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
Valley Baptist Medical Center 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]
Valley Baptist Medical Center 2004-2005
Medical Education Committee
Valley Baptist Medical Center 2004-2005
Medical Board Member
Member-at-large
Valley Baptist Medical Center 1994
Nominating Committee for the Medical Board
Valley Baptist Medical Center 1993
Infection Control Committee [Chair]
Valley Baptist Medical Center 1989-1994
Pediatric Committee
Valley Baptist Medical center 2004 – 2005
Surgery Committee
Valley Baptist Medical Center 1989-1994
Cancer Committee [Chair]
Valley Baptist Medical Center 1989-1992
Blood Products Utilization Committee Valley Baptist Medical Center
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
EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Professor
Regional Academic Health Center
At Valley Baptist Medical Center, 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
1st Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Sciences:
Child Death Investigations – Scene to Courtroom
Sponsor: Valley Baptist Medical Center South Padre Island
November 2004
2nd Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Science:
Child Abuse – Prevention, Intervention, Investigation
November 4th and 5th, 2005
3rd Annual Rio Grande Seminar in Forensic Sciences:
Child Abuse – Prevention, Intervention, Investigation
November 3rd and 4th, 2006
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th
Annual Rio Grande Seminars in Forensic Sciences
November 2007 - 2011
Trauma Grand Rounds:
Introduction to Patterns of Injury and Forensic Medicine
Valley Baptist Medical Center 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
Valley Baptist Medical Center April 2003
Resident Teaching: Pronouncement and Certification of Death
Family Practice Residents
Valley Baptist Medical Center 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
Valley Baptist Medical Center July 2003
Clinical Pastoral Education
The Role of the Pathologist and Autopsies in Clinical Pastoral Care
Valley Baptist Medical Center 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
Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences Colby College, Waterville, ME August, 2006
Disguised Suicides [“Death’s A Great Disguiser”]
Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences 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
Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences Colby College, Waterville, ME August, 2009
Fire Related Deaths
Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences 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 – Valley Baptist Medical Center Pastoral Care Interns – Valley Baptist Medical Center Case-by-case – for Detectives in Oklahoma, Maine,
