Origins & Early Life

Michael M. Baden (born July 27, 1934) is an American physician and board-certified forensic pathologist known for his work investigating high-profile deaths and as the host of HBO's Autopsy. Baden was the chief medical examiner of the City of New York from 1978 to 1979. He was also chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations' Forensic Pathology Panel that investigated the assassinations of John F.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Baden was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 27, 1934, to a Jewish family from Russian Poland. He graduated at the top of his class from the City College of New York in 1955. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1960. He completed a pathology residency at Bellevue Hospital.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Baden was the chief medical examiner of the City of New York from 1978 to 1979, but was removed from his position by New York City Mayor Ed Koch, after Koch had received complaints about his work, including memos from district attorney Robert Morgenthau and city health commissioner Reinaldo Ferrer, documenting their criticism of Baden for "sloppy record keeping...

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