Dr. Stephen M. Lojeski DDS, QME, DABFO

Please note that I serve as an Expert Witness for the State of California Board of Dental Examiners, and an Expert Dental Consultant for several companies. In addition I am a Qualified Medical Evaluator licensed by the State of California. I'm very familiar with testifying in court proceedings, hearings, and trials concerning dental issues, dental treatment, and quality of care. I am a Deputy Coroner and Deputy Medical Examiner for the County of Los Angeles' Coroner Department along with being employed as a Consulting Forensic Odontologist for Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange Counties in California and Mohave County in Arizona. I am a member of the California Dental Identification Team (CALDIT) through my County Coroner affiliations. I have extensive Forensic Dentistry experience with DMORT Region IX through FEMA, the United States Office of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services; and have worked on many mass disasters. I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. In addition I am a Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology. I have taught Dental Assisting for over 22 years, regularly I am called upon to lecture and speak to professional groups on various Dental topics, and was in continuous private practice for over 42 years. I currently teach Forensic Odontology to California Death Investigators, Medical Doctors and Fellows, and Pathology Residents. I am a Past President of the San Gabriel Valley Dental Society, a Past President of the Dental Foundation of California, and was on our local San Gabriel Valley Dental Society Peer Review Committee for over 9 years. I have been elected and served many times as a Delegate to both the Annual American and California Dental Association's House of Delegates Meeting. I am a past elected Trustee of the California Dental Association. I was the recipient of a Distinguished Service Award presented by the State Legislature of California; and the California State Assembly presented me with a Certificate of Recognition for my many local Dental Health contributions. I am very well versed in reading Dental radiographs; providing Dental examinations; assisting numerous insurance companies with Peer Review requests; working with and understanding Worker's Compensation Laws, Cases and Issues; working with numerous attorneys on cases involving Dental issues; and dealing with and understanding the Standard of Care as it currently exists in our States of California and Arizona, both of which I am licensed in.