Dr. Peper majored in biology and psychology and graduated with distinction from Skidmore College with a B.A., having been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national academic honor society.
She joined Yale School of Medicine performing immunology research before entering New York Medical College. While attending medical school, she continued to work in research studying the immunology of diabetes.
After graduation from medical school Dr. Peper trained at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital in internal medicine, completing numerous rotations in the treatment of diabetes. She then joined the teaching faculty of Morristown Memorial Hospital where she taught internal medicine for 15 years.
Dr. Peper is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, an honor earned by physicians based on their personal integrity, superior competence in internal medicine, professional accomplishment, and demonstrated leadership. She is board certified in internal medicine and has extensive experience in geriatrics. She is affiliated with Morristown Medical Center.
Leaving academics, Dr. Peper has a private practice in Morristown focused on end of life care and taking care of older adults. Keeping up to date in medicine, she attends conferences in emerging, innovative areas including Exponential Medicine, Genomics, Medicine X and MIT Hacking Medicine.