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: Health Podcast Network  LabVine Learning The ConfLab from LabVine Dress A Med scrubs   Bruce Goldfarb on Instagram 18 Tiny Deaths on Amazon OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center on Amazon   People of Pathology Podcast: Twitter Instagram