Coroners of Pennsylvania: A Field Guide

Code: SL31802

Dates: October 8, 2025

Meets: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Creutzburg Center 101

Course Fee: $39.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.

Do you know the difference between a coroner, a medical examiner, and a forensic pathologist? What does a coroner do anyway? Did you know that in Pennsylvania we elect coroners, that William Penn appointed the Commonwealth’s first coroner, that coroners have been around longer than District Attorneys? Learn about the fascinating history and little-known powers of coroners at this interactive talk. Bring your questions!
Fee: $39.00
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Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 39.00
Optional FeeDonation$ 0.00

Creutzburg Center 101

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Christina VandePol

Christina VandePol, M.D. is a writer, physician, and former coroner whose creative nonfiction essays have been published in The Sun (Readers Write), Killer Nashville Magazine, The Rumpus, and Months to Years. Dr. VandePol was the first woman and first Democrat to be elected coroner of suburban Chester County, Pennsylvania in over two centuries. During four stormy years (2018-2022), she steered her office through both the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing 5,697 death investigations and achieving the advanced level of national certification as a medicolegal death investigator (F-ABMDI). Recognized as an expert on coroners and death investigation, Dr. VandePol has been interviewed and quoted by the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, CNN, NBC News, and multiple regional and local media outlets on topics including drug deaths, unclaimed bodies, the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths in custody, and climate-related deaths. A thirty-five-year resident of Chester County, Dr. VandePol makes her home in the Borough of West Chester. You can read Dr. VandePol’s monthly blog on her website https://christinavandepol.com/

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