Forensic medicine

The Department of Forensic Medicine (Budapest Institute of Medical Sciences at the time) was founded in  1964 . 

The department produces expert reports in the field of  forensic medicine and -pathology ,  in accordance with national laws, at the request of several authorities, utilizing the most recent scientific and technological advances while also abiding to requirements of neutrality and impartiality.

A major duty of the Department is to provide on-call  forensic medical experts for death scene investigations  of  investigating authorities, as well as performing  autopsies in non-natural death cases . Furthermore, our laboratory performs the histological investigations of these autopsy cases.

The medical professionals of the department are qualified as specialists in following fields: forensic medicine and pathology, insurance medicine, clinical pathology, internal medicine, neurology, occupational medicine, furthermore in forensic psychiatry, clinical psychiatry and addictology; while our psychologists possess qualifications in adult and child clinical psychology, mental hygene, neuropsychology and psychotherapy.

Our forensic specialists are supported by a team of  well-prepared external medical experts  and collaborators,  such as surgeons, traumatologists, obstetrician-gynaecologists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, internists, cardiologists, gastro-enterologists, paediatricians, anaesthesiologists, radiologists and dentists etc.

Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine

 Dr Antal Kricskovics 
forensic medical expert

Contact for international relations

 Nikoletta Bene-Bardon 
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