Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., is a pediatric radiation oncologist, medical historian and health sciences educator. Dr. Halperin has supervised a major expansion of NYMC’s footprint with the development of new academic buildings and the construction of a biotechnology incubator, disaster medicine training center and clinical skills center. Fundraising has risen, the research program has expanded, and in recent years the percentage of under-represented minority students in medicine rose to the highest percentage in the U.S. for a historically white-majority M.D. program and rose 25 percent in the graduate programs. Under his leadership, the College launched new academic programs including New York State’s first new dental school in half a century, M.S. in biostatistics, a professional M.S. for the biotechnology industry, M.S. in bioethics, a B.S. in Nursing, a certificate in pediatric dysphasia and a M.S. in clinical laboratory sciences.
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 took on the additional position of university vice provost. He was 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.
He and his wife, Sharon, are the parents of three daughters and the grandparents of four grandchildren.
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
Recent Publications
Dr. Halperin is the author/editor of two leading textbooks in radiology oncology and has more than 240 articles in peer-reviewed scientific, historical, education and ethics literature.
Publications
- 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
- Halperin EC. "The History of Medicine on Postage Stamps Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister." The American journal of the medical sciences, 362(1), (2021) 3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.02.021
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.
