Dr Don Buchanan

Don Buchanan has been a full time forensic medical officer in Queensland for over 30 years, during which time he was director of state government medical officer services for 7 years.

He obtained his medical degree at the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Australian College of General Practitioners and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Biomedical Scientists.

Don is a past President of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine, and is an Honorary Life Fellow, Council Member and current Honorary Treasurer.

He obtained a Master of Public Health from the University of Queensland in 1996 and was awarded a Juris Doctor (a graduate law degree) from the University of Queensland in 2003. He was admitted as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2004. He is a member of the Bar Association of Queensland and has completed a Master of Laws (Health Law) from the Queensland University of Technology.

He has worked as the deputy coronial registrar and is currently an acting magistrate (coroner) in the Coroners Court of Queensland.