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'''Michael M. Baden''' (born July 27, 1934<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481300025.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329051921/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481300025.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|title=Bio - Baden, Michael M. - 1934}}</ref>) is an American physician and [[Board certification|board-certified]] [[Forensic pathology|forensic pathologist]] known for his work investigating high-profile deaths and as the host of [[HBO]]'s ''[[Autopsy (TV series)|Autopsy]]''.<ref name="hbo">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404163413/http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/baden/bio.html|title=HBO: Autopsy: Ask Dr. Baden: Bio|author=|date=April 4, 2008|website=web.archive.org|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> Baden was the [[Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York|chief medical examiner of the City of New York]] from 1978 to 1979. He was [[chairman]] of the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]]' Forensic Pathology Panel that investigated the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]].
'''Michael M. Baden''' (born July 27, 1934<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481300025.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329051921/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481300025.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|title=Bio - Baden, Michael M. - 1934}}</ref>) is an American physician and [[Board certification|board-certified]] [[Forensic pathology|forensic pathologist]] known for his work investigating high-profile deaths and as the host of [[HBO]]'s ''[[Autopsy (TV series)|Autopsy]]''.<ref name="hbo">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404163413/http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/baden/bio.html|title=HBO: Autopsy: Ask Dr. Baden: Bio|author=|date=April 4, 2008|website=web.archive.org|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> Baden was the [[Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York|chief medical examiner of the City of New York]] from 1978 to 1979. He was [[chairman]] of the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]]' Forensic Pathology Panel that investigated the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. He was later criticized for conducting a sloppy and controversial autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein.<ref name=sloppy>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/why-to-be-skeptical-of-michael-baden-on-epsteins-death.html</ref>


== Professional career ==
== Professional career ==
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Baden was the Forensic Science Contributor for [[Fox News]], and a frequent guest on Fox's late-night satirical program Red Eye where he was known as the "Death Correspondent".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who Is Dr. Michael Baden, the Coroner That Examined Michael Brown?|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/who-dr-michael-baden-coroner-examined-michael-brown-n183516|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2020-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Randy |date=2017 |title=Sherlock Holmes And The Autumn Of Terror |page=556 |isbn=1326907077}}</ref>
Baden was the Forensic Science Contributor for [[Fox News]], and a frequent guest on Fox's late-night satirical program Red Eye where he was known as the "Death Correspondent".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who Is Dr. Michael Baden, the Coroner That Examined Michael Brown?|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/who-dr-michael-baden-coroner-examined-michael-brown-n183516|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2020-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Randy |date=2017 |title=Sherlock Holmes And The Autumn Of Terror |page=556 |isbn=1326907077}}</ref>


Some of his opinions have been considered controversial, where he has opposed the findings of the county coroner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/epstein-homicide-claim-latest-headline-for-famed-pathologist/|title=Epstein 'homicide' claim latest headline for famed pathologist|first=Lee|last=Brown|date=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name=“Epstein”>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/why-to-be-skeptical-of-michael-baden-on-epsteins-death.html|title=Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death|first=Sarah|last=Weinman|date=October 31, 2019|website=Intelligencer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/13/michael-baden-jeffrey-epstein-autopsy/|title=JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: ‘Celebrity pathologist’ Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases|first=Antonia |last=Farzan|date=August 13, 2019}}</ref>
Some of his opinions have been considered controversial, where he has opposed the findings of the county coroner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/epstein-homicide-claim-latest-headline-for-famed-pathologist/|title=Epstein 'homicide' claim latest headline for famed pathologist|first=Lee|last=Brown|date=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name=“Epstein”>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/why-to-be-skeptical-of-michael-baden-on-epsteins-death.html|title=Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death|first=Sarah|last=Weinman|date=October 31, 2019|website=Intelligencer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/13/michael-baden-jeffrey-epstein-autopsy/|title=JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: ‘Celebrity pathologist’ Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases|first=Antonia |last=Farzan|date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> His autopsy of Epstein was also criticized as "sloppy."<ref name=sloppy />


==Notable cases==
==Notable cases==

Revision as of 21:15, 4 June 2020

For the current Baron Baden-Powell, see Michael Baden-Powell.
Michael Baden
Born (1934-07-27) July 27, 1934 (age 89)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
EducationCity College of New York (BS)
New York University (M.D)
Known forTestimony at the O. J. Simpson trial · Investigations of the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, and the Death/ murder of Jeffrey Epstein
SpouseLinda Kenney
Children4
Medical career
ProfessionPathologist
InstitutionsAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Albany Medical College
New York University
New York Law School
Sub-specialtiesForensic pathology

Michael M. Baden (born July 27, 1934[1]) 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.[2] Baden was the chief medical examiner of the City of New York from 1978 to 1979. He was chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations' Forensic Pathology Panel that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was later criticized for conducting a sloppy and controversial autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein.[3]

Professional career

Baden graduated at the top of his class from the City College of New York in 1955.[4]

Baden received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1960.[5]

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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Afterward, Baden was hired as deputy medical examiner for Suffolk County, but was dismissed for allegedly making inappropriate comments about how to commit the perfect murder.[6][13][14][7] The decision to let him go was rescinded shortly thereafter, as the circumstances of his alleged comments were unclear, but Baden chose to leave the position nonetheless.[14]

Baden was chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations' Forensic Pathology Panel that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[15] He is the Chief Forensic Pathologist for the New York State Police.[16]

Baden maintains a private forensic pathology consulting practice. He has been a consulting or lead pathologist and an expert witness on a number of other high-profile cases and investigations. He testified at the trial of O. J. Simpson on behalf of the defendant,[13] at Sergeant Evan Vela's court martial,[17] and on behalf of Phil Spector at the latter's murder trial, while Baden's wife served as Spector's defense attorney.[14] He has been hired to conduct private autopsies in a number of cases, including the shooting of Michael Brown[18] and the deaths of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez[19], civil rights lawyer and politician Chokwe Lumumba[20], George Floyd[21] and African-American artist Ellis Ruley. [22] [23]

Baden was the Forensic Science Contributor for Fox News, and a frequent guest on Fox's late-night satirical program Red Eye where he was known as the "Death Correspondent".[24][25]

Some of his opinions have been considered controversial, where he has opposed the findings of the county coroner.[26][27][28] His autopsy of Epstein was also criticized as "sloppy."[3]

Notable cases

Jeffrey Epstein case

In October 2019, Baden was hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother, and observed the autopsy done by city officials following Epstein's death in custody at a Federal facility in New York City on sex trafficking charges. Baden disputed New York City chief medical examiner Barbara Sampson's conclusion that Epstein's death was a suicide, asserting that three fractures in Epstein's neck were more consistent with homicide by strangulation and rarely seen in suicide by hanging.[29][7][30]

George Floyd case

In late May 2020, Baden, along with other physicians including Dr. Allecia M. Wilson of the University of Michigan, was hired by the family of George Floyd, following his death after an encounter with Minneapolis Police, to perform an autopsy. The autopsy concluded that the manner of death was homicide due to mechanical asphyxia, which conflicts with the Hennepin County medical examiner's autopsy which found that the cause of death was due to “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”[31]

Personal life

Michael Baden was born in the Bronx, New York City to a Jewish family.[32][33] His first marriage, which ended in 1997, was to Judianne Densen-Gerber, a physician and founder of the drug treatment program Odyssey House; together they had four children, Trissa, Judson, Lindsey, and Sarah.[34] Baden later married Linda Kenney Baden, who served as one of Phil Spector's main attorneys during his capital murder trial and replaced Bruce Cutler after his withdrawal from the proceedings.[35] They have four children.

References

  1. ^ "Bio - Baden, Michael M. - 1934". Archived from the original on March 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "HBO: Autopsy: Ask Dr. Baden: Bio". web.archive.org. April 4, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/why-to-be-skeptical-of-michael-baden-on-epsteins-death.html
  4. ^ MixEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow, Antonia Noori Farzan closeAntonia Noori FarzanReporter for the Morning. "JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: 'Celebrity pathologist' Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases". Washington Post.
  5. ^ "NYS Professions - Online Verifications". www.nysed.gov.
  6. ^ a b "Who Is Dr. Michael Baden, the Coroner That Examined Michael Brown?". NBC News.
  7. ^ a b c Briquelet, Tracy Connor|Kate (October 30, 2019). "NYC Medical Examiner Dismisses Epstein 'Homicide' Claim by Dr. Michael Baden" – via www.thedailybeast.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Weinman, Sarah (October 31, 2019). "Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death". Intelligencer.
  9. ^ Severo, Richard (August 1, 1979). "Koch Removes Baden as the City's Medical Examiner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  10. ^ MixEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowReporter, Antonia Noori Farzan closeAntonia Noori FarzanReporter for the Morning. "JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: 'Celebrity pathologist' Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases". Washington Post.
  11. ^ Chambers, Marcia (June 8, 1982). "Koch Is Assailed as Baden Case Opens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  12. ^ Appeals, United States Court of; Circuit, Second (October 15, 1980). "638 F2d 486 Baden v. I Koch". F2d (638): 486. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ a b Brown, Lee (October 30, 2019). "Epstein 'homicide' claim latest headline for famed pathologist".
  14. ^ a b c Weinman, Sarah (October 31, 2019). "Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death". Intelligencer.
  15. ^ "Evaluation of the medical, pathological and related evidence pertaining to the death of President John F. Kennedy". Appendix to Hearings before the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives. Vol. VII. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. March 1979. p. 73. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Michael Baden". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  17. ^ Moore, Solomon (February 9, 2008). "G.I. Tells of Ordering Unarmed Iraqi's Death" – via NYTimes.com.
  18. ^ Robles, Frances; Bosman, Julie (August 17, 2014). "Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times". Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  19. ^ http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/04/the_latest_independent_autopsy_completed_on_aaron_hernandez
  20. ^ "Saying goodbye and thank you to the 'judicial genius' Chokwe Lumumba". AmsterdamNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  21. ^ News, A. B. C. "Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of asphyxia". ABC News. Retrieved June 1, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ Benson, Adam (July 27, 2015). "Expert: Ruley froze to death, son-in-law likely strangled before drowning". The Norwich Bulletin. ISSN 2377-5874.
  23. ^ Bessette, Claire (July 28, 2015). "Ruley's death 'undetermined,' son-in-law's death called homicide". The Day. ISSN 0744-0499.
  24. ^ "Who Is Dr. Michael Baden, the Coroner That Examined Michael Brown?". NBC News. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  25. ^ Williams, Randy (2017). Sherlock Holmes And The Autumn Of Terror. p. 556. ISBN 1326907077.
  26. ^ Brown, Lee (October 30, 2019). "Epstein 'homicide' claim latest headline for famed pathologist".
  27. ^ Weinman, Sarah (October 31, 2019). "Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Jeffrey Epstein's Death". Intelligencer.
  28. ^ Farzan, Antonia (August 13, 2019). "JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: 'Celebrity pathologist' Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases".
  29. ^ Paybarah, Azi (October 30, 2019). "Epstein's Autopsy 'Points to Homicide,' Pathologist Hired by Brother Claims". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  30. ^ Paybarah, Azi (October 30, 2019). "Epstein's Autopsy 'Points to Homicide,' Pathologist Hired by Brother Claims" – via NYTimes.com.
  31. ^ Robles, Frances; Burch, Audra D. S. (June 1, 2020). "How Did George Floyd Die? Here's What We Know". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  32. ^ MixEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow, Antonia Noori Farzan closeAntonia Noori FarzanReporter for the Morning. "JFK, O.J. and now Epstein: 'Celebrity pathologist' Michael Baden has seen his share of controversial cases". Washington Post.
  33. ^ Peltz, Jennifer; Mustian, Jim. "Epstein lawyers bring in celebrity pathologist for autopsy". www.timesofisrael.com.
  34. ^ Martin, Douglas (May 14, 2003). "Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber Is Dead at 68; Founded Odyssey House Group Drug Program". The New York Times.
  35. ^ "The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily". web.Archive.org. May 25, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
Preceded by New York City Chief Medical Examiner
1978-1979 		Succeeded by
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