Our Team
Robyn Smith
Administrator
Dr. Marco Ross
Chief Medical Examiner
Dr. Lyle Christiansen
Assistant Medical Examiner
Dr. Danielle Harrell
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 Acting Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Marco Ross, 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