Generally an autopsy is performed by a specialist medical doctor called what?

Pagiedamon

"It is usually performed by a specialized medical doctor called a pathologist." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy Nov 18 08, 4:28 PM

zbeckabee

SPECIFICALLY an Anatomical Pathologist -- (Commonwealth) or Anatomic pathology (U.S.) is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the gross, microscopic, and molecular examination of organs, tissues, and whole bodies (autopsy). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_pathology Clinical Pathologist -- Laboratory Medicine (Germany), Biopathology (Greece), or Clinical/Medical Biology (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria...) is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids such as blood and urine, using the tools of chemistry, microbiology, hematology and molecular pathology. Clinical pathologists work in close collaboration with medical technologists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_pathology Nov 18 08, 6:16 PM