To serve patients, health care providers, research scientists, scholars, and society by providing excellence and innovation in diagnostic services and educational resources in a respectful, professional and culturally diverse atmosphere.
Our Vision
To become a preeminent leader in academic anatomic and clinical pathology while translating basic science discovery to improved clinical care.
S. Erin Presnell, M.D.
Professor
Director, Medical and Forensic Autopsy
Director, Education Division
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Office: Main Hospital Room 281
Phone: (843) 792-3575
Fax: (843) 792-3537
CLINICAL EXPERTISE:
Forensic Pathology
EDUCATION:
B.S.,1989, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
M.D., 1993, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency: 1993-1998: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Forensic Pathology Fellowship: 1998-1999: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Forensic Pathology
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Knight, L and Presnell, SE. Death by Sewer Gas: Case Report of a double-Fatality and Review of the Literature. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 26(2): 81 – 185, June 2005.
Presnell, SE and Kim Collins. Fatal Pediatric Ingestion. ASCP Check Sample, Forensic Pathology, Volume 47, No 8, 2005, pp 93 – 105.
Collins, KA and SE Presnell. Asphyxia by tracheobronchial thrombus. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 26(4): 327 – 329, 2005.
Collins, KA and SE Presnell. Elder Homicide. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 27(2):183-7, 2006 Jun.
Presnell, SE and KA Collins. Hirschsprung Disease. Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Program, College of American Pathologists, AU-A5: 23 - 27, 2007.
Marcus, B and SE Presnell. Colonic Mucinous Adenocarcinoma metastatic to the heart. Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Program, College of American Pathologists, AU-A4: 18 - 22, 2007.
Collins, KA and SE Presnell. Elder Neglect and the Pathophysiology of Aging. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2007;28: 157 – 162.
Schandl, CA and SE Presnell. Dilantin drug hypersensitivity. Surveys and Anatomic Pathology Education Program, College of American Pathologists, FR-05, 2007.