medical examiner

1:  a usually appointed public officer with duties similar to those of a coroner but who is required to have specific medical training (as in pathology) and is qualified to conduct medical examinations and autopsies

2:  a physician employed to make medical examinations (as of applicants for military service or of claimants of workers' compensation)

3:  a physician appointed to examine and license candidates for the practice of medicine in a political jurisdiction (as a state)

:  a public officer who determines the necessity of and conducts autopsies