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Our Team

Dr. Robyn Smith
Administrator

Dr. Scott Collier
Chief Medical Examiner

Dr. Danielle Harrell
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner

Dr. Ashly Cordero-Rivera
Assistant Medical Examiner

Dr. Lyle Christiansen 
Assistant Medical Examiner

Dr. Emily Dennison
Assistant Medical Examiner

Dr. Diana Lynn Messer
Forensic Anthropologist

Dr. Ibrahim Ortanca
Assistant Medical Examiner

Dr. Juliette Scantlebury
Assistant Medical Examiner

Dr. Katrina Van Pelt
Assistant Medical Examiner

 

Under the Direction of the Interim Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Scott Collier, The West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center’s local Medical Examiners are Board Certified Forensic Pathologists. Each charged to promote public safety, testify to their findings in criminal and civil court. They advance public health through their investigations of deaths that present a hazard to citizens, such as emerging infections and bioterrorism.

West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center Organizational Chart

Feb 9, 2026