Interview with Michael Pollanen

Michael S. Pollanen is a Canadian medical doctor with over twenty years of experience as a forensic pathologist and Professor at the University of Toronto. His main area of expertise is the application of forensic medicine to investigating human rights abuses, with a focus on clinical and autopsy investigations of torture, extrajudicial killing, and death of detainees, and humanitarian action. He is also dedicated to forensic capacity development in resource-limited settings in order to strengthen medico-legal systems. He has consulted for various organizations and is a past president of the International Association of Forensic Sciences. Michael has worked in over twenty countries and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles.