Reuniting Families Separated by War

During the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s, thousands of children were separated from their parents. Many were forcibly taken from their families by the military, while others were lost in the chaos of combat.

International Forensic Program

IFP Advisory Council

Nizam Peerwani, MD

Dr. Peerwani is a graduate of the American University of Beirut (MD '76). He completed his residency in pathology at Baylor University Medial Center in Dallas, and is board-certified in clinical, anatomic and forensic pathology. Currently he is the Chief Medical Examiner for Tarrant, Denton and Parker counties in the state of Texas and has held this position since July 1979. His academic affiliations include University of North Texas Health Science Medical Center and Baylor College of Dentistry as Clinical Adjunct Professor.

He is an advocate of child safety and served on the Texas Child Fatality Review Committee as an expert in Forensic Medicine. Dr. Peerwani is also an advocate of Human Rights and serves as an expert consultant for Physicians for Human Rights with completed assignments in Rwanda, Bosnia, Indonesia, Cyprus Afghanistan, and Israel for genocide and human rights violations under the auspices of the United Nations Tribunal.

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