General Info

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Halperin earned his B.S. degree in biological chemistry, magna cum laude, at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is an alumni of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta (national honor societies) and was named a Tulane Scholar. After graduation, he returned to Brooklyn and earned his M.D. degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center’s College of Medicine. He completed his internship in general surgery and an orthopaedic residency at the State University Health Sciences Center and Kings County Medical Center in Brooklyn. He also completed a one-year fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of SUNY’s Health Sciences Center in Syracuse, NY.