Faculty Rank

Professor

Undergraduate Education

Dominican University, River Forest, IL, B.A. (Chemistry), 1965

Graduate Education

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, M.S. (Biochemistry), 1969 

Medical School

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL  M.D. (magna cum laude), 1969

Residency

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (Medicine/Psychiatry), 1974

Case Western Reserve University (Pathology), 1975-1979

Fellowship

Case Western Reserve University (Forensic Pathology), 1979-1980

Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (Forensic Pathology), 1980-1981

Boards

American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology, 1979

American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, 1979

American Board of Pathology, Forensic Pathology, 1981

Clinical Interests

Child Abuse, Sudden Cardiac Death, Mechanisms of Injury 

Research Interests

Child Abuse, Retinal Hemorrhages

Selected Publications

1.  Gilliland MGF, Luther P. Expert Opinion: Why do Histology on Retinal Hemorrhages in Suspected Non-Accidental Injury? Histopathology. 2003;43:592-602.

2.  Gilliland MGF. Biomechanics and Neuropathology of Adult and Pediatric Head Injury. (Letter). British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2003;17(2):2001.

3.  Fiordalisi I, Harris GD, Gilliland MGF. Prehospital Arrest in Diabetic Ketoacidemia. Why Brain Swelling May Lead to Death Before Treatment. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2002;16:214-219.

4.  Gilliland MGF. Interval Duration between Head Injury and Severe Symptoms in Non Accidental Head Trauma in Infants and Young Children. Jour For Sci. 1998:43(3):723-725.  

5.  Gilliland MGF. Shaken Babies - Some Have No Impact Injuries. Jour For Sci.  1996;41(1):114-116.

6.  Gilliland MGF, Luchenbach MW, Chenier TC. Systemic and Ocular Findings in 169 Prospectively Studied Child Deaths: Retinal Hemorrhages Usually Mean Child Abuse. Forensic Sci Intl. 1994;68:117-132. 

Selected Presentations

1.  Gilliland MGF. Location of ocular Injuries in Non-accidental and Accidental Injuries of Infants and Children. Presented at the National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting, Oct 19, 2005; Los Angeles, CA.

2.  Schuler CM, Gilliland MGF. Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboemboli Diagnosed at Autopsy. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Southern Medical Association; Nov 11-13, 2004; New Orleans, LA.

3.  Gilliland MGF. Decomposed Bodies, What Can Still Be Found.  North Carolina Chapter of International Association of Identifiers. Spring Training Conference. April 3, 2004; Greenville, NC.

4.  Gilliland MGF. Investigations and Eye Findings in Crush and Other Accidental Traumas in Lethally Injured Infants and Children. American Academy of Forensic Sciences 56th Annual Meeting. Feb 21, 2004; Dallas, TX.

5.  Gilliland MGF. The Death Penalty, Isn't About Time for Moratorium.  National Association of Medical Examiners Meeting. Sep 24, 2003; San Jose, CA.