Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran
| Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran | |
|---|---|
| Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office February 11, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | J. Lawrence Cogan (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Medical Examiner |
Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran is the current Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles.
Sathyavagiswaran was elected Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner in 1992 after fourteen years as a deputy medical examiner.[1] He was the medical examiner during the O. J. Simpson murder case and testified during the criminal[2] and civil trials.[3] Sathyavagiswaran also testified in the trials of Dean Carter and Phil Spector,[4] as well as in the wrongful death suit brought against the Los Angeles Police Department by the family of Emil Matasareanu.[5]
Sathyavagiswaran performed the autopsy of the body of Michael Jackson on June 26, 2009.
[edit] Education
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He graduated from Madras University, India, from Stanley Medical College in 1971. He did a year of internship in Madras Stanley Medical College, and he came to the United States in 1972. He did a year of straight medical internship at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, which he completed in 1973, and then proceeded to do a full year training in anatomical and clinical pathology at St. Luke's Hospital of Columbia University, the last six months being as Chief Resident. During this time between 1973 and 1977, he also did some part-time work at the office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York for about two years.
[edit] References
- ^ Simon, Richard (1992-02-12). "No. 2 Man Selected as County Coroner Medicine: After searching for more than a year, supervisors select Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran for the post.". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Noble, Kenneth B. (1995-06-15). "Trying on Bloody Gloves, Simpson Finds Them Tight". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/16/us/trying-on-bloody-gloves-simpson-finds-them-tight.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Associated Press (1996-10-18). "Coroner lays out detailed theories of killings". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/nns9.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Phil Spector's second mudrer trial: Defence presents case". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-01-27. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4354129/Phil-Spectors-second-mudrer-trial-Defence-presents-case.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "WITNESS SOFTENS TESTIMONY POLICE GOT AID FOR ANOTHER MAN THEY THOUGHT WAS A SUSPECT.". Los Angeles Daily News. 2000-02-24. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WITNESS+SOFTENS+TESTIMONY+POLICE+GOT+AID+FOR+ANOTHER+MAN+THEY+THOUGHT...-a083420888. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
