Lubbock's Medical Examiner praised for wide-ranging experience - LubbockOnline.com

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • June 11, 2012

Lubbock County’s chief medical examiner has examined bodies from plane crashes, bus fires, catastrophic events, all-terrain vehicle and bike crashes and a variety of criminal cases, then explained the method and cause of death to the public for its understanding.

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In the early 2000s, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and Lubbock County put out feelers for a chief of a combined county/university Medical Examiner’s Office. When Natarajan interviewed, he realized his diverse background gave him an edge.

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