PeterCRaffalliMDFAAP(He/Him)

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Child Neurology

Attending, Child Neurology | Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Neurology | Harvard Medical School; Director, Bullying and Cyberbullying Program (BACPAC) | Boston Children’s Hospital

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Fegan 11
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-6388

Fax+1 617-730-0284

Summary

Attending Child Neurologist at Children's Hospital Boston. Areas of concentration include Autism, Tourette's, ADHD, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Chiari malformations, pediatric headache/migraine.

Founder/Director of the only children's hospital based multidisciplinary collaborative clinic for bullying in children with special needs (BACPAC).

Weekly teaching of Neurology to residents at Children's and medical students at Harvard Medical School.

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Child Neurology, 1989 - 1992
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1988 - 1989
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's Medical CenterInternship, Pediatrics, 1987 - 1988
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
NH State Medical License 1995 - 2024
NY State Medical License 1989 - 1992
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

121 citations
Copy number variation plays an important role in clinical epilepsy
Heather E. Olson, Yiping Shen, Jennifer Avallone, Beth Rosen Sheidley, Rebecca Pinsky
Annals of Neurology. 2014-06-01
256 citations
Clinical Genetic Testing for Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Yiping Shen, Kira A. Dies, Ingrid A. Holm, Carolyn Bridgemohan, Magdi M. Sobeih
Pediatrics. 2010-04-01
257 citations
Microdeletion/duplication at 15q13.2q13.3 among individuals with features of autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders
David T. Miller, Yiping Shen, Lauren A. Weiss, Joshua M. Korn, Irina Anselm
Journal of Medical Genetics. 2009-04-01

Journal Articles

The cyberbullying of children with special needs: Understanding the scope of the problem
Raffalli, Peter C, J Amer Acad Child Adol Psy, 8/2015

Lectures

Strategies to Prevent Injuries and Maltreatment in Children With Developmental Disabilities
National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/27/2019