The Scope E-Newsletter June 2011 Visiting Professor Dr. Park Studies at Regional Forensic Center

Dae-Kyoon Park, MD, PhD, is a visiting professor spending a year sabbatical shadowing Murray Marks, PhD, Associate Professor, in the Forensic Anthropology Division in Pathology's Regional Forensic Center. Dr. Park is a faculty member in the Department of Anatomy in the Soonchunhyang University in Seoul, South Korea, where he is an Associate Professor of Anatomy mentoring medical students and graduate students in gross anatomy and physical/forensic anthropology. Prior to this appointment, he served as a medical examiner for the National Institute of Scientific Investigation from 2001-2004. There are no practicing forensic anthropologists in Korea so Dr. Park's goal is to further his expertise in forensic osteology, especially bone trauma.

Since arriving in January, Dr. Park has been trained on how to deliver expert testimony in a homicide case in court and how to examine gun-shot wounds. Dr. Park said that since carrying a gun is forbidden in Korea, he has not previously encountered gunshot wound cases. He also participated in the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation workshop for recovery of victims and has learned the standard operation procedures for recovery of victims. Dr. Park said that in Korea, victims are typically identified using DNA, however he is learning that standard procedure in the U.S., outside of the FBI, is to identify victims using dental records.