A medical examiner is a medically qualified officer whose duty is to investigate deaths and injuries that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictions to initiate inquests
A medical examiner's duties may vary depending on location. Typically, a medical examiners duties may include:
- Investigating human organs like the stomach, liver, brain,
- Determining cause of death,
- Issuing death certificates,
- Maintaining death records,
- Responding to deaths in mass disasters,
- Identifying unknown dead, or
- Performing other functions depending on local law.
In some jurisdictions, a coroner performs these and other duties. Within the United States, there is a mixture of coroner and medical examiner systems, and in some states, dual systems. The requirements to hold office vary widely between jurisdictions.
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| K.C. McRory | Spawn |
| Olivia Moore | iZombie |
| Ravi Chakrabarti | iZombie |