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ACGME Director

Kenneth B. Simons, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Kenneth B. Simons, M.D. is a professor of ophthalmology and pathology, the designated institutional official for Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc. (MCWAH) and associate dean for graduate medical education and accreditation at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. In addition to overseeing all graduate medical education programs for the consortium, he serves as chief of comprehensive ophthalmology and ophthalmic pathology at the College's Eye Institute.

Dr. Simons previously served as the ophthalmology residency program director at both the University of Arizona and MCW and is currently principal investigator on two NIH grants.

He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill and a fellowship in ophthalmic pathology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Simons is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He currently serves as chair of the AMA Section on Medical Schools Governing Council and is a member of the NBME Medical School Advisory Committee.