Ernest P. Chiodo

Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., C.I.H. is a physician, attorney, industrial hygienist, industrial toxicologist and biomedical engineer with board certification in internal medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, public health and general preventive  medicine, and industrial hygiene. He received his medical, legal, biomedical engineering, and industrial toxicology degrees from Wayne State University. He received  his Master of Public Health from Harvard University and a Master of Science in Threat Response Management (biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago. He also received a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in economics from the University of Chicago. Wayne State University in Detroit is a leading center for the study of vehicular (car and truck) impact biomechanics as well as industrial hygiene and toxicology.  Biomedical engineering is the area of engineering that includes biomechanical engineering. He is a former Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department. Dr. Chiodo has clinical privileges in the Henry Ford Health System. He served for many years as an assistant clinical professor of internal medicine, family medicine, and public health at Wayne State University as well as an adjunct assistant professor of industrial hygiene and industrial toxicology at Wayne State University. He is a Past-President of the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society and is the Chairman of the Environmental Litigation and Administrative Practice Committee of the State Bar of Michigan. In addition to his medical board certifications, Dr. Chiodo is also a Certified Medical Review Officer which is the designation required by the U.S. Department of Transportation for a physician to determine whether or not a drug or alcohol test is a true or false positive. He is licensed to practice medicine in Michigan, Illinois, Florida and New York. He is also licensed to practice law in the states of Michigan and Illinois and is an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School in Chicago and Loyola University of Chicago Law School where he teaches toxic tort law. He has offices in Chicago and suburban Detroit. He also has a forensic medical office located in West Palm Beach, Florida.