Our Mission Statement
The mission of the Medical Examiner Department is to provide accurate, timely, dignified, compassionate and professional death investigative services for the citizens of Miami-Dade County, together with education, consultation and research for local and national medical, legal, academic and law enforcement communities.

General Information
The Medical Examiner Department exists to provide medicolegal investigative services for the citizens of Miami-Dade County. The work of the department focuses on what is generally termed “forensic pathology.” This field of study combines the efforts of legal and police investigations with those of medicine and science to ascertain the facts surrounding deaths, particularly the cause and manner of death.

Our department interrelates with many other groups and federal agencies, such as F.B.I., N.T.S.B. (for National Transportation Safety Board), F.A.A., State Attorney’s and Public Defender’s Offices, police departments, medical offices and hospitals, funeral homes, and the media. The Medical Examiner Department employs approximately sixty-five persons in its various bureaus, which include: pathology, toxicology, medical records, morgue, photography, investigations, and public interment.