Dr. Thomas Young
Dr. Young has about two decades of experience as a full-time forensic pathologist. He has performed nearly 5,400 autopsies, testified in civil and criminal court about 350 times, and provided deposition testimony about 70 times.
As the Jackson County Medical Examiner for 11 1/2 years, Dr. Young served as the chief death investigator for metropolitan Kansas City on the Missouri side of the state line. He modernized the death investigation system, obtaining for the office full accreditation by the National Association of Medical Examiners. The office remains the only nationally accredited death investigation agency in Missouri.
Dr. Young is an experienced communicator and teacher. He is a teacher of pathologists and forensic pathologists and the former director of a nationally accredited forensic pathology training program. Dr. Young is also equally adept at communicating his knowledge to others outside of the medical field. He presents difficult concepts in a way that makes them easy to understand.