Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Recent papers from Office of Chief Medical Examiner

1. How Should Stimulant Deaths Be Counted? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Deaths Attributed to Opioids, Stimulants, or AlcoholJournal of Addiction Medicine · 2026
2. Adult age estimation from the pubic symphysis and sternal rib: A combined Bayesian revision of the Hartnett methodsJournal of Forensic Sciences · 2026
3. Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Framework for Overdose Mortality Surveillance, New York City, 2022‒2023.2026
4. Causes of Early Stent Thrombosis in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary SyndromeJournal of the American College of Cardiology · 2014
5. Forensic Pathology Involvement in Maternal Mortality Review CommitteesAmerican Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology · 2026
6. Detection and Quantification of Carbon Monoxide in Postmortem Liver Tissues via Headspace GC-MS as an Alternative to BloodJournal of Analytical Toxicology · 2026
7. Fentanyl concentrations for peripheral blood and brain samples in non-medical postmortem casesJournal of Analytical Toxicology · 2026
8. A PCP overdose death in Northern VirginiaJournal of Forensic Sciences · 2026
9. Cannabinoid Positivity in Traffic Fatalities Before and After Cannabinoid LegalizationAmerican Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology · 2026
10. Navigating the path: Advice to physician-scientists on choosing a clinical specialtyeLife · 2026
11. Unprovenanced Anatomical Crania: A Stepwise Protocol Integrating Epitaphonomic Signature and Population AffinityHumans · 2026
12. Support from New York City’s office of chief medical examiner for people bereaved by drug poisoning: development and implementation of the family support programHarm Reduction Journal · 2026
13. The Identification of N-Isopropyl Butylone in Postmortem Cases in Northern VirginiaJournal of Analytical Toxicology · 2026
14. Determination of Nitazenes in Postmortem Casework and their Prevalence in the State of MarylandJournal of Analytical Toxicology · 2026
15. Determination of mitragynine concentrations in medicolegal death investigations at the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from 2022 to 2023Journal of Forensic Sciences · 2026
16. Temporal RT-qPCR-Based Porcine Cardiac Molecular Profiling for Post-Mortem Interval Estimation: Predictive ModelingInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2026
17. Eruptive Calcified Nodules as a Potential Mechanism of Acute Coronary Thrombosis and Sudden DeathJournal of the American College of Cardiology · 2021
18. Anatomic Assessment of Sympathetic Peri-Arterial Renal Nerves in ManJournal of the American College of Cardiology · 2014
19. Microbial decomposition in experimental single and mass graves: New insights on post-burial interval estimation.2026
20. Little Bullets but Big Impacts: The 0.17 HMR and 2 Homicide Cases.2026