Vernard I. Adams, M.D.
Associate Professor
Chief Medical Examiner

Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
401 South Morgan Street
Tampa, Fl.  33602 
Phone: (813) 272-6377

Vernard Adams

Expertise:
- Forensic Pathology and Cell Biology. 

Interests: 
- Craniocervical derangements
- Mechanisms of death
- Logical basis of opinion formation
- Construction of professional reports
- Autopsy law

Memberships:
- HCMA, FMA, AMA
- National Association of Medical Examiners
- Florida Association of Medical Examiners
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- College of American Pathologists

Previous Positions:
- Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine, NYU, and Deputy Medical Examiner, City of New York
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, and Deputy Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, NY
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, U of Massachusetts, and Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Publications:

1. Vega RS and Adams VI. Suffocation in motor vehicle crashes. Am J For Med Pathol 25(2):101–107, 2004
2. Adams V and Guidi C. Venous air embolism in homicidal blunt impact head trauma: Case reports. Am J For Med Pathol 22(3):322–326, 2001.
3. Hirsch CS, Sampson B and Adams VI. Sudden and unexpected death due to natural causes in adults. Chapter in Medicolegal Investigation of Death, 4th ed, ed. Spitz UW. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas2006.
4. Flomenbaum M, Adams VI, and Hirsch CS. Trauma and disease. Chapter 6 in Medicolegal Investigation of Death, 4th ed. Spitz WU. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas, 2006ending.
5. Adams VI. Medicolegal Autopsies and Autopsy Toxicology. Chapter 2 in J Ludwig, ed., Handbook of Autopsy Practice, 3rd ed, Totowa, New Jersey, 2002. 
6. Adams VI. Autopsy Chemistry. Chapter 11 in J Ludwig, ed., Handbook of Autopsy Practice, 3rd ed, Totowa, New Jersey, 2002. 
7. Adams VI and Ludwig J. Autopsy Law. Chapter 18 in J Ludwig, ed., Handbook of Autopsy Practice, 3rd ed, Totowa, New Jersey, 2002. 
8. Spitz DJ and Adams VI. Medical investigation of pedestrian deaths. ASCP Check Sample FP 02-2, Forensic Pathology and Cell Biology, Vol 44, 2002.
9. Adams V (chair), Hunter M, and Thogmartin J., as committee. Practice guidelines for Florida medical examiners. Florida Association of Medical Examiners, Aug 2006, 31 pages.
10. Adams V. HIPAA, the medical examiner, and patient records. Bulletin of the Hillsborough County Medical Association 49(2):15, 2003