Meet Dr. Libby Copeland-Halperin
A native New Yorker, Dr. Copeland-Halperin was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and attended the Horace Mann School. She studied at Williams College, where she earned her baccalaureate degree in Art History and played for the softball team. During college, Dr. Copeland-Halperin was selected to join the Humanities and Medicine program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an early acceptance program designed to attract and foster humanistic medical students. After receiving her medical degree, Dr. Copeland-Halperin completed residency in general surgery at the Inova Fairfax Medical Center, a large tertiary care hospital in Northern Virginia, where she became Chief Resident for Quality and Safety and served on several hospital committees. She engaged in research on patient safety and quality outcomes in both general and plastic surgery and won awards for research and teaching.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Additional Training
After training in general surgery, Dr. Copeland-Halperin pursued additional training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the prestigious Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she was exposed to the full breadth of plastic surgery, including reconstruction after trauma and cancer, aesthetic and cosmetic surgery, wound healing and correction of congenital deformities. She then completed advanced training in microsurgery at the world-renowned Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with a focus on implant-based and autologous breast reconstruction. She brings a humanistic dimension to plastic surgery and enjoys helping patients achieve their cosmetic, aesthetic, and reconstructive goals through a combination of surgical and non-surgical techniques.
Dr. Copeland-Halperin is a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Copeland-Halperin is excited to return to New York City to join Dr. Copeland in practice as one of very few mother-daughter plastic surgery duos in the nation. In her spare time, Dr. Copeland-Halperin enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, baking, and spending time with her family.
Fellowship in Breast Reconstruction and Microsurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Residency in Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Residency in General Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA
Internship in General Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York NY, MD 2013
Conversational in Spanish
Board-Eligible in Plastic Surgery
Board Certification in General Surgery
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery Member
New York State Society of Plastic Surgeons Candidate Member
International Society of Plastic Surgery Associate Member
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Candidate Member
Outcomes Of Extended Pedicled Technique Vs. Free Nipple Graft Reduction Mammoplasty For Patients With Gigantomastia. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. PMID: 36161307 Named Outstanding Presentation at Plastic Surgery the Meeting 2022.
Top tier poster, Plastic Surgery the Meeting, 2021
First place award, Vermont Chapter of the American College of Surgeons annual meeting, 2020
Recognition for medical student teaching and mentorship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2020
Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 2017, 2018
Certificate of Research Excellence among Residents, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 2016, 2017
Finalist, VA/DC Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2016
Certificate of Research Excellence among Junior Residents, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 2015
Summer Research Scholar, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2010
Dean’s List, Williams College, 2007-2009
Copeland-Halperin, Libby R. MD*; Lyatskaya, Yulia PhD; Bellon, Jennifer R. MD; Dey, Tanujit PhD§; Carty, Matthew J. MD; Barbie, Thanh MD; Erdmann-Sager, Jessica MD. Impact of Prepectoral vs. Subpectoral Tissue Expander Placement on Post-mastectomy Radiation Therapy Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open 11(12):p e5434, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005434Â
Libby R. Copeland-Halperin, Colby J. Hyland , Goutam K. Gadiraju , David H. Xiang , Jennifer R. Bellon, Filipa Lynce , Tanujit Dey , Elizabeth P. Troll , Sean J. Ryan , Faina Nakhlis , Justin M. Broyles. Preoperative Risk Factors for Lymphedema in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Journal of Reconstructive Surgery, November 2023 J Reconstr Microsurg DOI: 10.1055/a-2182-1015
Copeland-Halperin, Libby R. MD; O’Brien, Lauren BSN, RN; Copeland, Michelle DMD, MD, FACS. Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence–generated Responses to Common Plastic Surgery Questions. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open 11(8):p e5226, August 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005226
Newsom Keeley D, Xiang David, Yang Alan, Copeland-Halperin Libby R, et al. Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Review of Management and Innovative Surgical Techniques. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 10, oct. 2022. ISSN 2375-1924.
Talwar AA, Copeland-Halperin L, Walsh LR, Christopher AN, Cunning JC, Broach RB, Baratta M, Copeland M, Shakaran V, Butler PD. Outcomes Of Extended Pedicled Technique Vs. Free Nipple Graft Reduction Mammoplasty For Patients With Gigantomastia. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. PMID: 36161307, Named Outstanding Presentation at Plastic Surgery the Meeting 2022.
Libby R. Copeland-Halperin, MD et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening after Silicone Implant Breast Surgery: Patient Survey of Adherence to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Recommendations Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, August 2022. See also: Few patients undergo recommended MRI screening after silicone implant breast surgery
Copeland-Halperin LR, Lyatskaya Y, Bellon JR, Carty MJ, Erdmann-Sager J. Comparison of Radiation Protocols for Prepectoral vs. Subpectoral Breast Implant-based Reconstruction. Presented at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting, April 2022, San Diego, CA.
Cole, Naomi A. BS; Copeland-Halperin, Libby R. MD†; Shank, Nina MD†; Shankaran, Vidya MD,†. BRCA2-associated Breast Cancer in Transgender Women: Reconstructive Challenges and Literature Review. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open: April 2022 – Volume 10 – Issue 4
Copeland-Halperin LR, Copeland M. Current Trends in Free Nipple Grafting During Reduction Mammoplasty: A Survey of ASPS Members. Presented as Top Tier Poster at Plastic Surgery the Meeting, October 2021, Atlanta, GA.
Copeland-Halperin LR, Herrera-Gomez LC, LaPier JR, Shank N, Shin JH. The Effects of Cannabis: Implications for the Surgical Patient. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Mar 15;9(3):e3448. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003448. PMID: 33747688; PMCID: PMC7963514.
Copeland-Halperin LR, Shank N, Wampler AT, Doughty H, Reategui Via y Rada ML, Levy JJ, Rosen JM. MRI Screening after Silicone Implant-based Breast Surgery: A Survey of Adherence with FDA Recommendations. Presented at Plastic Surgery the Meeting annual meeting, October 2020 (virtual presentation due to COVID-19)
Copeland-Halperin LR, Wampler A, Shank N, Doughty H, Reategui Via y Rada ML, and Rosen JM. Patient Awareness of and Adherence to MRI Screening after Silicone Implant-based Breast Surgery. Accepted for presentation at the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting, originally June 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID-19)
Copeland-Halperin LR, Yemc L, Emery E, Collins C, Liu C, Mesbahi AN, Venturi ML. Postoperative Narcotic Use in Prepectoral Versus Dual-Plane Breast Reconstruction. Presented at the American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference, July 2019, Washington, DC.
Inova SEED grant award: “Culture Swabs in the Evaluation of Wound Infection: A Critical Assessment of Unresolved Issues” (PI, Dr. Reza Miraliakbari; 2014-2015)
Copeland-Halperin LR, Pimpinella V, Copeland M. Combined liposuction and excision of lipomas: Long-term evaluation of a large sample of patients, Plast Surg Intern. 2015; Article ID 625396.
Copeland-Halperin LR, Cohen, RA. Recurrent breast cancer in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Case Rep Surg. 2015; Article ID 659395.
Copeland-Halperin LR, Kaminsky AJ, Bluefeld N, Miraliakbari R. Sample procurement for cultures of infected wounds: A systematic review. J Wound Care. 2016;25 Suppl 4: S4-S10.
Libby R Copeland-Halperin, Claude Oppikofer, Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, Privacy, and Doxxing, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2024;, sjae219, https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjae219.
Locations and Insurance
Dr. Copeland-Halperin sees patients and operates at 1001 Fifth Avenue (directly across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and also operates at Lenox Hill Hospital and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, affiliates of Northwell Health, where she is involved in teaching residents. Dr. Copeland-Halperin is a provider to insurance plans including Medicare, Aetna, Cigna and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. Please call 212-452-2200 to schedule an appointment.