PRESENTATION TITLE

A Hairy Situation: A Forensic Toxicological Investigation into the Past

PRESENTER
Paul Jannetto, Ph.D.

PRESENTER BIO

Dr. Paul J. Jannetto is a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and a Consultant at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), where he serves as the Co-Director for the Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, and the Metals Laboratory. He also serves as the Vice-Chair of Practice. His clinical and scientific interests are centered on Clinical & Forensic Toxicology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Controlled Substance Monitoring, and Elemental Analysis. He has over 115 peer-reviewed publications, 20 book chapters, and over 100 abstracts/presentations at various national meetings.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to: 

• Identify what might have caused some of Beethoven’s health problems.
• Correlate elemental hair analysis laboratory findings with Beethoven’s physical signs and symptoms of heavy metal toxicity.
• Describe the limitations of elemental hair testing.

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