Partners in Crime San Diego presents Dr. Candace Schoppe forensic pathologist and deputy medical examiner, San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
When she was 5, Dr. Schoppe wanted to be a bull rider and a ballerina. Upon realizing job opportunities would be limited, her interests gravitated toward archeology and anthropology. After years of searching, she discovered the field of forensic pathology which satisfied her desire to work with the dead and fulfilled her father’s wish that she become a physician. She was 12 years old, and never looked back.
Dr. Schoppe graduated from medical school in 2007 and couples matched with her husband, Kurt, to residency programs in pathology and radiology, respectively, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. After residency, Dr. Schoppe completed fellowships in forensic pathology and in forensic neuropathology and cardiac pathology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Schoppe is board certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology and has worked in several offices across the country including the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences (Dallas, TX), Tarrant County Medical Examiner District (Ft. Worth, TX), Rhode Island State Medical Examiner’s Office, and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office (current).
Dr. Schoppe has been actively involved in academics, research, and the promotion of the field of forensic pathology. She is a member of numerous medical, pathology, and forensic science organizations, including the National Association of Medical Examiners where she is a member of the Board of Directors and serves on the strategic planning, work force, and government-related committees. Dr. Schoppe has a passion for teaching and has taught at all age and skill levels from junior high 4-H students to advanced law enforcement and attorneys, to medical students and pathology trainees. She has lectured nationally and internationally on multiple topics predominantly child death and child homicide investigation (through the National Criminal Justice Training Center) and toxicology/ overdose related deaths.
Saturday, March 8, 2:00 PM Pacific Time