About Your Provider
Alex Epperly obtained his Bachelors of Arts degree from West Virginia State University in Institute, West Virginia and then continued his education by attending a combined Physician Assistant Masters of Science program at Mountain State University in Beckley, West Virginia earning his MPAS and a second Bachelors in Medical Science. He worked as an EMT prior to attending graduate school and completed the program in 2012. Alex is board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Alex joined Mountain State's team in January of 2024 and now works exclusively at our South Charleston office. He has attended Advanced suturing and wound repair workshops to continue honing his skills, as well as completed a Dermatology Training program by USF Health. Alex provides a broad range of adult and pediatric dermatologic services from routine skin cancer screenings and care of common skin conditions such as acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, to biopsies and removal of skin lesions, warts and skin cancers and MOHs closures.
He is an active member of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants and has completed the Diplomate program. Outside of work, Alex has a deep passion for volunteering. This includes travel to El Salvador to implement sponsorship programs to work with needy children, 2011 and 2009; conducting lessons plans and encouraging children to attend school; serving as Member of Clinical Team attending to patients in a Southeast Asian orphanage with 3,200 children in 2006; and most recently, travel to Kenya serving with Passion to Heal delivering dermatology care.
