Medical Examiner, Volusia County, Florida
AP Resident: 1996-1999
Mary G. Ripple, M.D. is Volusia County Medical Examiner in Florida, and a guest professor at the Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science at China University of Political Science and Law.
She obtained a Masters in Toxicology and her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her anatomic pathology residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and her forensic pathology fellowship at the OCME for the State of Maryland.
Dr. Ripple has worked at the OCME since 1999, has performed thousands of medicolegal autopsies and has testified in court on the findings, including one of the 2001 anthrax cases, the Beltway sniper homicides, and the Lululemon homicide. As Deputy Chief of Statewide Services, she supervises approximately 130 forensic investigators and Deputy Medical Examiners in the State of Maryland. She is dedicated to teaching and lectures on various topics in forensics at multiple universities and healthcare and law enforcement venues across the state. She sits on several state fatality review boards, has published many peer-reviewed articles, and has presented at numerous national forensic meetings. Her research interests include new emerging drugs of abuse, drug death trends, excited delirium, in custody deaths, conducted energy devices, and virtual autopsy.