Edward C. Halperin M.D., M.A., is the chancellor and chief executive officer of New York Medical College (NYMC), and a noted radiation oncologist, medical historian and health sciences educator. He received a Bachelor of Science in economics (summa cum laude) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D. (cum laude) from Yale University and a Master of Arts from Duke University. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Stanford University and his residency and chief residency at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Prior to joining NYMC in 2012, Dr. Halperin served as dean of the School of Medicine, Ford Foundation Professor of Medical Education and professor of radiation oncology, pediatrics and history at the University of Louisville, and in 2011 he took on the additional position of university vice provost. He was also on the faculty at Duke University for 23 years, serving as professor and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, vice dean of the School of Medicine and associate vice chancellor. His research has focused on pediatric cancer, adult brain tumors, the role of radiotherapy in organ transplantation, ethics and the history of racial, religious and gender discrimination in higher education.

Areas of Expertise

• Pediatrics
• History of Medicine
• Medical Ethics
• Organ Transplantation
• Discrimination in Higher Education
• Bioethics

Education

• B.S. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• M.A., Liberal Studies, Duke University
• M.D., Cum Laude, Yale University
• Internal Medicine Internship, Stanford University
• Radiology Oncology Residency and Chief Residency, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

Publications

• Halperin EC. "The History of Medicine on Postage Stamps: The Invention of the Cobalt 60 Machine for External Beam Radiation Therapy for Cancer." The American journal of the medical sciences, (), (2024) . pii: S0002-9629(24)01522-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2024.11.005
• Halperin EC. "In Regard to Rogers et al." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 118(2), (2024) 574. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.10.010
• Halperin EC. "The history of medicine on postage stamps: The discovery of Insulin." The American journal of the medical sciences, 367(1), (2024) 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2023.11.002
• Halperin EC. "Radiation Oncology Patients Deserve a Doctor." American journal of clinical oncology, 46(2), (2023) 43-44. doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000967
• Halperin EC. "In Regard to Marshall et al." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 111(2), (2021) 573. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.05.119
• Halperin EC. "The History of Medicine on Postage Stamps: Waldemar Mordecai Wolf Haffkine, DSc: Vaccinologist." The American journal of the medical sciences, 363(2), (2022) 91-93. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.06.011
• Halperin EC. ""We Do Not Want Him Because He Is a Jew": The Montreal Interns' Strike of 1934." Annals of internal medicine, 174(6), (2021) 852-857. doi: 10.7326/M20-7121

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Teaching Responsibilities

Dr. Halperin teaches graduate-level history and oncology classes and practices medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in East Harlem and at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital/Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.

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