Dr. Harper is a member of the medical staff of Hackensack University Medical Center and its Northern New Jersey Cancer Center. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he was a National Merit Scholar, Dr. Harper received his medical degree with honors from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at New York Hospital, a clinical fellowship in hematology/oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and a research fellowship at the Sloan-Kettering Institute's Laboratory of Veterinary Oncology.

Board-certified in internal medicine and the subspecialties of hematology and medical oncology, Dr. Harper is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York Medical College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is a member of the medical staff of Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J., and his professional memberships include the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, the Oncology Society of New Jersey, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Harper's private practice is located in the Northern New Jersey Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, 20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 400, Hackensack, (201) 996-5900.