Melinda Warner

Dr. Melinda Warner is the Chief Medical Examiner in the New York City Police Department.

History
After working as a doctor in the USAF (United States Air Force) to pay for medical school and serving two tours during the Gulf War, Warner left the military to take care of her daughter, and became an Assistant Medical Examiner for the NYPD. In 2000, having reached the rank of Medical Examiner, she was assigned to the 16th Precinct to replace Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers who had begun to work for the Major Case Squad in addition to the Homicide Unit. These two units took up most of Rodgers' time, and she had to discontinue service to the SVU.

Over the years, Warner has become a crucial part of the Manhattan SVU and her personal skills have contributed to the unit's high success rate in closing cases. In 2018, she was promoted to Chief Medical Examiner. Melinda was intimately involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response, telling Benson and Tutuola during one case that she had examined heaps of bodies of people who had died from the virus.

Appearances

 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
 * Season 2
 * Season 3
 * Season 4
 * Season 5
 * Season 6
 * Season 7
 * Season 8
 * Season 9
 * Season 10
 * Season 11
 * Season 12
 * Season 13
 * Season 14
 * Season 15
 * Season 16
 * Season 17
 * Season 19: “Pathological”
 * Season 21: “Murdered at a Bad Address”
 * Season 22: “Remember Me In Quarantine”

Trivia

 * Warner is the only medical examiner in the Law & Order franchise to be promoted to series regular.