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Daniel I. Palant, MD - Founding Physician
Daniel Palant, a founding member of Lexington Pediatrics, is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the College of Medicine of the University of Vermont. After completing his internship at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY and his residency training at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center), Dr. Palant served with the United States Air Force where he was Chief of Pediatrics at the USAF Hospital in Athens, Greece. Dr. Palant then returned to Boston where he completed a fellowship in Child Development, Genetics and Birth Defects Evaluation.
In 1971, Dr. Palant joined Dr. Julian Pearlman and Dr. Martin White to establish Lexington Pediatrics, one of the first pediatric group practices in the Boston area. In addition to being a pediatrician at Lexington Pediatrics, Dr. Palant is on the staff at Children's Hospital Boston and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Actively involved in the Lexington community, Dr. Palant serves as the medical consultant to several schools and camps in the area. Dr. Palant also served as a Medical Associate of the La Leche League of Massachusetts. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Dr. Palant has had a life-long interest in music and has been a member of the Concord Symphony and served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. He currently plays with Lexington Bicentennial Band and is a Vice President of Project STEP, a program dedicated to the preparation of talented music students of color to enter the profession of classical music.
Dr. Palant and his wife Barbara are long-time residents of Lexington and have three grown children.
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SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Palant has had a life-long interest in music as a patron, supporter, musician, and trustee.
One of his passions is Project STEP, a program dedicated to the preparation of talented music students of color to enter the profession of classical music.
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Project STEP (String Training and Educational Program)
was spearheaded 25 years ago by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and today, partners with the New England Conservatory, and the Boston University School of Music to provide this valuable service to the arts.
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