Judith S.  Palfrey , MD


  • Children's Hospital Primary Care Center
  • Director, International Pediatric Center
  • Past President, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Office Phone: 617-355-4662
Appointment Line: 617-355-4662
Fax: 617-730-0469
NPI: 1548361447

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

developmental and behavioral pediatrics
general pediatrics

Services/Programs

TEDMED

Academic Appointments

Professor of Society and Human Development, Harvard School of Public Health
T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Certifications

Pediatrics, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics

Date Appointed

September 01, 2013

Expanded Biography

Judith S. Palfrey, MD., is the T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Palfrey also serves as Director of the Center for Global Pediatrics in the Department of Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. She has served at Boston Children's Hospital for over 30 years and has held key positions, including Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics. Dr. Palfrey is the former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and served as chair of the AAP Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She was also the Director of Building Bright Futures and the National Program Director of the Dyson Community Pediatrics Initiative. Dr. Palfrey is the recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Milton Senn Award and the New York Academy of Medicine's Millie and Richard Brock Award. She holds an A.B. from Harvard University and an MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Medical School

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY  (1971)

Internship

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY  (07/71 to 06/72)

Residency

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY  (07/72 to 06/74)

Fellowship

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (07/74 to 06/75)

Awards

Boston Magazine Top Doctors 2011 , December 2011
Boston Magazine
  • Children's Hospital Boston
    Department of Medicine -- Hunnewell 201.3
    300 Longwood Avenue
    Boston, MA  02115
    Phone: 617-355-4662
    Fax: 617-730-0469