Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer | New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY, UNITED STATES
Dr. Halperin's research has focused on pediatric cancer, adult brain tumors, and the role of radiotherapy in organ transplantation.
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Biography
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and chief executive officer, is a noted radiation oncologist, medical historian and health sciences educator. 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 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. He received a B.S. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D., Cum Laude, from Yale University, and an M.A. 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.
Industry Expertise (3)
Health and Wellness
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Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (6)
Pediatric Radiation Oncology
History of Medicine
Medical Ethics
Medical Education
Role of Radiotherapy in Organ Transplantation
History of Racical Religious and Gender Discrimination in Higher Education
Accomplishments (3)
British Medical Association's Annual Medical Book Award (professional)
2014-10-01
High Commendation to Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, Sixth Edition
Elected to the New York Academy of Medicine (professional)
2013-01-02
Medical honor society in New York
Distinguished Alumnus Award (professional)
2007-06-06
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Education (5)
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital: Residency / Chief Residency, Radiation Oncology
Stanford University: Internship, Internal Medicine
Duke University: M.A., Liberal Studies
Yale University: M.D., Cum Laude, Medicine
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Economics
Media Appearances (45)
It's Veteran's Day
Politico New York online
2016-11-11
Earlier this week, Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor and chief executive officer of New York Medical College, held a ceremony at Metropolitan Hospital commemorating the life of Dr. Mathew Olstein, who died in World War I. Halperin has studied discrimination in the medical field for more than 30 years, publishing on topics such as the integration of hospitals.
Touro Offers Academic Excellence with an Authentic Jewish Experience
Jewish Link of New Jersey online
2016-11-10
Dr. Edward Halperin, Chancellor and CEO of NYMC, noted that at the college, which was acquired by Touro in 2011, “students will find a welcoming Jewish environment and an academic calendar that is respectful of Jewish observance.”
Doctors of Distinction ceremony spotlights best in Westchester's medical field
The Business Journal online
2016-11-01
Edward C. Halperin, the chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, gave the keynote speech and stressed the need for public funding and interest in biomedical research.
Doctors of Distinction to honor Westchester’s top physicians
The Business Journal online
2016-10-14
The event’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, a co-sponsor of the event.
Touro opens new dental school
The Jewish Star online
2016-10-13
Opening on Touro’s NYMC campus in Westchester, the dental college “introduces another institution that benefits from and contributes to the collaborative and synergistic community of students on the campus,” said Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., NYMC chancellor and CEO and Touro College and University System provost for Biomedical Affairs.
"Health Tech '16: Fueling Innovation in Westchester" Presents the New Thinking and Research That's Transforming Healthcare
Patch.com online
2016-09-20
The Westchester County Association (WCA) today released details about its third annual healthcare conference, Health Tech ’16: Fueling Innovation in Westchester, reflecting Westchester’s surging healthcare, health tech, and biotech sectors. Moderator: Edward Halperin, MD, Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College
'Liberating the Bunny': A Medical Chancellor Celebrates Literature and History as a Way to Heal
WAG online
2016-06-30
At first, you might not think that Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor of New York Medical College, would have much in common with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. But Halperin, a distinguished radiation oncologist, has done for the Valhalla-based college what Onassis did for the White House — recalled its treasures to life. He uncovered paintings that now hang throughout the campus. He discovered and has displayed “Alice in Wonderland” — themed statues, hidden for years in various locations, which have added a sense of whimsy to the surroundings. One such discovery, the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 children’s book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” stands over the front door of the Sunshine Cottage, now the administration building. Other character statues include the Fish Footman and the Frog Footman.
2016 Healthcare Heroes Luncheon
Westchester Magazine online
2016-05-20
Congratulations to our Healthcare Heroes: Dr. Anne DuVal Frost, Dr. David Eger, Lindsay Farrell, Dr. Joann Galley, Dr. Edward Halperin, Dr. Jesus Jaile-Marti, Rosa Orbegozo-Jaramillo, Dr. Martin Lederman, Dr. J. Robert Seebacher, and Patricia Tursi.
First New Dental School to Open in New York State in Nearly 50 Years
Dentalegis online
2016-04-27
VALHALLA, NY, April 19, 2016 -- New York State's first new dental school in nearly 50 years is set to open this fall, Alan Kadish, MD, president of Touro College and University System (TCUS) announced today. Touro, one of the leading educators of health care professionals in New York State, received final state approval and will establish the Touro College of Dental Medicine at its New York Medical College (NYMC) campus in Valhalla, New York.
Touro College of Dental Medicine a New York Medical College News
The Business Journal online
The first acceptance letters are being sent to prospective students in the first graduating class at Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College, which will open this summer in a former IBM office building in Hawthorne next to the medical college’s Grasslands campus in Valhalla.
New Dental School to Open in New York This Fall
Dentistry Today online
2016-04-21
The first new dental school in the state of New York in 50 years will open this fall, as the Touro College of Dental Medicine launches on the New York Medical College (NYMC) campus in Valhalla, NY. It joins the Touro School of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and NYMC. -
Apartment building for medical students opens in Paterson
NorthJersey.com online
2016-04-04
From left, Paterson Mayor Joey Torres, Dr. Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and CEO, New York Medical College, Kevin J. Slavin, president and CEO of St.Joseph's Healthcare System, and Dr. Alan Kadish, president of Touro College and University System during the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, April 4, 2016.
New York Medical College and St. Joseph’s Healthcare System Unveil New Housing for Local Medical Residents
The Paramus Post online
2016-04-04
Paterson NJ Mayor Torres Joins St. Joseph’s Healthcare System President Kevin J. Slavin, Touro College President Alan Kadish, M.D., and New York Medical College Chancellor and CEO Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., for Ribbon Cutting Paterson, N.J., April 4, 2016—New York Medical College (NYMC) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare System (SJHS) today announced a new residence which will provide convenient and accessible housing for students and residents—just 200 feet from the doors of St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Local elected officials and community leaders joined with Touro College President Alan Kadish, M.D. and NYMC Chancellor and CEO Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., for a ribbon cutting and tour of the new residence, located at 165 Barclay Street.
New York Medical College residence hall opens in South Paterson
Paterson Times online
2016-04-04
A six-story residence hall for New York Medical College students doing clinical rotation at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center opened in South Paterson with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday afternoon. Just two-hundred feet from the hospital, the Barclay Street Residence Hall contains 42 apartments, which will provide housing to medical and nursing students, residents, physicians, and other hospital staff. The building is the tallest wood frame modular structure in the United States, said the developer Tony Danza. He said the construction firm used prefabricated modules that resemble boxes which were lifted and placed using a massive 300 ton crane to construct the $5 million building.
In Stable Condition
The Jerusalem Report print
2016-04-04
According to Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor of New York Medical College, “Hospitals today get most of their revenue from third-party payers such as private insurance, Medicare [for senior citizens], and Medicaid [for the indigent]. While philanthropy is important, the engine that fuels operations is clinical revenue,” he tells The Report. That revenue is now driving a proliferation of hospital mergers.
New York Medical College honors founder at Tuesday event
Westchester Business Journal online
2016-03-21
New York Medical College on Tuesday will host a reception and exhibit celebrating the founder of the 156-year-old school, poet, editor and New York City civic leader William Cullen Bryant. The event will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Basic Sciences Building at 15 Dana Road on the New York Medical College Valhalla campus. Speakers will briefly describe Bryant’s legacy of contributions to the arts and sciences, medicine and homeopathy, followed by a tour of the school’s permanent library exhibit of Bryant artifacts. Speakers include Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College; Dr. Robert W. Amler, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice; Dr. Jay Tartell, archivist for the NYMC Alumni Board of Governors; John B. Dawson Jr., and Harrison Hunt, of The Friends of Cedarmere, Bryant’s preserved Roslyn Harbor estate on Long Island, and Jonathan P. Harding, curator of The Century Association, a private New York City literary club founded by Bryant in 1847.
William Cullen Bryant Exhibit & Reception
Patch.com online
2016-03-11
New York Medical College invites you to celebrate the breadth and depth and intellect of our respected founder, William Cullen Bryant, at a reception and exhibit of Bryant artifacts. The reception will feature remarks from several Bryant enthusiasts and include a guided tour of the NYMC William Cullen Bryant exhibit, on display in the NYMC Health Sciences Library.
Westchester County Association Honors Region's Business Leaders
Daily Voice online
2015-12-02
Over 700 business leaders from Westchester County honored the accomplishments of several regional organizations at the Westchester County Association’s recent Fall Leadership Dinner, which was one of the most memorable in recent history.
WCA Celebrates Life and Work of Al DelBello at Leadership Dinner
Westchester Business Journal
2015-11-30
WCA Celebrates Life and Work of Al DelBello at Leadership Dinner
Possible Solutions: Traveled for Health Reasons
American Philatelist print
2016-02-23
To this day many people maintain summer homes in Asheville, North Carolina, and the surrounding area. If, as the author describes, the Hagoods were prominent Charleston citizens, it is highly likely hat Mrs.Hagood was following this pattern.
Westchester County Association's Fall Leadership Dinner Toasts Business Leaders
Daily Voice
2015-11-19
The night’s honorees are Joseph DePaolo , President and CEO of Signature Bank and the recipient of the Alfred B. DelBello Visionary award; and Leadership Award recipients Ron Cohen , President & CEO of Acorda Therapeutics; Wilson Kimball, Commissioner of Planning and Development, City of Yonkers; and New York Medical College, accepted by Edward C. Halperin , M.D., M.A., Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer.
WCA Celebrates Leadership at Annual Fall Dinner
Westchester Magazine
2015-11-09
The Westchester County Association’s (WCA) annual dinner takes place this year on November 19, from 5:30 to 9:30 pm at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown. The lineup includes a special memorial tribute to Alfred B. DelBello, Esq., Chairman Emeritus, WCA, as well as awards for Joseph DePaolo, President & CEO, Signature Bank; Ron Cohen, President & CEO, Acorda Therapeutics; New York Medical College, accepted by Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA, Chancellor for Health Affairs & CEO; and Wilson Kimball, Commissioner of Planning and Development, City of Yonkers (Ms. Kimball was one of 914INC.’s Women in Business honorees last year).
An $8 Billion Health Care Giant Outgrows its Name—and Loses its Long Island Accent
Crain’s New York Business
2015-11-01
North Shore-LIJ Health System is about to lose its Long Island accent. In a rebranding years in the making, North Shore-LIJ in January will shed both its Long Island and Jewish heritages. Its new name, Northwell Health, is a nod to its regional expansion and aspirations to become a national brand.
Responsibility of Academic Medicine for Reducing Football Injuries
Academic Medicine
2015-11-01
News and Notes from New York Medical College
Business Group Honors New York Medical College's Biotech Incubator
Daily Voice
2015-10-29
The future of healthcare is being shaped at New York Medical College in Valhalla. Led by Chancellor Dr. Edward Halperin and interim executive director Randi Schwartz, BioInc@NYMC is transforming medical research by working with the brightest minds to produce better health for everyone.
New York Medical College to Receive Weekly Farm Deliveries
Westchester County Business Journal
2015-10-23
New York Medical College said this week it is now offering locally grown farm products in a weekly share program through the Good Farmers Network, a Hudson Valley organization aiming to expand opportunities for beginning farmers. Food offerings, which vary by season, include organic vegetables and fruit, grass-fed meats, poultry, eggs and other specialty items from Hudson Valley farms.
Jewish Hospitals are Becoming Extinct
The Jewish Week online
2015-10-08
Perhaps the fact that the announcement was made on the second day of Rosh HaShanah said it all: “The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System ... is being renamed Northwell Health as the 21-hospital network prepares to launch a rebranding and marketing campaign in 2016 to distinguish it in a crowded metropolitan market.” Another Jewish hospital has disappeared and its managers were unconcerned that the announcement was made on the Jewish New Year...
Planned Parenthood Critics Have New Target Universities
Politico
2015-10-02
Officials of the nation’s leading universities have watched with dread as the fallout from the Planned Parenthood sting videos has threatened to engulf labs that depend on fetal tissue for research.
Treatment for Carter’s Brain Cancer Is More for Quality of Life Than Prolonging
Healthline
2015-08-21
The type of treatment former President Jimmy Carter is receiving for brain cancer is designed more to provide quality of life than to prolong his life, according to one expert in the field. Dr. Edward Halperin, the chancellor and chief executive officer of New York Medical College, said the prognosis for someone about Carter’s age with that type of metastatic melanoma is generally 2 to 6 months.
Editorial Board Q&A: Edward C. Halperin
AM Rounds (Beyond the Pages of Academic Medicine)
2015-08-13
I recently completed a detailed study of the impact of off-shore for-profit medical education on the access of U.S. schools to clinical clerkships. The results of this study will be published in an upcoming issue of Academic Medicine. My colleagues and I also recently completed an analysis of material that was alleged to have been ashes from the Dachau concentration camp crematoria. The ashes were brought back to the U.S. by a returning soldier after the war and stored for 60 years by his family. The analysis posed interesting biochemical and ethical issues.
“Pathway to Progress” Opens at New York Medical College in Valhalla
Patch.com
2015-08-05
New York State Sen. Terrence Murphy, and a host of local and school officials, Wednesday officially opened the Pathway to Progress on the campus of New York Medical College.
It’s Time To Snuff Out The “Anatomical Snuff Box”
Academic Medicine
2015-08-01
he “anatomical snuff box” is a triangular region on the dorsum of the hand at the thumb’s base. The abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis comprise the anterior boundary, the posterior boundary is the extensor pollicis longus, and the floor is formed by the scaphoid, trapezium, and articulation between the trapezium and first metacarpals
Keeping Saint Michael's open as important for medical education as patients of Newark | Opinion
NJ.com online
2015-07-04
The debate over the future of Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark has, to date, completely ignored the central role this hospital plays in medical education. As citizens, we should all be concerned about making tomorrow's health care better than today and training the health care providers who will take care of our children and grandchildren. Since 1860, New York Medical College has been educating those health care providers. As Newark residents eagerly anticipate state approval for the sale of Saint Michael's Medical Center to Prime Healthcare, I urge state and municipal authorities to remember the central role that Saint Michael's plays in medical education...
Op-Ed: Saint Michael’s Educating Next Generation of HealthCare Providers
NJ Spotlight
2015-06-11
The debate over the future of Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark has, to date, completely ignored the central role this hospital plays in medical education.
Harmel Was Link To Pediatric Surgical Milestones
News Observer
2015-06-02
One of the last living connections to one of the 20th century’s most important medical achievements was severed Feb. 19 with the death of Dr. Merel Harmel in Chapel Hill. Harmel, 97, served as professor and chairman of the anesthesiology departments at State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, the University of Chicago and Duke University. He became part of medical history in 1944, when headed for a career in surgery he developed inflammatory bowel disease. His professors told him that the physical rigors of a surgical career were out-of-the-question and Harmel moved into a residency in anesthesiology.
From Dachau to Durham
Durham Herald-Sun & Chapel Hill Herald
2014-05-14
It is very small, just an inch wide. It is solid. It fit in a cigarette case for decades. Then it was placed in a small plastic box and passed on to those who could usher it to where it belongs – a cemetery
Man finds letter from Charles Darwin in office closet
Westchester News 12
2015-04-27
A New York Medical College senior vice president says he found a letter from Charles Darwin in his office closet.
Business Council of Westchester Gala Celebrates Honorees
Daily Voice
2015-04-22
Celebrated as honorees were: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of New York Medical College; Rella Fogliano of MacQuesten Development, LLC; Tim Allen and Eric Esterlis, co-presidents of Mindspark Interactive; Robert Kestenbaum, CEO of York International Agency, LLC and Fred Schwam, CEO of American Christmas. Also William Flooks Jr., Beecher Flooks Funeral Home.
Jewish Comfort School
The Jewish Week
2015-04-21
Medical school is difficult enough. For observant Jewish students who have to balance their religious obligations with their academic responsibilities, the pressures can be especially intense. Not so much, perhaps, for observant Jewish medical students who have enrolled at New York Medical College in Valhalla, or at least not since 2011, when the medical school became part of the Touro College and University System.
Art to Honor Holocaust Ashes
The News & Observer
2015-04-21
On May 25, 2014, over 200 people gathered at Durham Hebrew Cemetery for a funeral. Not one of them knew the identity of who was being interred. The tiny casket held ashes of an unidentified person or people that had been cremated in Germany’s Dachau concentration camp during World War II.
Business Council of Westchester Presents Its Hall of Fame Awards
Daily Voice
2015-03-25
The following people will be celebrated as honorees: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of New York Medical College; Rella Fogliano of MacQuesten Development, LLC; Tim Allen and Eric Estelis, co-presidents of Mindspark Interactive; Robert Kestenbaum, CEO of York International Agency, LLC and Fred Schwam, CEO of American Christmas.
First Incubator Tenants at New York Medical College
Mid-Hudson News
2015-01-16
New York Medical College in Valhalla has its first three tenants for its recently launched biotechnology incubator, BioInc@NYMC. The program’s mission is to find new ways to prevent and treat human disease and disability.
NY Medical College Launches MS in Medical Ethics Program
The Jewish Voice
2015-01-14
New York Medical College (NYMC) has announced the launch of a Master of Science in Medical Ethics program in keeping with its mission of educating outstanding health care professionals for the multicultural world of the 21st century. Beginning in the fall, NYMC will offer courses that use historical, philosophical, legal and social-scientific approaches and models to address bioethical challenges. The new Master of Science degree and certificate program will provide students with rigorous methodological and substantive training, emphasizing clinical medical ethics, compassionate care, religio-cultural competence, ethical implications pertaining to emerging technologies and the different notions of justice that influence ideas of public health
Life Stories: Medical Skill and Compassion Marked Merel Harmel’s Career
Durham County The News & Observer
2005-04-12
Dr. Merel Harmel was just 11 months into his medical residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center when he was asked to do the impossible. No one had ever attempted open-heart surgery on a baby, and he was tapped as the anesthesiologist for the procedure.
Touro Law Receives $1 Million Gift from the Kermit Gitenstein Foundation
Jewish Voice online
2013-01-30
Dr. Edward C. Halperin, Chancellor at New York Medical College, founded in 1860 and now affiliated with the Touro College and University system, stated, “The rapid evolution of biomedical science challenges the law. How will our laws and public policies adapt to new knowledge and new social demands in genetics, personalized medicine, electronic medical records, beginning-of-life and end-of-life care, health care delivery, insurance, and health sciences education? The Gitenstein Visiting Chair will contribute to the essential dialogue that must take place between medicine and the law regarding issues of this type.”
Event Appearances (1)
WCA Celebrates Life and Work of Al DelBello at Leadership Dinner
Fall Leadership Dinner Westchester Marriot
2015-11-19
Articles (selected) (5)
Is the long‐term survival of patients with intracranial glioblastoma multiforme overstated?
Cancer
2003 BACKGROUND The 5-year survival rate for intracranial glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has remained at 4–5% for the last 30 years, in spite of multiple randomized prospective trials. The authors hypothesized, based on the literature, that even this remarkably poor survival ...
Placental blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation into unrelated recipients
New England Journal of Medicine
1996 BACKGROUND: Transplantation of bone marrow from unrelated donors is limited by a lack of HLA-matched donors and the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Placental blood from sibling donors can reconstitute hematopoiesis. We report preliminary results of ...
A prospective study of short-course radiotherapy in poor prognosis glioblastoma multiforme
International Journal of Radiation Oncology
1994-01-01
1994 ABSTRACT: Older age and poor performance status at presentation are unfavorable prognostic factors for patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Some studies suggest a shorter, palliative course of radiotherapy may confer similar benefits as compared to a radical course in ...
The management of desmoid tumors
International Journal of Radiation Oncology
1993 ABSTRACT: The desmoid tumor, also known as an aggressive fibromatosis, musculoaponeurotic fibromatosis, well differentiated fibrosarcoma, or fibrosarcoma-grade 1, is a heterogeneous, nonmalignant fibrous proliferation arising from musculoaponeurotic structures. These ...
The role of radiation therapy in the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Cancer
1983 ABSTRACT: From 1965 to 1980, 35 patients were treated by radiation for palliation of symptoms related to metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The male: female ratio was 1. 9: 1. Eighty-six percent (30/35) of the patients were over 40 years of age at initial presentation. Sixty-three ...