Dr. Halperin is a pediatric radiation oncologist, medical historian, and health sciences educator. Under the leadership of Dr. Halperin, NYMC has transformed to offer students, faculty, and staff, new opportunities to enhance the academic experience and highlight NYMC’s rich history.

Prior to joining NYMC in 2012, Dr. Halperin served as dean of the School of Medicine, the 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 also on the faculty at Duke University for 23 years, serving as professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, vice dean of the School of Medicine, and associate vice chancellor.

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.

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

Areas of Expertise

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

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.