Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the Request of the
Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the Mayoral appointment of Jonathan L. Arden, M.D. as Chief Medical
Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited
as the "Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Jonathan L.
Arden, M.D., Confirmation Resolution of 2001".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Jonathan L. Arden, M.D.
3525 Davenport Street, NW, #110
Washington, DC 20008
(Ward 3)
as Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, in accordance with §2
of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Code, §
1-633.7) to serve a six (6) year term under §2903(e) of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget
Support Act of 2000, effective October 19, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-172, not yet codified).
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this
resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
JONATHAN L. ARDEN., M.D.
Office: (202) 698-9001 . Fax (202) 698-9101
EXPERIENCE
April 1998 – Present, Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,
Washington, D.C.
July 1996 – April 1998, First Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Office of Chief Medical
Examiner, New York, New York
July 1991 – July 1996, Acting First Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Brooklyn Medical
Examiner Office, New York, New York
August 1989 – June 1991, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Office of Chief Medical
Examiner, Brooklyn Medical Examiner Office, New York, New York
March 1989 – July 1989, Deputy Medical Examiner, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New
York, New York
February 1986 – February 1989, Assistant Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner, State of Delaware, 200 South Adams Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801,
Wilmington, Delaware
July 1984 – February 1986, Deputy Medical Examiner – Pathologist, Office of the Medical
Examiner, Suffolk County, New York, Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, New York 11788,
Hauppauge, New York
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, M.D., 1980
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, B.S. with high distinction, 1976
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1972-1974
GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING
1983 – 1984 Resident, Forensic Pathology, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State
of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, (Under the direction of Dr. Russell S. Fisher and staff)
1980 – 1983 Resident, Anatomic Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York,
New York
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
1998 – District of Columbia
1986 – Delaware
1982 – New York State
BOARD CERTIFICATION
1985 – Diplomate, American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Forensic Pathology
1981 – Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
National Association of Medical Examiners
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, George Washington University, School of
Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1998 to the Present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, State University of New York, Health Science
Center at Brooklyn, August 1989 to 1998,
Clinical Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine, New York University School of
Medicine, March 1989 to 1998
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Program Chair, National Association of Medical Examiners Interim Meeting, February 1997
New York State Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities, 1996 – 1997
American Board of Pathology, Forensic Pathology Test Committee, 1992 – 1997
New York City Administration for Children’s Services/Human Resources Administration, Child
Fatality Review Panel, 1989 – 1998
Community Advisory Council, New York City Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program, 1989 –
1998
Project Director, New York City Multi-Disciplinary Child Fatality Review Team (Developed
under 1994 Grant from New York State Department of Social Services to MHRA, Inc.), 1995 –
1998
Advisory Board Chair, Hospital-Focused Infant Mortality Surveillance (HIMS) Project, New
York City Department of Health, 1996 – 1998
New York City Department of Health/MHRA, Inc. Healthy Start, Technical Review Team, Infant
Mortality Review, 1995 – 1998
New York State Child Abuse Resource & Consultation Center (CARCC) Board of Advisors,
1996 – 1998
Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center, Planning & Medical Committees, 1995, 1996
New York City Criminal Justice Child Abuse Task Force, 1996 – 1998
Children’s Justice Task Force, Fatality Review Committee, New York State Department of
Social Services, 1993, 1994
Injury Prevention Consortium, New York City Department of Health, 1990 -1992
Intentional Injury Subcommittee, New York State Department of Health Injury Control
Steering Committee, 1990
Mayor’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Child Abuse (Represented O.C.M.E./Chief Medical
Examiner at various meetings), 1989
SELECTED TEACHING, LECTURING
Pathology Course Director
Physician Assistant Program, The Brooklyn Hospital-Long Island University, Brooklyn,
New York, 1991
New York Police Department, Detectives Division
Sex Crimes & Child Abuse School: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1995 – 1998
Homicide School: Child Abuse fatalities & Blunt Force Trauma, 1989 – 1998
Internal Affairs Division Homicide School: Blunt Force trauma, March 1995
Crime Scene School: Child Abuse & Neglect, September 1993
LECTURES ON CHILD ABUSE
Office of Chief Medical Examiner, in-house training for students, residents, fellows
and investigators
Office of Legal Affairs, attorney training, Human Resource Administration, New York, New
York, 1996
"Subtle Child Abuse Fatalities", Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,
1996
New York Professional Society on the Abuse of children (Workshop on Child Abuse
Fatalities), 1995
INVITED SPEAKER: Westchester County district Attorney Office, Training Conference on Child
Physical Abuse & Fatalities, 1995
PANELIST: Northeast Regional Child Death Review Meeting, 1995
New York Law School – 1994
New York Police Department, Detectives Training Division
Manhattan – District Attorney Office
Brooklyn – District Attorney Office – 1993, 1994
Queens – District Attorney Office – 1993
Bronx – District Attorney Office – 1992
Child Abuse Recognition Workshop, New York University Medical Center June, October and
December, 1992
Greater New York Dental Meeting "Survey of Child Abuse and Neglect," 1990, 1991
Community Forum on Child Abuse Awareness, New York Hospital, 1989
Mid-Queens Dental Society, 1989
Delaware State Police Academy, 1988
Lectures in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Grand Rounds/Lectures on SIDS to various hospital pediatrics Departments in New York
City, including:
Brookdale Hospital; Harlem Hospital; Our Lady of Mercy Hospital; Jacobi Hospital:
Roosevelt Hospital, 1996
New Jersey SIDS Center Parents Group; North Central Bronx Hospital; Metropolitan Hospital;
Lincoln Hospital, 1995
"Differentiating SIDS from Infant Death due to Abuse & Neglect", Lecture at
New York University Medical Center, Postgraduate Course, May 17, 1995
Lecture at Community SIDS Seminar given by Delaware Division of Mental Health, 1987
Lectures on Pediatric Forensic Pathology
Harlem Hospital, New York, NY, 1997
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Yonkers, NY, 1994
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1991,1994
St. Luke’s Hospital, New York, NY, 1990
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, 1989
Lectures on Forensic Pathology
Delaware Attorney General Office Annual Retreat, Seminar on Forensic Pathology, 1996
Lecture on Sudden Death, SILIK POLAYES Slide of the Month Club, Brooklyn, New York,
October 1996
Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, MY, Multiple Conferences, 1995, 1996
Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Trauma Conference, 1991, 1996
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Medical Examiner System and Death
Certification, 1995
PANELIST: Role of the Medical Examiner in Organ Transplantation, Annual Meeting,
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), Dallas, TX, 1994
Lecture on HIV Transmission in the workplace to staff of New Jersey State Medical Examiner
Office, under auspices of University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey, 1990
Invited Lecturer: "Mistakes in Homicide Investigation" in the Frances G. Lee —
Russell S. Fisher Seminar In Medico-Legal Death Investigation, Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner, Maryland, presented semi-annually, 1984-1987
PRIVATE CONSULTING ON FORENSIC ISSUES
Criminal — both Defense & Prosecution
Civil — both Defense & Plaintiff
PUBLICATIONS
Flomenbaum MA, Arden JL: "Final Considerations: Interacting with the Medical
Examiner" Chapter 24 in Emergency Diagnostic Testing 2nd edition, Flomenbaum
NE, Goldfrank L and Jacobson S, Eds. Mosby-Yearbook Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.
Fried KS, Arden JS, Gouge TH, Balthazar EJ: Multifocal Granular Cell Tumors of the
Gastrointestinal Tract, Am J Gastroenterology 79(10): 751-755, 1984
Smialek JE, Arden J L, Monforte 3R: Changes observed in Blood Carbon Monoxide Levels
Due to Decomposition, Abstract #c10, presented at NAME Meeting, Miami, Florida, 1981.
Han S S, Holmstedt J, Gha-Mitzel M, M. Pirbazari M, Arden JL: BIOLOGY OF AGING.
Published by Program in Biology of Aging, University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 1979.