Scope & Range of Services
Pathology Consultant, PC
CURRICULUM VITAE
EXPERIENCE
1973 - Present: Nationally Recognized Medical Consultant
1991 - Present: Forensic Consultant to Eyewitness News, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS), CNN, and Court TV New York City.
2005 – Present: Lecturer in Forensic Pathology at John Jay College (CUNY) New York
4/29/06: Participated with consultation and onscreen interview of A&E Documentary: "DeFeo: First Person Murderer" Broadcast.
2004: - Interview and Consultation for the movie: The Amityville Horror released in April 2005 by MGM with onscreen interview and voice over on the subsequently released DVD
1989 – 2000: Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, New Jersey. Director of Laboratories
1991 – 2000: As President of Pathology Consultants, P.A. at Passaic Beth Israel Hospital, set up courier system to service outside physicians' offices and surgi-centers
1989 – 2000: Member of the Medical Laboratory Advisory Committee of Felician College. 1980 - 1989: St. Joseph Riverside Hospital. Warren, Ohio: Director of Laboratories
1980 - 1989: Forensic Consultant to the Coroner's Office, Prosecutor's Office of Trumbull County (Ohio) and to Private Attorneys
1985-1987: Designed and sold decorative wood mounted brass plaque for medical confidentiality: "Autopsy Oath" and marketed by J.A.D Butler Corp, a company which I founded and owned.
1977 - 1979: Micro-Diagnostics Medical Laboratory. Smithtown, New York. Owner and Director.
EXPERIENCE
1972 - 1979: Office of the Medical Examiner of Suffolk County, Hauppauge, New York: Deputy Chief Medical Examiner and Medical Director of Toxicology Laboratories.
At the Office of the Medical Examiner, I supervised four other full time pathologists and two part time pathologists covering our workload of more than 1300 autopsies per year including 35 - 40 homicides (non vehicular). Cases included a wide spectrum of forensic autopsies and investigations including decomposed bodies (both from water and land), skeletal remains, exhumations, animal deaths and cemetery desecrations, scene investigations and courtroom testimony. Approximately 5,000 total career autopsies with supervision and review of other pathologists’ autopsies of approximately four times that number.
As Deputy Chief Medical Examiner of Suffolk County, New York, I consulted with many attorneys, both private and affiliated with malpractice insurance companies, in cases of alleged malpractice, questions of double indemnity, workmen's compensation and other medicolegal questions including investigation of the American Airlines Crash in Chicago.
1972 - 1979: St. John's Episcopal Hospital. Smithtown, New York: Consultant Pathologist.
1972 - 1979: State University of New York (SUNY) Department of Mortuary Science. Farmingdale, New York: Instructor of Pathology Course.
1971 - 1972: Massapequa General Hospital. Massapequa, New York: Director of Laboratories.
1971 - 1972: Hempstead General Hospital. Hempstead, New York. Associate Pathologist.
1971 - 1972: Central General Hospital. Plainview, New York. Associate Pathologist.
1969 - 1971: U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Director of Laboratories. Army Rank: Major. (Honorable Discharge)
1969 - 1971: Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital. Gardner, Massachusetts. Consultant Pathologist
1969: The Mount Sinai Hospital Medical School. New York City, New York. Instructor in Pathology.
MEDICAL LICENSURES
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CERTIFICATIONS
1965: Medical Licensure, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (Emeritus)
1967: Medical Licensure, State of New York. (active)
1980: Medical Licensure, State of Ohio. (Emeritus)
1990: Medical Licensure, State of New Jersey (Emeritus)
1990: Bio-Analytical Laboratory Director Licensure, State of New Jersey
1971: Professional Certification in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology.
1997: Professional Recertification in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology.
1994: Professional Certification in Subspecialty of Cytopathology by the American Board of Pathology.
1994: Professional Certification by The American Board of Forensic Examiners
1995 Professional Certification by the American Board of Forensic Medicine
PUBLICATIONS
Hajdu and Adelman: Anatomic Distribution and Grading of Carcinoma in Situ of the Cervix; Cancer: Vol. 19, No. 10; October 1966.
Adelman and Hajdu: Role of Conization in the Treatment of Cervical Carcinoma in Situ; Am. J. of OB/GYN: Vol. 98, No. 2; May 1966.
Adelman, H.C.: Asphyxial Deaths Due To Aspiration of Dental Appliances: A Report of Three Cases; Journal of Forensic Sciences: Vol. 33, No. 2; March 1988. pp. 389-395.
Adelman, H.C., Peterson, P. and Sorger, L.J.: Identification of Wooden Instrument by Scanning Electron Microscopy From Splinters Left In Victim; Journal of Forensic Sciences: Vol. 33 No. 3; May 1988. pp. 787-796.
Cangiarella, Jagirdar, Adelman, Budzilovich, and Greco: Mucosal Neuromas and Plexiform Neurofibromas: An Immunocytochemical Study; Society for Pediatric Pathology, October 18-21, 1991
Berliner; Guadara, Adelman, Conforti and Urn: Extraosseous Ewing's Sarcoma in the Foot; The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery: Vol. 34, No. 3, 1995
Lewis, et al: Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence; in press (chapter: Forensic Autopsy)
Reviewer and Contributer to Practice Guidelines For Forensic Pathology, Developed by The College of American Pathologists 1997
Textbook: Forensic Medicine – Chelsea House Publishers 2007
Nonfiction Book: Manner of Death: - to be published in late 2006
AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
1989: Plaque and Special Recognition from the City of Warren (Ohio) Police Department "for outstanding contribution to the law enforcement community."
1989: Mayoral Proclamation from the City of Warren (Ohio): In recognition of activities in forensic pathology and community service, August 7, 1989 was designated: "Howard C. Adelman, M.D. Day."
1991-2000: Physicians Recognition Award, Medical Society of New Jersey
Current: Elected for Biographical Listing in Marquis Who's Who in the East
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Fellow College of American Pathologists (FCAP)
Fellow American Society of Clinical Pathologists (FASCP)
New York Pathological Society
New York Pathology Club
American Society of Cytopathology
New Jersey Association of Cytotechnologists
Greater New York Association of Cytotechnologists (GYNAC)
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
Fellow American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
Fellow the American Board of Forensic Examiners (ABFE)
Founder and Past President of the Valley Pathologist Association (Membership included Pennsylvania and Ohio Pathologists) 1983-1989
American and Canadian (International) Academy of Pathology
International Academy of Cytopathology (IAC) 1996-Present
Ohio State Medical Society: 1980-1989
Trumbull County Medical Society 1980-1989
Public Relations Committee Chairman 1988
Editor in Chief Trumbull County Medical Society Newsletter 1986-1989
Co-Chairman of Trumbull County AIDS Task Force 1988-1989
New York Chapter of the National Foundation for Sudden Infant Death 1973 - 1979
Disaster Planning Committee of Suffolk County 1978 - 1979 Suffolk County (New York) Pathologists Association 1971 - 1979 Suffolk County Medical Society 1972 – 1979
New York State Society of Pathologists 1971 - 1979; 1990 - present New York Pathology Club 1989 - present
New York Pathological Society 1989 – present
SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) membership: 2004 - present
CATEGORY 1 CME MEDICAL LECTURES, AND SEMINARS
Stony Brook University Medical School, Long Island, New York: 1978-1979: Forensic Pathology St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Seminars: 3 Monthly lectures on Topics In Clinical Pathology: 1980 Ohio Tri-County Radiologists: Forensic Radiology: 1980
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Seminars: 3 Monthly lectures on Topics in Forensic Pathology: 1981 Ohio State Coroners Association: Seminar in Forensic Pathology: 1981
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Sessions in GYN Pathology: 12 Monthly lectures on GYN Pathology and Cytopathology: 1982
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Sessions in Infection Control: Sexually Acquired Infections: 1982 Mahoning Shenango Area Health Education Network:
Diagnostic Dilemmas in Medical Practice: 1982
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Sessions in Surgical Pathology: 12 Monthly lectures on Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology of Various Organ Systems: 1983
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Brown Bag Seminar: AIDS: 1983
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Brown Bag Seminar: Battered, Neglected & Mistreated Children: 1983 St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Diagnostic Dilemma Program: The Regs, The Cuts & The New Pathology: 1984
St. Joseph Riverside Hospital: The APUD System, APUDomas, and the
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndrome: 1985
Trumbull County Public Library, Trumbull County Medical Society, & Warren Tribune Newspaper: Pathology Seminar: Tracking Down Disease — Medical Detection in the Laboratory: 1986 Trumbull County Homicide Seminar: Forensic Medicine, Identification, Cause and Manner of Death: 1985 & 1986
Eastern Ohio Chapter of Emergency Nurses: Forensic Pathology and Autopsy: 1986
Kent State University: Creative Connections Seminar: 1987
Northeastern Ohio Arson Seminar Featured Speaker: Forensic Pathology in Arson Investigation: 1987 National Arson Investigation Seminars: Warren, Ohio 1988-1989
Trumbull Memorial Hospital Lecture: The Scene of the Crime 1987
Trumbull County Medical Society and St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Seminar: AIDS Counseling: 1989
St. Elizabeth (Ohio) Medical Center: Graduate Medical Endeavors: Invited Speaker: GYN Cytology and Forensic Pathology: 1988
St. Elizabeth Hospital: Youngstown, Ohio, Trauma Symposium 1995
Approved lectures from The New Jersey Academy of Medicine for CME credits: Cytopathology and Forensic Pathology 1995 – present
John Jay College: Professor’s lecture in Forensic Pathology and Crime Scene Investigation, 2005
Learning Annex of the City of New York: Forensic Pathology 101 for a lay audience 2005
Lecture on Crime Scene Investigation to Santa Domingo Police Department and Consultation April 2007
SIGNIFICANT FORENSIC CASES
Mass Murder: DeFeo Family ("The Amityville Horror") (6 victims): The true investigation and the pivotal role I played was published as "High Hopes" by Gerard Sullivan and Harvey Aronson.
Triple Homicide: Sager Family
Karen Pomroy Case: Legal Landmark Case of homicide involving organ transplant and legal acceptance of the concept of brain death.
Logue Sisters: Mysterious death of siblings one week apart which attracted national attention.
Raymond Fife: Rape - torture murder by impalement of a 13 year old by two teen aged male assailants. (case presentation to American Academy of Forensic Science Meeting 1987)
Philip Pannell: Black youth shot by white police officer in Teaneck, New Jersey
LEGAL RECOGNITION
Recognized as a medical expert in the fields of General and Forensic Pathology as well as in Cytopathology in the courtrooms of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
EDUCATION
1953 - 1957: Gettysburg College. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Arts Degree 1955: Elected to Beta Beta Beta (Biology Honorary Society) Chapter at Gettysburg College.
1957 - 1963: University of Basel School of Medicine. Basel, Switzerland. M.D. Degree
INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY
1964 - 1965: Germantown Hospital. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rotating Internship
1965 - 1966: Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. Cleveland, Ohio. First year Pathology Residency
1967 - 1969: The Mount Sinai Hospital of New York and City Hospital Center at Elmhurst. New York City, New York. Combined Residency Program in Clinical and
Anatomic Pathology with Special Rotation for three months at the Chief Medical Examiner's Office of the City of New York under the directorship of Milton B. Halpern, M.D.
OTHER INTERESTS
Medical Photography:
Designed the photographic system at the hospital laboratories in Warren, Ohio and Passaic, New Jersey. I have photographed medicolegal cases and intraoperative cases as well as the gross and microscopic surgical and autopsy material. I recently updated my personal photomicroscope, a Nikon trinocular Optiphot for digital photography which can be downloaded into my computer for reports in Microsoft Word or for PowerPoint presentations.
Creative Writing :
Former Editor and Publisher of the St. Joseph Riverside Hospital Laboratory Newsletter
Former Editor and Publisher of the Beth Israel Laboratory Newsletter
Formerly, Editorial staffs of the Suffolk County Medical Society (New York)
Formerly, Editorial Staff of Trumbull County Medical Society (Ohio): Chief Editorialist.
Languages:
Bilingual: In addition to English, I am fluent in German.
Personal
Date of Birth: May 21, 1935
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey
Married: June 25, 1967 to the former Nancy Gerstein. Wife's Profession: RN (Operating Room Nurse)
Children: three sons: Adam: d.o.b. 1969, Daniel: d.o.b. 1970, Jeremy: d.o.b. 1973
