Department of Pediatrics

Polio survivor joins Colorado’s new pro-vaccine group, created as federal guidelines upended

Written by Colorado Public Radio (CPR) | January 14, 2026

Colorado pediatrician Sean O'Leary is part of the new group. He’s been speaking out nationally in his role as chair of an infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “What our experience has been, it’s like the new Leonardo DiCaprio movie. It’s just one thing after another,” said O’Leary, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.