Comments on: AHA: Ken Baughman dies after a traffic accident in Orlando

By: Christopher Sager

Christopher Sager — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:18:55 +0000

I grew up in Kansas City Missouri with Ken’s wife Cheryl “Cain” Baughman, who was my neighbor. I also knew Ken and was very happy when he ended up in Baltimore MD, My birth place.
Ken & Cheryl allowed me to stay with them in 1984 when I returned there on business.
Ken was a wonderful person and doctor who also will me missed by all who knew him here in Kansas City.
As a retired KCMO law Enforcement officer, I have seen many families go through the pain that Ken’s family and friends will go through for many years. That kind of pain never goes away.
To Cheryl, I love and miss you and am very very sorry about this loss.
Christopher Sager
Ret. Kansas City Missouri Police Department
JCCC/Johnson County Community College Police Dept.

By: Jaclyn (Gajewski) Long

Jaclyn (Gajewski) Long — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:30:50 +0000

My deepest sympathy for Dr. Baughman’s family. He took care of my dad 3 months ago today and saved his life. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for his service to mankind.

By: SG

SG — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:32:42 +0000

I am not a member of the medical community, but a layman whose husband is alive because of Dr. Baughman and his colleagues at Brigham & Women’s.

We arrived in Dr. Baughman’s office last year from a city hundreds of miles away where some very fine, caring doctors had told us that my husband had an angiosarcoma of the right ventricle, likely inoperable. Dr. Baughman was tough and no-nonsense, but also funny and infinitely commpassionate.

One of the tests he ordered revealed that the tumor was actually a paraganglioma, difficult but possible to remove.. Three months later my husband walked out of B & W cured, and within weeks was back to normal life.

We will never forget Dr. Baughman, and in this season of thanks and light,, we will think of him., his family and colleagues, and will forever be grateful for having known him..

By: Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:29:39 +0000

Ken was my boss for 2 years while I was working on my masters degree in science education at Cambridge in Boston. I am devasted by this…I run daily and wore the shir that he and Cheryl bought me for Christmas everyday for the last few weeks. I can’t believe this man is gone. Even though we have not spoken in a few years, he was one reason I became a teacher. He menotored me in a lower level than the physicians, I was his secretary, and he showed me every single day that service is one of humilty and honesty. He didn’t have a boastful bone in his body nor a need to prove his intellengence. Ken was a man that loved his job and family; he loved his life while I was priveleged to be his secretary and my life is truly better for knowing him. I love you Ken and will miss you forever. I was the 2008 GA science teacher…thanks to you and your passion for learning.
xoxoxo
Last week was the worst week of my life.

By: Roger Blumenthal

Roger Blumenthal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:16 +0000

No one has been more influential in shaping my career than Ken Baughman. He was an inspiring doctor who guided me in many professional activities and he was a close friend who advised me on quite a number of things outside of work. We watched many a lacrosse game over the years with his wife Cheryl and sons Matt and Chris.
He was so happy when he moved to Boston. The Brigham and the NEJM truly appreciated his many talents. Ken was the consummate physician and contributed more to Hopkins Cardiology than anyone else has over the years.

By: SM

SM — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:58:50 +0000

It was an honor and a privilege to have worked with such an amazing physician. Dr.Baughman taught us all so much. He will be deeply missed. My thoughts and prayers for his family at this time of sorrow.

By: MB

MB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:12:27 +0000

He will be greatly missed. Thoughts go out to his friends and family.