Dr. Michael Sven Pollanen, BSc. (Guelph) 1992, Ph.D. (Toronto) 1995, MD (Toronto) 1999, is the Chief Forensic Pathologist for the province of Ontario, an Associate Professor of Pathology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and an Associate Professor of Forensic Science at the University of Toronto (Mississauga). He holds specialty certification in Anatomical Pathology as Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), and is qualified in Forensic Pathology as a diplomate in Medical Jurisprudence in Pathology [DMJ (Path)] from the Society of Apothecaries of London, England. He is also a member of the Royal College of Pathologists (United Kingdom) (MRCPath). Dr. Pollanen is the consulting forensic pathologist for Bermuda. Dr. Pollanen's international forensic work includes missions including postings in East Timor, Cambodia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. He was the forensic pathologist on the Canadian forensic team to Southern Thailand after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Dr. Pollanen trains international clinical fellows and oversees graduate research as well as doing undergraduate teaching in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology. He maintains an interest in post-conviction pathology reviews and has played a role in the Truscott and Mullins Johnson appeals as well as the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario.
