Cristoforo Pomara, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Catania, Italy, and a full professor in Forensic Medicine. His research activity focuses primarily on forensic pathology, histopathology, dissection techniques, forensic toxicology, and forensic genetics. He is also an expert in medical professional liability, clinical governance and risk management, bioethics, compensation for personal injury, and vaccination issues, and is experienced in professional diseases. Pomara has authored over 200 scientific publications, as well as a number of textbooks, including the Manual Forensic Autopsy: A Handbook and Atlas (CRC Press, 2010). He is a leading scientist in his field of investigation. Vittorio Fineschi MD, PhD, is a full professor in Forensic Medicine at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His over-35-year expertise encompasses forensic pathology, histopathology, dissection techniques, forensic toxicology, as well as forensic genetics. He is also trained in medical professional liability, clinical governance and risk management, bioethics, compensation for personal injury, as well as professional diseases. He has authored over 400 scientific papers, as well as a number of textbooks, including Pathology of the Heart and Sudden Death in Forensic Medicine (CRC Press, 2006). He is the Director of the Legal Medicine and Insurance, Policlinico Umberto I, at the Sapienza University of Rome.
