White Plains, N.Y. (September 16, 2024) – White Plains Hospital has announced that pulmonologist Dr. Irene Galperin has joined White Plains Hospital Physician Associates.
Dr. Galperin received her medical degree from Rush University Medical College in Chicago, where she also completed an internship and residency in internal medicine, being named chief resident. She then completed a fellowship in pulmonary critical care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Her background includes serving as a faculty attending physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Jacobi Medical Center; the director of pleural disease service and a faculty attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital; and chief of pulmonary medicine at Forest Hills Hospital Long Island Jewish.
Dr. Galperin has published peer-reviewed research in the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine and served as core teaching faculty for multiple residency and fellowship programs and has been awarded Teacher of the Year awards in 2014 and 2020.
Listed by Castle Connolly as a top doctor annually since 2017, Dr. Galperin is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and an assistant professor of medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra.
In addition to English, she is fluent in Russian.
To make an appointment, call 914-220-0283.
About White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. White Plains Hospital has outpatient medical facilities across Westchester, including multispecialty practices in Armonk, Hawthorne, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Rye Brook, Somers, Yonkers and Yorktown Heights; and Scarsdale Medical Group locations in Harrison and Scarsdale.
The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and in 2024, it received another 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — the highest distinction offered by that federal agency for the third consecutive year. In addition, the Hospital received its third Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a distinction held by only two percent of hospitals in the country. White Plains Hospital has consistently received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades®, and in 2024 was awarded an “A” Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the 11th consecutive time.