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Judy Melinek

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Judy Melinek, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard University. She trained at UCLA in medicine and pathology, graduating in 1996. Her training at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York is the subject of her memoir, Working Stiff, which she co-wrote with her husband, T.J. Mitchell. Currently, Dr. Melinek is CEO of PathologyExpert Inc., & works as a forensic pathologist in Oakland, California. She also travels nationally and internationally to lecture she has been consulted as a forensic expert in many high-profile legal cases.

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	Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek (Goodreads Author), T.J. Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 27,966 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Invented Modern Forensics (Historical Medical Science and True Crime Book for Adults) by Bruce Goldfarb (Goodreads Author), Judy Melinek (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.70 avg rating — 4,040 ratings — published 2020 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Cut (Jessie Teska, #1) by Judy Melinek (Goodreads Author), T.J. Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 2,099 ratings — published 2020 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aftershock (Jessie Teska, #2) by Judy Melinek (Goodreads Author), T.J. Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 786 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Staying alive, as it turns out, is mostly common sense.”
― Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

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“There are no emergency autopsies,” another resident pointed out to me. “Your patients never complain. They don’t page you during dinner. And they’ll still be dead tomorrow.”
― Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

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“When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses--not zebras.' In other words, most things are exactly what they seem, and the simplest answer is usually the right one.”
― Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

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