New Orleans Forensic Center

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	New Orleans Forensic Center FRANK MINYARD, M.D., CORONER New Orleans Coroner's Office 2612 Martin Luther King Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70113 PHONE: (504) 658-9660 FAX: (504) 658-9674
	STAFF Jeffrey Rouse, M.D., Chief Deputy Coroner and Chief Psychiatrist Dr. Rouse is Chief Deputy Coroner and Chief Forensic Psychiatrist at the New Orleans Forensic Center. He received his M.D. at Georgetown University, and completed training in adult psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at Tulane University Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, where he is also an Assistant Professor. For his efforts in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in assistance to the New Orleans Police Department, he was awarded the 2007 Bruno Lima Award for Excellence in Disaster Psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Rouse also serves as a consultant to the New Orleans Police Department, including the SWAT Crisis Negotiation Team. Alvaro Hunt, M.D., Chief Forensic Pathologist Dr. Hunt has been affiliated with the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office for many years, serving first from 1973 – 1979 as a Coroner’s Pathologist. From 1980 through 1988, he served as the Coroner’s Pathologist for Jefferson Parish. In 1992, he returned to Orleans Parish, serving as Coroner’s Pathologist, becoming the Chief Pathologist in 2002, and assuming the duties as Coroner’s representative on the Orleans Parish Criminal Grand Jury. Dr. Hunt is Board Certified in Anatomical, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology. John D. Gagliano, Chief Investigator and Administrator

New Orleans Forensic Center
FRANK MINYARD, M.D., CORONER

New Orleans Coroner's Office
2612 Martin Luther King Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113
PHONE: (504) 658-9660 FAX: (504) 658-9674

STAFF

Jeffrey Rouse, M.D., Chief Deputy Coroner and Chief Psychiatrist

Dr. Rouse is Chief Deputy Coroner and Chief Forensic Psychiatrist at the New Orleans Forensic Center. He received his M.D. at Georgetown University, and completed training in adult psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at Tulane University Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, where he is also an Assistant Professor. For his efforts in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in assistance to the New Orleans Police Department, he was awarded the 2007 Bruno Lima Award for Excellence in Disaster Psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Rouse also serves as a consultant to the New Orleans Police Department, including the SWAT Crisis Negotiation Team.

Alvaro Hunt, M.D., Chief Forensic Pathologist

Dr. Hunt has been affiliated with the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office for many years, serving first from 1973 – 1979 as a Coroner’s Pathologist. From 1980 through 1988, he served as the Coroner’s Pathologist for Jefferson Parish. In 1992, he returned to Orleans Parish, serving as Coroner’s Pathologist, becoming the Chief Pathologist in 2002, and assuming the duties as Coroner’s representative on the Orleans Parish Criminal Grand Jury. Dr. Hunt is Board Certified in Anatomical, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology.

John D. Gagliano, Chief Investigator and Administrator