Lance Van Truong

Biography

Dr. Truong is a pediatric and forensic pathologist, Clinical Assistant Professor at UND SMHS, and Deputy Coroner of Grand Forks County, North Dakota. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University, a fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory/UAMS, and a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University where he was also chief resident. He is a graduate of Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Truong has a background in entomology, with a BS from the University of California, Davis, and an AS in Life Sciences from Fresno City College. His publications include several case reports in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, and the Rhode Island Medical Journal. He received awards such as The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Positive Champion of the Learning Environment Award during residency and was recognized with scholarships from Kaiser Permanente and AACOM during medical school.