Dr. Hillary Ann Johnston-Cox and Dr. Robert Shoer Copeland-Halperin were married Dec. 1 at the New York Athletic Club in New York. Edward C. Wallace, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.
The couple met in 2014 during their residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Dr. Johnston-Cox, 33, is a fellow in cardiology at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. She graduated from the University of California at San Diego and received a medical degree and a Ph.D. in vascular physiology from Boston University.
She is a daughter of Robin A. Johnston-Cox and Chris J. Cox of Bishop, Calif. The bride’s father is a maintenance supervisor for the Department of Building and Maintenance for Inyo County in Bishop. Her mother, who is retired, was a teacher at the Bishop Union High School in Bishop.
Dr. Copeland-Halperin, 35, is a fellow in cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He graduated from Hamilton College and completed his premedical study at Columbia. He received a medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
He is the son of Dr. Michelle Copeland and Dr. Jonathan L. Halperin of New York. The groom’s mother practices cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery in private practice in New York. The groom’s father practices cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital. The groom’s parents also are professors at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; his mother is an assistant professor of clinical surgery and his father a professor of medicine in cardiology.
