontology Course, 2015
13. Guest Lecturer
Naval Medical Center San Diego
Pathology Residency Program, 2016 to current
Research and Publications:
1. A Teenage Male with Mental Aberrations
(A Unique Presentation of Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma); May 2000
California Tumor Tissue Registry - Case of the Month; Loma Linda University
2. The Sensitivity and Specificity of Surface Control Injuries; American Journal of Forensic Medicine
and Pathology; June 2007 (Volume 28, Number 2)
3. The Global War on Terrorism, October 2006
Presentation, National Association of Medical Examiners (2006 Annual Meeting)
4. Suicidal Hanging with Features of Judicial Hanging: Case Report and Review of the Literature,
October 2007
Presentation, National Association of Medical Examiners
(2008 Annual Meeting; abstract cited in American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology,
March 2009)
5. Aircraft Mishap Investigation with Radiologic Assisted Autopsy:
Helicopter Crash with Control Injury; Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine,
April 2009 (Volume 80, Number 4)
6. Medical Examiner's Independence is Vital for the Health of the American Legal System;
Presentation, National Association of Medical Examiners, Fall 2012
7. Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Methylone Use;
Presentation, American Society of Clinical Pathologists;
October 2012
8. Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Methylone Use,
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology;
March 2013 (Volume 34, Number 1)
9. Medical Examiner's Independence is Vital for the Health of the
American Legal System; Academic Forensic Pathology; March
2013 (Volume 3, Issue 1)
10. Postmortem MDCT Imaging in Suicide Cases: A Review of
Mechanism-specific and Normal CT Findings; Presentation,
Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting;
December 2013
11. Blast Injuries
Presentation, Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner Annual Forensic Pathology Seminar,
Presentation, Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner Annual Forensic Pathology Seminar,
April 2016