Trivia

Her second husband, Mark Wallace, proposed to her when they were in medical school, but she had turned him down. She married him about 25 years later.

Her husband, Dr. Mark Wallace, is an infectious disease doctor and has appeared in a couple episodes of her show.

She was the medical examiner who examined the remains of Caylee Anthony.

Is the Chief Medical Examiner for the Orange County (Florida) Medical Examiner's Office in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. G's goal when she was hired at the District 9 Medical Examiner's Office was to make it a nationally certified facility. She achieved her goal.

Retired on May 28, 2015, and moved to Mount Vernon, Washington, to help take care of her ailing father-in-law.

She was a Medical Examiner for Bexar County Forensic Science Center, Texas, for 10 years.

Wrote a book "How Not to Die" which includes some of her own experiences as a medical examiner. The book focuses promotes prudent living and avoiding premature death.

Dr. G. was an associate medical examiner in Georgia, 1991-1993.

Dr. G. was Chief Medical Examiner for District 9 - Orange and Osceola Counties - Medical Examiner's Office in Orlando, Florida, 2004-2015.

First professional job was as an associate medical examiner for Duval County in Jacksonville, Florida, 1988-1991.

Although she has performed autopsies on individuals that have died by cyanide poisoning, Dr. G has revealed that she is not able to detect the odor of cyanide herself. Between 20% and 40% of the population is genetically incapable of detecting the odor of cyanide. Those who do possess the gene needed to detect cyanide have compared the smell to that of bitter almonds.