CURRICULUM VITAE

MATTHIAS IKECHUKWU OKOYE, M.D., J.D., F.R.C.P.

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ADDRESS:

Office: VA Medical Center 600 S. 70th St. 3rd Floor Lincoln, NE 68510

Home: 6821 Southfork Circle Lincoln, Nebraska 68516

TELEPHONE(S):

Offices: (402) 486-3447 Home: (402) 421-3282 Fax: (402) 486-3477 E-Mail: nebraskaforensic@windstream.net drokoye@gmail.com DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1947 CITIZENSHIP U.S.A.

EDUCATION

• M.D., Summa Cum Laude, University of Lagos, Nigeria & Conjoint of Board of England, U.K., 1974.
• M.Sc., Pharmaceutical Science (Toxicology), University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 1980.
• J.D., Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1989.

SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified by the American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), 1980.
• Certified by the American Board of Pathology (Forensic Pathology), 1981.
• Certified by the American Board of Legal Medicine (Legal Medicine), 1989.
• Certified by the American Board of Pathology (Cytopathology), 1996.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE(S)

• Director, Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc., 4/1/2003 - Present.
• Director, Nebraska Forensic Medical Services, P.C., Lincoln, Nebraska 4/1/2003 - Present.
• Director, Associated Pathologists of Nebraska, PC, 4/1/2003 - Present.
• Forensic Pathologist, Pathology Medical Services, P.C., Lincoln, Nebraska, 9/1/1991 - 3/31/2003.
• Director, Autopsy and Forensic Pathology, Pathology Medical Services, P.C., Lincoln, Nebraska, 9/1/1991 - 3/31/2003.
• Consultant Forensic Pathologist, State of Nebraska, Office of the Attorney General, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1/1/1992 - Present.
• Associate Professor (Clinical) in Forensic Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 7/1/1992 - Present.
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 9/1/1996 - 6/30/2000.
• Adjunct Professor, Forensic Sciences, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, 9/1/1997- 2002.
• Adjunct Professor, Forensic Sciences, Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, 9/1/2003 - Present.
• Adjunct Professor, Forensic Pathology, University of Ilorin College of Medicine, Ilorin, Nigeria, 9/1/2003 - Present.
• Adjunct Professor, Forensic Pathology, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, 9/1/2004-Present.
• Coroner’s Physician/Forensic Pathologist for Counties of Lancaster, Gage, York, Saline, Platte, and several other counties of Nebraska, 9/1/1991 - Present.
• Chief Medical Examiner, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., 10/2/1989 - 8/31/1991.
• Associate Professor (Clinical) in Forensic Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 10/2/1989 - 8/31/1991.
• Associate Professor (Clinical) in Forensic Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 10/2/1989 - 8/31/1991.
• Lecturer in Forensic Pathology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 10/2/1989 - 8/31/1991.
• Professorial Lecturer, Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 9/1/1990- 8/31/1991.
• Director of Forensic Pathology Residency, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Washington, D.C., 10/2/1989 - 8/31/1991.
• Associate Pathologist, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 5/1/1985 - 9/30/1989.
• Forensic Pathologist/Deputy Medical Examiner, Genesee County, Michigan, 7/20/1981- 9/30/1989.
• Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 7/20/1981- 9/30/1989.
• Staff Pathologist, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 7/20/1981- 4/30/1985.
• Consultant Clinical Pathologist, Michigan Biochemical Laboratory, Flint, Michigan, 6/1985 - 5/1989.
• Director of Clinical Pathology Residency Program, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 7/1/1983 - 6/30/1986.
• Chairman, Frank V. Hodges Research Forum Committee, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 7/1/1982- 6/30/1985.
• Liason Staff Pathologist, Department of Pediatrics, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 7/20/1981 - 9/30/1989.
• Staff Pathologist in charge of Clinical Chemistry Division, Department of Pathology, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, 7/20/1981- 9/30/1989.
• Associate Pathologist, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 7/1/1980 - 7/19/1981.

MEDICAL LICENSE(S)

• Nebraska, 1977 (By Flex Examination).
• Michigan, 1981 (By Reciprocity).
• District of Columbia, 1989 (By Reciprocity).
• Tennessee, 1996 (By Reciprocity).

LAW LICENSE(S)

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1990.
• U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991.
• U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991.
• U.S. Federal District Court - Maryland, 1991.
• U.S. Federal District Court -Nebraska, 1996.
• U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996.
• U.S. Supreme Court Bar, 1996.

POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

• Residency (Forensic Pathology), Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 7/1/1980 - 6/30/1981.
• Residency (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), University of Kansas School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, 7/1/1976 - 6/30/1980.
• Graduate School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri, 9/1/1977 - 5/31/1980.
• Senior House Officer (Surgery and Pathology), Ministry of Health, Western Region, Nigeria, 7/1/1975 - 6/30/1976.
• Internship (Rotating), University of Lagos, College of Medicine and Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, 7/1/1974 - 6/30/1975.

UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITES & SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Sue Gabriel: 2003: Patterns of Injury in Non-Accidental Childhood Fatalities (Master of Forensic Science Project).
• Erin L. Hefner: 2003: Patterns of Injury in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Master of Forensic Science Project).
• Stephanie Spars: 200: Human Rights Analysis of Mass Graves in Orthodox Settings (M.A. Anthropology Project).
• Erin H. Kimmerle: 1999: Asymmetry and Disease in a Historical Anatomical Collection (M.A.Anthropology Project).
• Sheila Dorsey Vinton: 1997: The Impact of the Inca Expansion on the Diet in the Lluta Valley (M.A. Anthropology Project).
• Gretchen A. Nelson: 1997: Male and Female Activity Patterns in the Formative Period in Southern Peru: the Osteological and Dental Evidence (M.A. Anthropology Project).
• Jeri Campbell Myers: 1006: Putting Flesh on Bones: A Critical Analysis of Forensic Cases (M.A. Anthropology Project).

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL PRIVILEGES

• Attending Pathologist, St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska 9/1/1991 - Present.
• Consultant Pathologist at several Community Hospitals in Nebraska, 9/1/1991 - Present.
• Attending Specialist Forensic Physician (Forensic Medicine & Pathology), BryanLGH Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, 4/1/2003 - Present.

FORENSIC MEDICINE & PATHOLOGY/ MEDICAL EXAMINER    EXPERIENCE(S)

• Investigated and certified over 15,000 deaths as Deputy Medical Examiner, Coroner’s Pathologist, and Chief Medical Examiner.
• Regular Didactic Instructions to Law Enforcement Agencies in Genesee County, Michigan, District of Columbia, and Several Counties of State of Nebraska, 1981 - Present.
• Number of autopsies performed: Over 12,000, namely homicides, suicides, traffic fatalities, natural deaths, child abuse deaths, alcohol abuse deaths, drug-related deaths, exhumations, SIDS, etc.
• Number of court and deposition testimonies as Medicolegal/Forensic expert: Over 2,000 in criminal and civil litigations.

LEGAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE(S)

• Formerly, President and CEO, Law Firm of Okoye & Associates, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2/1/1997 - 12/31/2006(Retired Attorney -at -Law).

MEMBERSHIP ON BOARD(S) AND COMMITTEE(S)

• Secretary,  American Board of Legal Medicine, 2007-Present.
• Member, Board of Governors, American College of Legal Medicine, 2002 - Present.
• Member, American Board of Legal Medicine, 2003 - Present.
• Member, American College of Legal Medicine Foundation, 2003 - Present.
• Member, Advisory Board, The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science & Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2000 - Present.
• Member, Advisory Board, Journal of International Academy of Legal Medicine, Munster, Germany, 1997 - Presnt.
• Member, Scientific Committee, International Academy of Legal Medicine, Munster, Germany, 2006 - Present.
• Member, Committee on Violence, Nebraska Medical Association, 1993 - 2003.
• Member, Medical Advisory Board, Midwest Tissue Services (American Red Cross, Omaha, Nebraska, 1993 - Present.
• Member, Membership and Credentials Committee, American College of Legal Medicine, 1993 - Present.
• Member, Critical Care Committee, Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1992-1998.
• Member, Quality Assurance Committee, Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1992- 1998.
• Member, Nebraska Task Force for Review of Childhood Deaths for State of Nebraska, 1991 - Present.
• Member Student Research Committee, American College of Legal Medicine, 1989 - Present.
• Member, District of Columbia Licensing Board for Funeral Directors, 1989-1991.
• Member, Infant Mortality Review Board for the District of Columbia, 1989-1991.

COMMUNITY SERVICE(S) RESPONSIBILITIES

• Past President, Association of the Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, Inc.
• President, American Christian International Foundation, Inc. (ACIF) Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Cedars Youth Services, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Cedars Youth Services Foundation, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  Member, 100 Black Men, Omaha, Nebraska.

MEMBERSHIP IN MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Fellow, College of American Pathologists.
• Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine.
• Member, American Society of Cytology.
• Member, International Academy of Legal Medicine, Munster, Germany.
• Member, Nebraska Association of Pathologists.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

• Emerald Award (Career Communications, Inc. and Science Spectrum Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland)/ Top Minorities in Science, U.S.A., 2005.
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 1984.
• Junior Fellow in Pathology, University of Cambridge, England, U.K., 1972.
• Nicholson Prize in Pathology, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria, 1974.
• Glaxo Prize in Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria, 1974.
• May & Baker Prize in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria, 1974.
• College Prize, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria, 1974.
• Bisola-Oshinowo Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria, 1974.
• Academic Distinctions in Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Medicine & Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (University of Lagos College of Medicine, Nigeria), 1971 - 1974.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Pathologic Anatomy of the Heart Conducting System in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths, 1984-Present.
• Forensic Image Analysis & Telemedicine, 1995 - Present.
• Abnormal Isoenzyme Patterns in Malignant Tumors, 1984-1989.
• The Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysms, 1984-1989.
• Immunohistochemical Studies of Malignant Tumors, 1983-1989.
• Investigations of Myocardial Injury in Cocaine-Related Deaths, 1986-1989.
• Neurochemical Abnormalities in the Brains of SIDS Patients exposed to Cocaine, in utero, (Okoye, M.I., Casanova, M.F., and Akpofure, C.), 1989-1991.
• Correlation of Cocaine in Postmortem Brain Tissues and Blood Samples (Okoye, M.I., Akpofure, C., et al), 1989-1991.
• A study of Alcohol Intoxication and Drug Abuse Among Teenage Adolescent and Adult Homicide and Drug Overdose Victims in the District of Columbia (Akpofure, C. and Okoye, M.I.), 1989-1991.
• The Variations in Kidney Size Glomerular Size and Number in the Development of Renal Failure (Schmidt, K, Striker, L.J., Striker, G.E., Okoye, M.I., and Kim, R.K.), 1989-1991.
• Detection and Clinicopathologic Correlation of HIV-1 Nucleic Acids and Antigens in RE and CNS Tissues (Burke, A., Okoye, M.I., et al), 1990-1991.

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

• The Role of the Medical Examiner in Organ Donation and Transplantation, Washington Regional Transplant Consortium, Fall 1989.
• Homicide Investigation, Metropolitan Police Department, Police Academy, Fall 1990.
• Crime Laboratory, George Washington University Law Center, Fall 1990.
• Criminal Practice Institute, Washington, D.C., Fall 1989-1990.
• Medicolegal Investigation of Death (Forensic Medicine Seminar), Fall 1992.
• Medicolegal Investigation of Death, September 30-October 3, 1992, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Coroner and Medical Examiner Systems in U.S.A. and Europe, 1995.
• Historical Perspectives in Forensic Medicine, University of Nebraska College of Dentistry, Lincoln, Nebraska, Spring, 1993.
• Seminar in Forensic Medicine, October 11-13, 1993, Omaha, Nebraska.
• Medicolegal Aspects of Emergency Medicine, April 1995, University of Nebraska - Continuing Education Series, Omaha, Nebraska.
• Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seminar in Forensic Medicine, December 3-4, 1995, Columbia, South Carolina.
• Seminar in Forensic Medicine, March 30-31, 1996, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
• Advanced Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seminar in Forensic Medicine, October 6, 1996, Columbia, South Carolina.
• Advanced Medicolegal Death Investigation, October 19-20, 1996, Garden City, Kansas.
• Risk Management and Medicolegal Aspects of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March, 1997, University of Nebraska - Continuing Education Series, Omaha, Nebraska.
• Forensic Crime Scene Reconstruction Seminar in Forensic Medicine , June 15-18, 1998, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Seminars in Forensic Medicine & Medicolegal Death Investigation, June 2003 through October 2006, Lincoln, Nebraska.

PUBLICATIONS

• Okoye, M. I., Mueller, W. F. Jr., Chang, C. Y., et al: Testicular Gonadal Stromal (Sertoli cell) tumor. Urology, February, 1985.
• Okoye, M. I., Mueller, W. F. Jr.: A Fatal Maprotiline Intoxication. The Amer. Journal Forensic Med. Pathol., 1985; 6:45-47.
• Okoye, M. I.: Planning, Organization and Function of a Statewide Forensic Toxicology Laboratory System (M.Sc. Thesis, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, 1980.
• Rengeschary, I., Okoye, M. I., Watanabe, I., Racela, L.: Immunological and Ultrastructural Studies of Amyloid Cerebral Angiopathy (Abstract). American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Colorado, 1979.
• Okoye, M. I., Watanabe, I.: Ultrastructural Features of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Human Pathol., 1982; 13:1127-1132.
• Okoye, M. I., Mueller, W. F. Jr., et al: Isolated Congenital Hypoplastic Bicuspid Pulmonary Valve. The Amer. Journal of Forensic Med. Pathol., 1983; 4:70-83.
• Okoye, M. I., Verrill, H., Mueller, W. F. Jr.: Marked Concomitant Elevations in Serum Creatinine Kinase (CK) and Lactic Dehydrogenase (LD) in a Patient with Bowel Necrosis. The Amer. Surgeon, 1983, 49:612-615.
• Okoye, M. I., Mueller, „.F. Jr.: Invasive Pituitary Oncocytoma, Journal of National Med. Assn., 1983, 75:1215-1219.
• Okoye, M. I., Congdon, D. E., Mueller, W. F. Jr.: Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy of the Heart:  New Pathologic Findings Concerning the Etiology of Sudden Death in Five Males. The Amer. Journal Forensic Med. Pathol., 1985; 6(2): 105-124.
• Jongeward, R. H., Martel W., Louise, D. S., Okoye, M. I., Walter, N.: Florid Reactive Periostitis: A case report. Skeletal Radiology, 1985.
• Mills, S. W., Okoye, M. I.: Sulfuric Acid Poisoning. The Amer. Journal Forensic Med. Pathol., 1987; 8(3): 252-255.
• Cheng, E. Y., Okoye, M. I.: Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis in Adolescents and Children, Journal of National Med. Assn., 1986; 78: 1073-1082.
• Mikhail, R. A., Okoye, M. I., et al: Malignant Oncocytoma of the Maxillary Sinus-an Ultrastructural Study, 1988; Journal of Head Neck Surgery, 1988; 10: 427-431
• Okoye, M. I., Watanbe, I.: Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Investigations of the Giant Cells in Nodular Fasciitis. Journal of National Med. Assn., Vol. 80. 770-776, 1988.
• Okoye, M. I., Mills, S. W., Lee, S. H.: Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Study of Small Cell Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SCUC) of the Colon (Unpublished).
• Schmidt, K., Pesce, C. Fogo, A., Okoye, M. I., Kim, R. Striker, L. and Striker, G: Comparison of Glomerular Size in African Americans and Caucasians (Abstract). American Society of Nephrology Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992.
• Okoye, M.I., Kimmerle, E., and Reinhard, K: A Survey Of In-Custody Deaths In Nebraska With Emphasis On Suicide Prevention: (In Press), 1998.
• Okoye, M. I., Kimmerle, E, and Reinhard, K.J. (1999) An analysis and report of custodial deaths in Nebraska, USA. Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine 6:77-84.
• Myers, J, Okoye,M.I., Kimmerle, E., and Reinhard, K.J. (1999) Three dimensional imaging in post-mortem examinations: elucidation and identification of cranial and facial fractures in victims of homicide utilizing 3-D computerized imaging reconstruction techniques. International Journal of Legal Medicine 113:33-37.
• Okoye M, Kimmerle E, Chambliss MC, Obafunwa JO. A presentation of sudden and unexpected deaths from coronary arteriopathy. XVIIIth. Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine,
  Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sept. 6 - 9, 2000. Pg. 84.
• Obafunwa JO, Chambliss MC, Kimmerle E, Okoye M. Medico-legal aspects of deaths from motor boat and watersport injuries. XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Sept. 6-9, 2000. Pg. 154.

TEXTBOOKS AND TREATISES

• Kiple, D. Meier, D, Okoye, M. I., and Reinhard, K. (2001) Three Dimensional (3-D) Reconstruction Applied to Mummy Conservation and Display. In (E. Williams, ed.) Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, and Analysis British Archaeology Research Council: London. pp. 167-172.
• Kiple, D. Okoye, M.I., and Reinhard, K (2005): Forensic Imaging Analysis in Medicolegal Death Investigations. In (Wecht, C.H., ed), Forensic Sciences: Matthew - Bender Publishers, Inc.
• Kiple, D. and Okoye, M.I. (2006): Telemedicine. In (Wecht, C.H. ed), Forensic Sciences:  Matthew - Bender Publishers, Inc.
• Kimmerle, E., Okoye, M.I. and Barbayar, P. (2006): Forensic Aspects of Human Rights Investigations. In (Wecht, C.H., ed), Forensic Science: Matthew - Bender Publishers, Inc.
• Okoye, M.I. and Griffin, Logan A.I., Anesthesiology Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases (In Wecht, C.H. ed), Juris Publishing Inc., Third Edition, 2009.
• Neighbor, Ernest H., Okoye, M.I., Samani, David L., Orthopedic Surgery, Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases (In Wecht, C.H. ed), Juris Publishing Inc., Third Edition, 2009.

RESEARCH GRANTS

• Estimation of Biological Parameters for Human Identification in cases of Missing Persons, Mass Disasters and Human Rights Violations - Nebraska Institute of Foresnic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida and Lagos State University College of Medicine, (LASUCOM), Lagos, Nigeria., Okoye, M.I., Kimmerle, Erin, Obafunwa, J.O.(U.S. National Institute of Justice, N.I.J.), Grant# 2008-DN-BX-K163(2008-2011).