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Luis A. Sanchez, M.D., having joined the Office of the Harris County Chief
Medical Examiner on June 4, 2001, as the Sr. Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, was appointed the interim Chief Medical Examiner in October 2002. On December 17, 2002, Harris County Commissioner's Court appointed Dr. Sanchez the
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On June 16, 1983, a three-story Harris County forensic center broke ground on Old
Spanish Trail in the Texas Medical Center. That same year, the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office became the 41st member institution of the Texas Medical Center. Named in honor of Chief Medical Examiner Joseph A.
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Harris County
Commissioner's Court established the Office of the Harris County Medical Examiner on January 1, 1957, and became the first county in Texas with a Medical Examiner System. Jared E. Clarke, M.D., a Houston physician, was appointed Harris County's first Chief Medical Examiner and oversaw
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Upon the retirement of Dr. Clarke, Joseph A. Jachimczyk, M.D., was appointed Chief
Medical Examiner on August 31, 1960, and facilitated the move of the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office from the Jefferson Davis Hospital to the basement of the Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
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Medical Examiner's Office experienced significant growth as it formed the foundation for its Crime Laboratory Service and began analysis for controlled substances, gunshot residue, serology (hairs and fibers) and drug testing. In 1990, the Harris County
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Upon the retirement of Dr. Jachimczyk in 1995, the Harris County
Commissioner's Court appointed Joye M. Carter, M.D., as Harris County's new Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Carter was the first woman to head a medical examiner's office in Texas.
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Institute of
Forensic Sciences in 2010 to reflect the full range of forensic services performed by the agency. Construction began on the new building for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in December 2013.
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Jachimczyk, M.D., the Office of the Harris County Medical Examiner began full operation in the Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center of Harris County on December 1, 1984.
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the administration of the office. Harris County Pathologist and Health Officer, W.W. Coulter, M.D., performed autopsies for the office at the Jefferson Davis Hospital.
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Commissioner's Court authorized a $ 3 million, three-floor expansion of the Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center. Construction was completed in 1991.
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