On September 21, 2010, elected officials and prominent members of the community cut the ribbon to open the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, one of the largest freestanding medical examiner  facilities in the nationopens within the University of Maryland BioPark in downtown Baltimore.

This award-winning structure, located within the University of Maryland's BioPark on the corner of Poppleton and Baltimore Streets, provides Maryland with a state-of-the-art facility that enables medical examiners to more efficiently and effectively determine cause and manner of death in an environment that promotes dignity and respect for the deceased, their families and their cultural and religious beliefs.