Marie A. Russell

Documentary expert specializing in contemporary documentary filmmaking
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clinical
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine and LAC+USC Medical Center
  • Director, Center for Life Support Training and Research
  • Director, Clinical Forensic Medicine Program
Office: (323) 226-6667

Expertise

  • soft tissue wounds and infections - gunshot wounds, stab wounds, patterned wounds
  • wound ballistics
  • dog bites, law enforcement and civilian
  • gang violence
  • nonverbal gang communication -the forensic significance of tattoos,graffiti. hand signs and dress ("colors")
  • forensic significance of gang graffiti,dress and tattoos
  • domestic violence - elder abuse,child abuse
  • homicide and serial homicide
  • gunshot, stab and patterned wounds
  • correctional (jail) medicine
  • police abuse
  • police procedures and techniques -pepper spray, restraint procedures,Taser
  • forensic pathology
  • clinical forensic medicine

Additional Information

  • Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians Consultant, Los Angeles Regional Poison Control Center