Unit coordinators

Professor Stephen Cordner MA MB BS BMedSc FRCPath FRCPA DMJ DipCrim. (Coordinator for Ethics, Medicine & the Law, and Autopsy Practice)

Stephen Cordner is the foundation Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University and Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. H has co-authored "Ethics, Legal Medicine and Forensic Pathology" and "Ethics and Law in Medicine".

Dr Matthew Lynch MB BS LLB (Hons) FRCPA Dip Forens Path DMJ (Path) FACLM Grad Dip Legal Practice (Coordinator for Interpreting Injuries at Autopsy)

Matthew Lynch is the Head of the Forensic Pathology Division at the VIFM and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.  He is also a qualified lawyer.

Assoc. Professor David Wells MA MB BS DMJ DipRACOG FRACGP. (Coordinator for Foundations of Clinical Forensic Medicine)

David Wells is the Head of Clinical Forensic Medicine at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.

Dr Michael Burke Bsc MB BS FRCPA Dip For Path.  (Coordinator Forensic Science Support for Forensic Pathology)

Michael Burke is a senior forensic pathologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. 

Assoc. Professor David Ranson BMedSci BM BS LLB FRCPath FRCPA FACLM DMJ. (Coordinator for Medical Testimony and Death Investigation, Systems and Scenes)

David Ranson is a forensic pathologist and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.  Qualified in both law and medicine, he has published widely in the area of forensic medicine, pathology and the law.  He is the author of the textbook "Forensic Medicine and the Law:  An Introduction" published by Melbourne University Press.