Dr Palferman is holder of the following qualifications:
- MB.BS University of London 1971
- FRCP London
- MRCS England
- DCH England
- DRCOG London
He carried out his undergraduate training at Charing Cross Hospital, University of London where he was awarded the T. Watts Eden Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
His post-graduate Specialist training was at:
- Westminster Hospital, London / Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton
- St. Thomas’s Hospital, London
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital London / Whipps Cross Hospital
