John G. Palfrey, MD Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Biography Sean Palfrey is a pediatrician and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and of Public Health at Boston University. He is a 1967 graduate of Harvard College and attended medical school at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency at Tufts New England Medical Center. Dr. Palfrey has practiced and taught clinical medicine in Massachusetts for more than forty years, and he spends a good deal of his time advocating for better child health programs and policies, and the prevention of illness and sadness. He served as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and he has been a legislative advocate for child health programs and policies since the late 1970s. Publications Published 3/1/2016 Palfrey S. New initiatives to improve HPV vaccination rates. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 06 02; 12(6):1594-8. PMID: 26930138. Read at: PubMed Published 12/28/2012 Palfrey JS, Palfrey S. Preventing gun deaths in children. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 31; 368(5):401-3. PMID: 23272974. Read at: PubMed Published 3/2/2011 Palfrey S. Daring to practice low-cost medicine in a high-tech era. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 17; 364(11):e21. PMID: 21366468. Read at: PubMed Published 11/1/2009 Kressin NR, Nunn ME, Singh H, Orner MB, Pbert L, Hayes C, Culler C, Glicken SR, Palfrey S, Geltman PL, Cadoret C, Henshaw MM. Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention. Med Care. 2009 Nov; 47(11):1121-8. PMID: 19786919. Read at: PubMed Published 9/1/2002 Lieu TA, Finkelstein JA, Adams MM, Miroshnik IL, Lett SM, Palfrey S, Freed GL, Kleinman K, Ray GT, Platt R. Pediatricians' views on financial barriers and values for pneumococcal vaccine for children. Ambul Pediatr. 2002 Sep-Oct; 2(5):358-66. PMID: 12241131. Read at: PubMed View All 11 Publications: View Full Profile in BUMC Other Positions Clinical Professor, Community Health SciencesBoston University School of Public Health Websites BU Profile Boston Medical Center Provider Profile Dr. Sean Palfrey: On Health Leads & Graduation LinkedIn ResearchGate Education Columbia University, MD Columbia University, MPhil Rockefeller University, MS Harvard College, AB View all profiles