Jeffrey J. Barnard, M.D.

Last modified on: 01-27-2022 13:36:15

Chair
(Forensic Science Commission)

Entered Office: 10-31-2011 Term Ends: 09-01-2023

General Information

Profession: Chief Medical Examiner-Dallas Co. Home Town: Dallas


Personal Information

Jeffrey Barnard, M.D. of Dallas is the director of the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science and Chief Medical Examiner of Dallas County and a professor of pathology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He served as chairman of the Rapport Society at Texas A&M University and is a member of the National Association of Medical Examiners and the Southwest Transplant Alliance. He completed a surgery internship and an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas and a forensic pathology fellowship in Suffolk County, New York. He is board certified in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology. Barnard received a Bachelor of Science in medicine from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Medicine from Texas A&M College of Medicine. Barnard currently serves as chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
Reappointed 8/24/18, 9/12/19 & 1/27/22.

Contact and Phone Numbers

SW Institute of Forensic Sciences
2355 N. Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207