CyrilHarrisonWechtMD

Pathology • Pittsburgh, PA

Forensic/Autopsy, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

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Office
1119 Penn Avenue
Suite 404
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone+1 412-281-9090

Fax+1 412-261-3650
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Summary

Dr. Cyril Wecht, MD is a board certified pathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maryland.

Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1957 - 1959
St Francis Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1956 - 1957
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1956

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1960 - Present
PA State Medical License 1957 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2020
MD State Medical License 1971 - 2005
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Forensic Pathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Forensic antiepileptic drug levels in autopsy cases of epilepsy.
Claire M. Lathers, Steven A. Koehler, Cyril H. Wecht, Paul L. Schraeder> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2011 Dec 1
5 citations
Dead bodies, disasters, and the myths about them: is public health law misinformed?
Thomas A. Gionis, Cyril H. Wecht, Leigh W. Marshall, Fred A. Hagigi> ;American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2007 Jul 1
13 citations
Nursing home deaths which fall under the jurisdiction of the coroner: an 11-year retrospective study.
Jennifer L. Lindner, Bennet Omalu, Alhaji M. Buhari, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Leon Rozin, Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2007 Dec 1
103 citations
Death Rates and Causes of Death After Bariatric Surgery for Pennsylvania Residents, 1995 to 2004
Bennet Omalu, Diane G. Ives, Alhaji M. Buhari, Jennifer L. Lindner, Philip R. Schauer, Cyril H. Wecht, Lewis H. Kuller> ;Archives of Surgery. 2007 Oct 1
2 citations
Public health law and disaster medicine: understanding the legal environment.
Thomas A. Gionis, Cyril H. Wecht, Lewis W. Marshall> ;American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2007 Mar 1
5 citations
Cause of death among elder homicide victims: a 10-year medical examiner review.
Koehler, S. A., Shakir, A. M., Omalu, B. I., Wecht, C. H.> ;Journal of forensic nursing. 2007 Jan 19
51 citations
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a national football league player: part II.
Bennet I Omalu, Steven T DeKosky, Ronald L Hamilton, Ryan L Minster, M Ilyas Kamboh, Abdulrezak M Shakir, Cyril H Wecht> ;Neurosurgery. 2006 Nov 1
2 citations
Age-based factors in femicide.
Ann Wolbert Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, Steven A. Koehler, Joseph Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Journal of Forensic Nursing. 2005 Dec 1
21 citations
Suicides following bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity
Bennet Omalu, Patrick Cho, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Uche H. Agumadu, Leon Rozin, Lewis H. Kuller, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2005 Jul 1
18 citations
Accurately assessing elderly fall deaths using hospital discharge and vital statistics data.
Steven A. Koehler, Harold B. Weiss, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Stacey Shaeffer, Shaun Ladham, Leon Rozin, Joseph Dominick, Bruce A. Lawrence, Ted R. Miller, Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2006 Mar 1
11 citations
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease in an Exhumed Decomposed Brain After Twenty Months of Burial in a Deep Grave
Bennet I. Omalu, Joseph A. Mancuso, Patrick Cho, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2005 Sep 7
A neuroforensic analysis of the wounds of president John F. Kennedy: part 2--a study of the available evidence, eyewitness correlations, analysis, and conclusions.
Gary L Aguilar, Cyril H. Wecht, Rex Bradford> ;Neurosurgery. 2005 Sep 1
7 citations
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a National Football League player.
Bennet I Omalu, Steven T DeKosky, Ryan L Minster, M Ilyas Kamboh, Ronald L Hamilton, Cyril H Wecht> ;Neurosurgery. 2005 Jul 1
23 citations
The risk of body packing: a case of a fatal cocaine overdose.
Steven A. Koehler, Shaun Ladham, Leon Rozin, Abdulrezak Shakir, Bennet I. Omalu, Joseph Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Forensic Science International. 2005 Jun 30
13 citations
The history of legal medicine.
Cyril H. Wecht> ;The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2005 Jun 1
Postmortem grading of cerebral contusions : A proposed modification of the adams' contusion index with re-definition of anatomic markers.
Bennet I. Omalu, Uche H Nnebe-Agumadu, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Leon Rozin, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology. 2005 Jun 1
3 citations
Forensic pathology and forensic epidemiology of suicides in allegheny county, pennsylvania : A 10-year retrospective review (1990-1999).
Bennet I. Omalu, Krystle M. Macurdy, Steven A. Koehler, Uche H Nnebe-Agumadu, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Leon Rozin, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology. 2005 Jun 1
13 citations
A case of a death by explosives: the keys to a proper investigation.
Shaun Ladham, Steven A. Koehler, Pamela Woods, Robert M. Huston, Joseph Dominick, Frederick W. Fochtman, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. 2005 Apr 1
Response to the National Association of Medical Examiners position paper on the certification of cocaine-related deaths.
Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2004 Dec 1
6 citations
Cardiac concussion: definition, differential diagnosis, and cases presentation and the legal ramification of a misdiagnosis
Steven A. Koehler, Abdulrezak Shakir, Shaun Ladham, Leon Rozin, Bennet Omalu, Joe Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2004 Sep 1
13 citations
Postbariatric surgery deaths, which fall under the jurisdiction of the coroner.
Bennet I. Omalu, Todd Luckasevic, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Leon Rozin, Cyril H. Wecht, Lewis H. Kuller> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2004 Sep 1
16 citations
Death by chainsaw: fatal kickback injuries to the neck.
Steven A. Koehler, Todd Luckasevic, Leon Rozin, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Shaun Ladham, Bennet Omalu, Joseph Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2004 Feb 19
4 citations
Deaths among criminal suspects, law enforcement officers, civilians, and prison inmates: a coroner-based study
Steven A. Koehler, Harold B. Weiss, Thomas J. Songer, Leon Rozin, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Shaun Ladham, Bennet Omalu, Joseph Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2003 Dec 1
167 citations
Death during transforaminal epidural steroid nerve root block (C7) due to perforation of the left vertebral artery.
Leon Rozin, Roman Rozin, Steven A. Koehler, Abdulrezzak Shakir, Shaun Ladham, Mamdouha Barmada, Joseph Dominick, Cyril H. Wecht> ;The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2003 Dec 1
Fatal constriction of an 8-year-old child by her parents' pet python: a call for amendment to existing laws on the ownership of exotic wildlife to protect children fro...
Bennet I. Omalu, Joseph Dominick, Timothy G Uhrich, Cyril H. Wecht> ;Child Abuse & Neglect. 2003 Sep 1
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