What is a Medical Examiner?
A medical examiner is someone who performs autopsies to determine an individual’s cause of death. The difference between a medical examiner and a coroner is that medical examiners do more detailed work on bodies as coroners do not. To check out what a medical examiner does check your local listings for DR. G, Medical Examiner, on the Disovery Health Channel.
The Medical Examiner is a physician trained in forensic pathology and is appointed by the Governor, to investigate violent, suspicious or unnatural deaths. The Medical Examiner has a duty to determine objectively the cause and manner of death in such cases and is assisted by medical examiner investigators and law enforcement personnel. The Medical Examiner is independent of every law enforcement agency, hospital, or local government and provides forensic services under annual contracts with Pinellas and Pasco Counties.
