AllanCHalpernMD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cornell University-Weill Medical College

Overview of Dr. Halpern

Dr. Allan Halpern is a dermatologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and has been in practice 36 years. Dr. Halpern accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 47 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and one of 295 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Dermatology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
530 East 74th street
New York, NY 10021
Book by Phone+1(941) 451-5730

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Dermatology, 1985 - 1988
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1982 - 2026
FL State Medical License 1992 - 2023
PA State Medical License 1985 - 1998
American Board of Dermatology Dermatology
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2019
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005-2014
Women's Health Castle Connolly, 2008
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FAAD) American Academy of Dermatology
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Clinical Trials

Multi-Wavelength and Coherence Confocal Reflectance Microscopy of Pigmented and Non-Pigmented Lesions on the Skin In-Vivo Start of enrollment: 2006 Nov 01
Completed
In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Cutaneous Neoplasms and Normal Skin Start of enrollment: 1999 Nov 01
Active, not recruiting
Confocal Reflectance Microscopy of Shave-Biopsy Sites on Skin in Vivo. Start of enrollment: 2006 Feb 14
Completed
In Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Pigmented Lesion Diagnosis Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Risk Stratification Among Individuals Who Have Many Moles on Their Skin Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 09
Active, not recruiting
Use of Jet-injection in Photodynamic Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
A Study of Observation and Follow-up in People With Basal Cell Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2022 Jul 27
Recruiting
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

35 citations
Addressing the knowledge gap in clinical recommendations for management and complete excision of clinically atypical nevi/dysplastic nevi: Pigmented Lesion Subcommitte...
Caroline C. Kim, Susan M. Swetter, Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, James M. Grichnik, Douglas Grossman
JAMA Dermatology. 2015-02-01
72 citations
The state of melanoma: challenges and opportunities
Glenn Merlino, Meenhard Herlyn, David E. Fisher, Boris C. Bastian, Keith T. Flaherty
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2016-07-01
914 citations
Model Predicting Survival in Stage I Melanoma Based on Tumor Progression
Wallace H. Clark, David E. Elder, DuPont Guerry, Leonard E. Braitman, Bruce J. Trock
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 1989-12-20

Journal Articles

Massively Parallel Sequencing Analysis of Benign Melanocytic Nevi
Allan C Halpern, Travis J Hollmann, Klaus J Busam, Histopathology

Lectures

Photodocumentation in Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology - Annual Meeting 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 3/2/2019

Press Mentions

5 Tips for Spotting Melanoma and Other Skin CancersJanuary 4th, 2022
Routine Skin Checks Do Not Reduce Melanoma-Specific MortalityNovember 5th, 2021
Tech Advances Offer New Tools in the Fight Against Skin CancerAugust 4th, 2021
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Grant Support

The Framingham School Study Of Nevi In Children Sonic IINational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2009–2011
The Framingham School Study Of Nevi In Children: Sonic IINational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2008
The Framingham School Nevus StudyNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2003–2007
Retinoid In Chemoprevention Of Primary MelanomaNational Cancer Institute1997–2000
Core--Pigmented Lesion Clinical/PathologyNational Cancer Institute1997–2000
Biology Of Cutaneous Malignant MelanomaNational Cancer Institute1994
Biology Of Human Cutaneous Malignant MelanomaNational Cancer Institute1991–1993

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Dermatology - AAD
Fellow

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Georgia Blue Choice HMO
BCBS Georgia BlueChoice Option POS
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Coventry Missouri - HMO/POS
First Health PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
QualCare HMO
QualCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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