WAUKEGAN – Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper announced the hiring of Dr. Eimad Zakariya.
Zakariya comes from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, where he served as a board-certified forensic pathologist for the past six years.
“We are extremely excited to welcome Dr. Zakariya to our team. He brings with him many years of experience and he will be the first full-time forensic pathologist the county has ever had,” Cooper said in a news release. “Employing a full-time forensic pathologist will not only offer us a large financial savings, but will be a huge asset to our county and to the citizens of Lake County on many other levels.”
Zakariya began his employment with the county Nov. 2.
– Lake County Journal