Dr. Deirdre Amaro, the Chief Medical Examiner of the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner (OME), believes in the strong ties between solving the mysteries of how people die and how this critical work helps to protect the living. 

She has a unique role in that she actively does the post-mortem exam, looks at things under a microscope, and analyzes toxicology results while also stepping into her executive role and managing recruiting, hiring, training, and day-to-day operations. She is an amazing example of doing this AND being that -- her job requires completely different skill sets, and she is doing them all. She is living into the "Yes, And" philosophy! 

Dr. Deirdre oversees the centralized, state-wide medical examiner system for the entire state of Utah. Her and her team investigate all sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious, or unattended deaths that happen in the state. This means they determine:

1. Cause of death (the injury, illness, or disease that made the person die) and 
2. Manner of death (the general category of death, including natural, accident, homicide, suicide, or undetermined)

Dr. Deirdre Amaro is a quadruple-certified physician in:

• anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, forensic pathology, and neuropathology 

Before this role, she worked as a forensic pathologist since 2016 in multiple states and a variety of medical examiner systems.

This is a fascinating interview with an incredibly dedicated, smart woman who helps advocate for both the dead and the living through her work. 

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