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PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Dr. Ponni Arunkumar
Position: Chief Medical Examiner
Department/Board/Commission: Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County
Effective date: Immediate Upon Approval
Expiration date: Five (5) years from date of approval
Summary: Dr. Arunkumar is a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with specialization in forensic pathology. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Examiner at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Dr Arunkumar has 17 years of forensic pathology experience. She has conducted close to 7,500 postmortem examinations and testified in court and depositions over 150 times.
She is on staff at RUSH University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University. She has presented at various national conferences and published articles in the field of forensic pathology. She is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, the College of American Pathologists, the American Medical Association, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology
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