Friday, November 8, 2013

Dr. Joshua Perper to Speak at Appalachian School of Law Today


                                                                         Left to Right: Dr. Ed Perper,  Dr. Joshua Perper, Matt Harding, Joe Wolfe

Dr. Joshua Perper, M.D., LL.B., MSc., will speak in the Appalachian School of Law’s Appellate Courtroom about Black Lung Disease on Friday, November 8, at 11:45 am. A reception will follow. Members of the community have been invited, and parking spaces near the Administration Building will be reserved for them.

Dr. Perper has served as an expert witness in numerous legal proceedings. He attended the Medical School and the Law School of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, earning M.D. and LL.B degrees. He also earned a M.S in Forensic Pathology at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Perper consults for the US Department of labor in environmental diseases (pneumoconiosis) and was the Chief Medical Examiner of Broward County, Florida, for seventeen years, during which time he conducted autopsies on a number of famous individuals, including Anna Nicole Smith. He also served in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as Coroner and Chief Forensic Pathologist of Allegheny County, and Associate Pathologist and Director of Laboratories at Mayview State Hospital.

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