Sampson joined the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York as a Fellow in Forensic Pathology in 1998. She later served as a Cardiovascular Pathology Consultant, a Senior Medical Examiner, and First Deputy Chief Medical Examiner before being appointed as the Acting Chief Medical Examiner in February 2013 when Chief Medical Examiner
Charles Hirsch announced his retirement. She was formally appointed as the Chief Medical Examiner on December 10, 2014. On November 29, 2021, it was announced that she would resign as chief medical examiner to take a post within the
Mount Sinai Health System. ==References==