Episode 146: Bruce Goldfarb - OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center

Today my guest is Bruce Goldfarb, author of OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center

What we discuss with Bruce:

His background as an EMT and a journalist
How his skillset led to his position as Executive Assistant to the Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME
Some of the history of the OCME in Baltimore
How the opioid epidemic created massive burden for the OCME
The effect of COVID on forensic investigations
How staffing and funding issues can affect medical examiners offices

Links for this episode:

Bruce Goldfarb on Instagram

18 Tiny Deaths on Amazon

OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center on Amazon

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