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Chris O'Donnell

MB BS, FRANZCR, M.Med, GradDipForMed, FFFPMI (RCPA)

Chris is a specialist necroradiologist and consultant forensic radiologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), and adjunct senior lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University.  He also works as a clinical radiologist.  He installed one of the world’s first mortuary-based CT scanners at VIFM in 2005 and was lead radiologist in the Black Saturday bushfire DVI operation in 2009.  He has trained many local and international forensic pathologists and radiologists in post-mortem CT (PMCT).

Chris is convenor of an annual short course in PMCT interpretation for Monash University that has now become a unit of the Monash University Master of Forensic Medicine programme.  He provides expert opinion on forensic matters to the criminal justice system of Victoria and other states of Australia. He is past chair of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, and is currently overseeing the installation of an MRI scanner into the mortuary at VIFM.

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113 results found
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Cystic pituitary adenoma

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jun 2012
66% complete
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Leptomeningeal metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Jun 2012
77% complete
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Ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm with pericallosal hematoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 30 Apr 2012
74% complete
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Cephalohematoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Apr 2012
66% complete
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage: lethal

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Apr 2012
73% complete
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Hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Apr 2012
77% complete
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Ecchordosis physaliphora

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Apr 2012
63% complete
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Hemorrhagic cerebral metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Apr 2012
67% complete
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Optic neuritis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Apr 2012
77% complete
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Pseudolaminar necrosis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Apr 2012
74% complete
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Skull fracture in a toddler - suspected non-accidental injury

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Apr 2012
56% complete
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Lateral medullary (Wallenberg) syndrome

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 23 Feb 2012
95% complete
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Isodense subdural hematoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Feb 2012
89% complete
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Arachnoid cyst - cerebellopontine angle

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jan 2012
86% complete
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Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jan 2012
92% complete
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Aqueduct stenosis and Chiari I malformation

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 14 Jan 2012
92% complete
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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Jan 2012
70% complete
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 Jan 2012
71% complete
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L5/S1 endplate osteomyelitis/discitis with epidural abscess

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 Jan 2012
80% complete
MRI

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