Attorney General Janet Mills swore in Dr. Lisa R Funte as Maine's Deputy Chief Medical Examiner at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Wednesday, January 3. 

Funte most recently served as the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner in Mississippi for five years and has worked as a medical examiner since 2006. She has also taught undergraduates and medical students in biology and pathology for 30 years. 

"We are excited to have a person with Dr. Funte's experience join the Medical Examiner's team," said Mills, in a news release. "With drug overdoses occurring at the rate of one a day, we welcome Dr. Funte's help in addressing this crisis along with other unattended deaths across the state."