Sean Palfrey, MD, FAAP, a
pediatrician, studied at Harvard College, and Rockefeller
University; received his MD from Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons, and did his residency at Tufts New England Medical
Center. He has served in many clinical, teaching and
administrative roles at UMass, Children's Hospital, Boston, and
Boston Medical Center. He is currently a Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics and of Public Health at Boston University.
He founded and has directed the Immunization Initiative of the
Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (the
MCAAP) and has worked closely with the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health for decades. He has run lead poisoning prevention
programs for the State and the City of Boston, and has been an
outspoken advocate for better research on and regulation of
potential toxic materials in the environment. From 2002 -
2004, Dr. Palfrey was president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and has worked with the
Massachusetts, and national, legislatures to build better public
health programs for children.
He has authored numerous articles including a
Perspectives piece in the New England Journal of
Medicine entitled, Daring to Practice Low-Cost Medicine in
a High-Tech Era (March 2011).
In June 2011, his essay, Time to Heed the Evidence,
written about the relationship between environmental toxicants and
cancer, was posted on Physician for Social Responsibility's
Environmental Health Policy Institute website.
Most recently, his perspective on how we can achieve good health
for all citizens was published in the Massachusetts Medical Law
Report (June 27, 2011). One Physician's Prescription for
Better Health Care detailed how patients, doctors and lawyers
must have an ongoing dialogue about the challenges of providing
quality healthcare for all.
Dr. Palfrey has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society since 1995.
