Michael Baden

Michael Baden
Born 1934
New York, New York, USA
Education New York University School of Medicine
Known for Testimony at the O. J. Simpson trial · Investigations of the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations
Profession Pathologist
Institutions Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albany Medical College
New York University
New York Law School
Specialism Forensic pathology

Michael M. Baden is a physician and board-certified forensic pathologist known for his work investigating high-profile deaths and as a host of HBO's Autopsy.[1] He is also the Forensic Science Contributor for Fox News Channel. He has been the author or co-author of more than eighty professional articles and books on aspects of forensic medicine and also of two popular non-fiction books, Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner and Dead Reckoning: the New Science of Catching Killers. He and his wife have written the thriller Remains Silent.

Education and personal life

Baden received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1960.[2]

He is married to Linda Kenney-Baden,[3] an attorney, and has four children.

Professional career

Baden was the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York from 1978 to 1979.

He has been a consulting/lead pathologist and an expert witness on a number of high-profile cases and investigations including:[1][4]

Baden maintains a private forensic pathology consulting practice and is the co-director of the New York State Police Medicolegal Investigation Unit.

On August 18, 2008, he appeared as a guest on the Opie and Anthony Show. On June 11, 2009, it was reported that Baden was hired by the family of the late actor David Carradine to investigate the cause of Carradine's death in a Bangkok hotel room. According to press reports, Baden's initial conclusion is that Carradine's death was not the result of suicide. He is also a frequent guest on Fox News' late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld where he is known as the "Death Correspondent".

References

  1. ^ a b c Ask Dr. Baden. HBO. URL: http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/baden/bio.html. Accessed on April 8, 2008.
  2. ^ Baden Michael M. New York State Education Department (Office of the Professions). URL: http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opscr2?profcd=60&plicno=085329. Accessed on: April 9, 2008.
  3. ^ a b The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don’t Have To. rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/15/the-phil-spector-trial-we-watch-court-tv-so-you-dont-have-to-36/. Accessed on April 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Biography: Dr. Michael M. Baden. practicalhomicide.com. URL: http://www.practicalhomicide.com/bio/bioBADEN.htm. Accessed on April 8, 2008.
  5. ^ Lisa Mcpherson Estate's Reply To Defendants' Frye Challenge To Cockroach Evidence. whyaretheydead.net. URL: http://whyaretheydead.net/lisa_mcpherson/legal/bugs/index.html. Accessed on: April 8, 2008.
  6. ^ Outrageous. truthinjusticefiles.blogspot.com. March 1, 2008. URL: http://truthinjusticefiles.blogspot.com/2008/03/outrageous.html. Accessed on: April 10, 2008.
  7. ^ Moore S. G.I. Tells of Ordering Unarmed Iraqi’s Death. New York Times. February 9, 2008. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html. Accessed on: April 18, 2008.
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