Kim A. Collins, MD serves as a forensic pathologist with Newberry Pathology Group and is a Medical Director for SharingHope SC, the Organ and Tissue Donation Services for South Carolina. After receiving her BS in microbiology, magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Georgia, Athens, Dr. Collins earned her MD from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. Following medical school, Dr. Collins completed an anatomic and clinical pathology 5-year residency at Wake Forest University/Bowman Gray School of Medicine. After residency, she completed a forensic fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina where she remained on faculty as a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Forensic and Autopsy Pathology, and Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Collins is a Diplomat of the American Board of Pathology, board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and forensic pathology. She is a member of the College of American Pathologists and past Chair of the Autopsy Committee. She is past President of the South Carolina Society of Pathologists, and past Chair for the Pathology/Biology section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She is Past President of the National Association of Medical Examiners and Past Chair of the Board. She has presented research at numerous national meetings and published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, chapters, and texts. She serves on the editorial boards of Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Academic Forensic Pathology, The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, The Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, and Section Editor for the Pathology Text of eMedicine.