{"id":7108,"date":"2020-11-16T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/?page_id=7108"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:42:44","slug":"nc-chief-medical-examiners-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/about-us\/directory\/nc-chief-medical-examiners-office\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Chief Medical Examiners Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid divisions-container multi-column\">\n    \n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/10\/old-well.png\" alt=\"Old Well\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/10\/old-well.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/directory\/michelle-aurelius-md\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                             Michelle Aurelius, MD                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <p>Forensic pathology<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\" alt=\"old well\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/directory\/janet-baranello-md\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Janet Baranello, MD                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <p>Forensic pathology<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/10\/1A4A0259-Bishop-casual-2023-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Bishop Freeman\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/10\/1A4A0259-Bishop-casual-2023-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/directory\/scbishop\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Sandra C. 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