Charles S. Hirsch, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Forensic Medicine; Professor of Pathology
Chief Medical Examiner (CME), City of New York
Sudden Death due to Natural Causes, Craniocerebral Trauma, Epidemiology of Violent Deaths
charles.hirsch@med.nyu.edu, (212) 447 2034
Fax: (212) 447 6108
520 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Research and Clinical Interests
Sudden death due to natural causes, craniocerebral trauma, and epidemiology of violent deaths.
Selected Publications
Gill JR, Goldfeder LB, Hirsch CS. Use of Therapeutic Complication as a Manner of Death. J of Forensic Science. 2006;51:1127-33.
Rosh A, Sampson BA, Hirsch CS. Schizophrenia as a Cause of Death. J of Forensic Science. 2003;48:164-7.
Ely SF, Hirsch CS. Asphyxial Deaths and Petechiae: A Review. J of Forensic Science. 2000;45:1274–7.
Tardiff K, Marzuk PM, Hirsch CS, et al. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Among Trauma Patients in NYC. Ann Emerg Med. 1998;32:151–4.
Marzuk PM, Tardiff K, Leon AC, Hirsch CS, et al. Ambient Temperature and Mortality from Unintentional Cocaine Overdose. JAMA. 1988;279:1795-1800.
Selected Books
Hirsch CS, Armbrustmacher V. Trauma of the Nervous System. In: Spitz WU, editor. Spitz and Fisher’s Medicolegal Investigation of Death. 4th. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas; 2006. pp. 994–1077.
Hirsch CS, Adams VI, Sampson BA. Spitz WU, editor. Spitz and Fisher’s Medicolegal Investigation of Death. 4th. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas; 2006. pp. 301–42.
Hirsch CS, Adams VI, Flomenbaum MA. Trauma and Disease. In: Spitz WU, editor. Spitz and Fisher’s Medicolegal Investigation of Death. 4th. pringfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas; 2006. pp. 436–59.
Hirsch CS, Zumwalt RE. Forensic Pathology. In: Damjanov I, Linder J, editors. Anderson’s Pathology. 10th. St. Louis: CV Mosby Co; 1996. pp. 80–109.
Organizational Associations
National Association of Medical Examiners; American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Selected Awards
Board of Trustees, New York Academy of Medicine (1991-1999)
Recipient of the Maude Abbott Award and delivery of the Maude Abbott Lecture, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1997
Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, Association of Pathology Chairs, 2003
Recipient of the Building Bridges Award, Voices of September 11th, 2004
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, State University of New York, 2004
Hospital Affiliations
Tisch Hospital
