Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FCAP

Dr. Lakshmanan is a medical graduate from Madras University India. He is a 30+ year veteran of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and was appointed as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for Los Angeles County on February 18 1992 by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of supervisors of Los Angeles County on recommendation of the Chief executive officer also appointed him to the position of Director (Interim) on April 3, 2012 and also requested him to continue his duties as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner. Dr. Lakshmanan retired on August 11, 2013. Dr. Lakshmanan was re-appointed by the Board of Supervisors on April 11th 2016 as Interim Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for Los Angeles County through January 18th, 2017.

Dr. Lakshmanan as Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine was requested to remain as a Consultant and Director of Operations to the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner as a USC faculty on January 19th 2017 to maintain the continuity of Department of Medical Examiner -Coroner operations. He is a Board Certified Physician in several specialties including Anatomic, Clinical & Forensic Pathology, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is also certified in pathology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As a peace officer, he holds a specialized law enforcement executive certificate from the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training, State of California. Dr. Lakshmanan is a Professor of Pathology at Geffen School of Medicine UCLA (Voluntary) and has numerous publications to his credit.