COMPANY PROFILE

Dr. Andrew is Board certified in Pediatrics, Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Pathology. Services offered include autopsy examination, review of previously performed autopsies and/or medical records. Expert opinion may be provided as appropriate.

Dr. Andrew is currently Chief Medical Examiner for the State of New Hampshire. He is a graduate of the University of Dayton (1978) and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (1982). Dr. Andrew completed a residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center in 1985 and served as co-chief resident of pediatrics in 1985-1986. He then joined a six-person private practice until 1991 when he returned to the University of Cincinnati for a residency in anatomic pathology. This was followed by a fellowship in forensic pathology with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City under the tutelage of Dr. Charles S. Hirsch.

While in New York, Dr. Andrew served in the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn before being named Acting Deputy Chief Medical Examiner of Richmond County (Staten Island) where he served until September of 1997 when he was named New Hampshire’s Chief Medical Examiner. He is board certified in pediatrics, anatomic pathology and forensic pathology, and has performed over 4000 autopsies for purposes of investigating sudden, unexpected or violent death. He is a member of the National Association of Medical Examiners, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs and the College of American Pathologists.

Board Certification

• Forensic Pathology - 1992 (SQ-92-042)
• Anatomic Pathology - 1991 (#91-145)
• Pediatrics - 1985 (#34738)

Professional Organizations

• National Association of Medical Examiners
• Sub-committee on Education
• Board of Directors 9/03-present
• Executive Committee 9/07-present
• Chair, Committee on Improvement of Death Certification
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Subsection on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
• Board of Directors 2008-present
• College of American Pathologists
• Ad Hoc Committee on Tissue and Organ Procurement (12/2000-08/2003)
• New Hampshire Medical Society
• New Hampshire Public Health Association (Ex officio member)

Local, State and National Committee Appointments

• New Hampshire Child Fatality Review Committee
• New Hampshire Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee
• Teen Motor Vehicle Legislation Task Force
• New Hampshire Coalition to Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Vital Records Improvement Committee
• Attorney General’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect
• New Hampshire Pediatric Society Child Abuse and Neglect Committee
• Crash Outcome Data Evaluation Systems (CODES) Governing Board
• Board of Directors (ex officio) New Hampshire Public Health Association
• New Hampshire Injury Prevention Advisory Council
• New Hampshire Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Assembly
• New England HIDTA Heroin Advisory Committee
• National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Advisory Board
• State of NH Suicide Prevention Council
• Massachusetts Medical Examiner Commission 10/1/08-present
• American Board of Pathology Forensic Pathology Test Development and Advisory Committee 11/08-present
• SUDC Advisory Council

Courtroom Testimony

• New Hampshire Superior and/or District Courts
• Belknap County
• Carroll County
• Cheshire County
• Coos County
• Grafton County
• Hillsborough County
• Merrimack County
• Rockingham County
• Strafford County
• Sullivan County
• Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Superior Court
• Criminal Court
• Manhattan
• Brooklyn
• Bronx
• Staten Island
• Bay County Circuit Court (Panama City, FL)
• Orange County District Court (Chelsea, VT)
• State Supreme Court
• Brooklyn
• Staten Island
• Duchess County (NY)
• Nassau County (NY)
• Westchester County (NY)
• Family Court
• Brooklyn
• Staten Island
• Federal District Court
• New Hampshire District
• Massachusetts District
• Eastern District, Brooklyn
• Eastern District, North Carolina
• District of Columbia

Media

• Television
• 20//20 (ABC)
• Good Morning America (ABC)
• Today (NBC)
• The Fifth Estate (Canadian Public Broadcasting)
• Radio
• The Frank Pastore Show (KKLA 99.5 FM, Los Angeles)
• The Exchange with Laura Knoy, New Hampshire Public Radio
• The Arne Arneson Show, WNTK 99.7 FM, New London, NH
• Coffee Chat with Doris Ballard, WKXL 1450 AM, Concord, NH
• Print
• The New York Times
• Associated Press
• Reader’s Digest
• People

Publications

Andrew, TA. When you suspect abuse. Advance for Administrators in Radiology & Radiation Oncology, 10:2, pp. 46-50, February, 2000.  (Invited manuscript - not peer reviewed)

Regular contributor to The Quarterly Child Abuse Medical Update, Robert Reece, MD, Executive Editor.  Reviews published: October 2001, April 2002, October 2002, April 2003, July 2003, January 2004, October 2004 (2), January 2005 (2), July 2005, October 2005, July 2006 (2)  

Acerno, T, Andrew, T, Twitchell, N, Pellitier, A, Ramsey, L. Deaths among drivers of off-road vehicles after collisions with trail gates - New Hampshire, 1997-2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 52(3): pp. 45-46, January 24, 2003
 
Andrew, TA, Fairweather, RB. Prothrombin G20210A mutation and sudden death. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 24(4): pp.377-380, December 2003

Andrew, TA. Medicolegal death investigation in the Granite State. New Hampshire Bar Journal, 45(1):  pp. 14-20, Spring 2004. (Invited manuscript – not peer reviewed)

Adeyi, O, Dupre, M, Duval, J, Andrew, T. Role of biochemical tests and scene investigation in determination of range of fire: a case report. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 26(2): pp.  166-169, June, 2005.

Andrew, TA. Child’s Play: The deadly consequences of asphyxial “games”. Teens and Tweens News, pp. 8-9, January, 2006. (Invited manuscript - not peer reviewed)

Andrew, T, Ernst, MF, Nunez, S. Documenting infant profile information. Chapter 9 in Sudden, Unexplained Infant Death Investigation. CDC Press, 2006.

Andrew TA, Fallon KK. Asphyxial games in children and adolescents. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2007 Dec;28(4):303-7.

Andrew, T, Greenbaum, J. The Pathology of Fatal Child Abuse. Chapter in Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management, 3rd Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins , 2009

Macnab, AJ,  Deevska, M, Gagnon, F, Cannon, WG, Andrew, TA. Asphyxial Games or “The Choking Game”: A Potentially Fatal Risk Behaviour Injury Prevention 2009;15:45-49.

Andrew, TA. Medicolegal death investigation in the Granite State. New Hampshire Bar Journal, 45(1): pp. 14-20, Spring 2004. (Invited manuscript – not peer reviewed)

Andrew, TA, Fairweather, RB. Prothrombin G20210A mutation and sudden death. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 24(4): pp.377-380, December 2003

Acerno, T, Andrew, T, Twitchell, N, Pellitier, A, Ramsey, L. Deaths among drivers of off-road vehicles after collisions with trail gates - New Hampshire, 1997-2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 52(3): pp. 45-46, January 24, 2003

Andrew, TA. When you suspect abuse. Advance for Administrators in Radiology & Radiation Oncology, 10:2, pp. 46-50, February, 2000. (Invited manuscript - not peer reviewed)

Regular contributor to The Quarterly Child Abuse Medical Update, Robert Reese, MD, Executive Editor. Reviews published: October 2001, April 2002, October 2002, April 2003, July 2003, January 2004, October 2004 (2), January 2005 (2) 

Proffered Papers

Andrew, TA, Gilson, TP, Nuovo, GJ. Identification of unusual agents of myocarditis by RT-in situ PCR in formalin fixed myocardium. 34th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Indianapolis, Indiana. September 15, 2000.

Andrew, TA, Van Praagh, R, Moskowitz, I. Anomalous left coronary ostium and sudden infant death. 35th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners. Richmond, Virginia. October 13, 2001.

Wagner, M, Coutermanche, L, Booker, J, Ober, C, Andrew, TA. Fatal ingestion of an unknown root. 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Chicago, Illinois. February 21, 2003.

Andrew, TA, Duval, JV. The impact of methadone on drug-related mortality in New Hampshire. 38th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners. Nashville, Tennessee. September 11, 2004.

Andrew, TA. Asphyxial games – Is the media ahead of NAME in recognition of this phenomenon? 39th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Los Angeles, California. October 17, 2005.

Andrew, TA, Fallon, KK, Knight, AG, Ignoto, M. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death/SIDS: The diagnosis is not what has “shifted” 40th Annual Meeting if the National Association of Medical Examiners, San Antonio, Texas, October 18, 2006

Andrew, TA. They went before the king: Preventable deaths at the racetrack then and now. 41st Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners. Savannah, GA, October 17, 2007

Andrew, TA, Whitman, M, Fenner-Lukaitis, E. Adelson’s Legacy: The forensic pathologist is still “Family physician to the bereaved. 42nd Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Louisville, KY, September 8, 2008

Andrew, TA, Roberts, P. Social networking websites and suicide prevention: Leveraging unconventional assets to enhance public health and safety. 42nd Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Louisville, KY, September 8, 2008

Useful Links

• National Association of Medical Examiners
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect
• The Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs

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