Professor Vanezis MB, ChB, DMJ(Path), MD, PhD, is a member of the Royal College of Pathologists and a Fellow of the college (FRCPath); and a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in (FFFLM), as well as being a member of a number of examining boards in forensic medicine. Peter has been a practising forensic pathologist since 1974, conducting over 2,000 suspicious death autopsies, of which approximately 1,500 were homicides up to the current day. Peter has held many academic and service appointments and has carried out autopsies abroad, and for the Armed Forces at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal, and as an Honorary Civilian Consultant. He has also published widely in forensic medicine in peer-reviewed journals and continues to have a professional interest as a forensic medical expert in the investigation of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
