Whether a person is going for a routine physical exam or seeking treatment for a life threatening disease, that person’s expectations for the quality of medical evaluation and treatment should be reflective of the standards of the medical field as a whole. As such, when diagnosis, evaluation and treatment deviate from this standard, harm can befall a patient resulting in exacerbating the condition or even wrongful death. Forensic pathologists at the Forensic Panel possess the skills and knowledge to detect if the cause of death or injury was a result of medical malpractice, and are held to such a standard of excellence by oversight of peer-reviewers.