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6940 Van Dorn StreetSuite 105Lincoln, NE 68506
Phone+1 402-486-3447
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Education & Training
Michigan State UniversityJ.D., 1989
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner/State of MarylandFellowship, Forensic Pathology, 1980 - 1981
University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1976 - 1980
University of Lagos College of MedicineClass of 1974
University of MissouriM.Sc., Pharmaceutical Science (Toxicology)
Certifications & Licensure
KS State Medical License 1977 - 2026
NE State Medical License 1977 - 2026
MI State Medical License 1981 - 2025
DC State Medical License 1989 - 2013
TN State Medical License 1997 - 2013
IL State Medical License 1985 - 1990
FL State Medical License 1986 - 1987
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Cytopathology
American Board of Pathology Forensic Pathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Lifetime Gold Medal Award American College of Legal Medicine, 2016
- Academic Distinctions and Prizes in Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology,Microbiology, Medicine & Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Lagos College of Medicine, 1971-1974
- Junior Fellow University of Cambridge, UK, 1972
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsApplying forensic anthropological data in homicide investigation to the depravity standardKarl J. Reinhard, Michael Welner, Matthias I. Okoye, Melissa Marotta, Gary Plank
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2013-01-01 - 7 citationsAn analysis and report of custodial deaths in Nebraska, USA: Part II.Cordelia N. Okoye, Matthias I. Okoye, David T. Lynch
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2012-11-01 - 10 citationsMalignant oncocytoma of the maxillary sinus--an ultrastructural study.Raouf A. Mikhail, Donald N. Reed, David B. Bybee, Matthias I. Okoye, Max E. Dodds
Head & Neck Surgery. 1988-07-01
Journal Articles
- An Analysis and Report of Custodial Deaths in Nebraska, USA, Part IIOkoye, Cordelia N., Lynch, P., Okoye, M.I., Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 1/1/2012
- Applying Forensic Anthropological Data in Homicide Investigation to the Depravity StandardReinhard, K.J., Welner, M., Okoye, M.I., et al., Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 1/1/2012
- Forensic Epidemiology of Childhood Deaths in Nebraska, USAOkoye, C.N., and Okoye, M.I., Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 1/1/2011
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Comparison of Glomerular Size in African Americans and CaucasiansSchmidt, K., Pesce, C. Fogo, A., Okoye, M. I., Kim, R. Striker, L. and Striker, G, American Society of Nephrology Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/1992
- Immunological and Ultrastructural Studies of Amyloid Cerebral AngiopathyRengeschary, I., Okoye, M. I., Watanabe, I., Racela, L., American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, CO, 1/1/1979
Lectures
- Use of 3D-CT-Scan in Forensic Postmortem ExaminationJunction City, KS - 3/14/2012
- Postmortem Toxicology – The Challenges of Postmortem Re-Distribution of Drugs in Interpreting postmortem drug levelsJunction City, KS - 3/14/2012
- Recent Advances in Forensic X-Ray Imaging and Use of 3D CT Scan in Forensic Medico-legal Death InvestigationBranson, MO - 10/1/2011
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