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Judith Palfrey, M.D. - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torchbearer
President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Judith S. (Judy) Palfrey, MD, FAAP, is the 2009-2010 President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is the nation's largest pediatric organization, with a membership of 60,000 doctors and specialists.

Dr. Palfrey is a general pediatrician, child advocate and the T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She directs the Children's International Pediatric Center, Children's Hospital in Boston. She is also Master of Adams House at Harvard College with her husband, Dr. Sean Palfrey. She has written five books and more than 100 articles dealing with improving child health systems. She has mentored hundreds of medical students, residents and fellows.

Judy and Sean have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.

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