{"id":49635,"date":"2017-08-22T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T19:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=49635"},"modified":"2021-08-23T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:22:36","slug":"june-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/alumni\/spotlight\/june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth B Simons, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class year:<\/strong> 1980<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Specialties:<\/strong> Ophthalmology; Ophthalmic Pathology<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Simons-MD-Kenneth-B_Photo_2015-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"Simons MD, Kenneth B_Photo_2015\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Simons-MD-Kenneth-B_Photo_2015-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Simons-MD-Kenneth-B_Photo_2015-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Simons-MD-Kenneth-B_Photo_2015-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Simons-MD-Kenneth-B_Photo_2015.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/strong><span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Current practice<\/strong>: As above but predominantly medical school administration (GME and accreditation)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fond memory of BUSM: Having an amazing cohort of classmates who worked well together and genuinely cared for one another <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Favorite professor or course at BUSM:<\/strong> Can\u2019t limit it to 1, have 3; Dr. William \u201cBill\u201d McNary who in addition to being an amazing anatomist was the most caring &amp; concerned Dean for Students anyone could hope to have (wrote me a 3 page handwritten letter after my Dad died 7 years post-graduation); Dr. Joseph Vitale, Professor of Pathology who imparted wisdom I use to this day, \u201cNo one goes out of this world alive Ken. Pick your poison. Everything in moderation.\u201d; and Dr. Barry Manuel who has been a mentor and consiglieri since graduation, always looking out for me. All three of these great\/wonderful individuals represent what BUSM was and is about: creating caring, knowledgeable physicians with common sense dedicated to serving patients, colleagues and our alma mater.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Most recent accomplishment:<\/strong> Being elected to the NRMP Board of Directors, the LCME and Chair of the ACGME-I Surgical and Hospital based specialties Review Committee <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hobbies outside of work:<\/strong> Travel and Photography <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Academic appointments:<\/strong> Professor of Ophthalmology &amp; Pathology; Sr. Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education &amp; Accreditation MCW; Executive Director and DIO, MCWAH, Inc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Recent publication:<\/strong> Implementation of competency-based medical education: are we addressing the concerns and challenges? Richard E Hawkins, Catherine M Welcher, Eric S Holmboe, Lynne M Kirk, John J Norcini, Kenneth B Simons, Susan E Skochelak; Medical Education Volume 49, Issue 11 November 2015, Pages 1086\u20131102; \u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/medu.12831<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class year: 1980 Specialties: Ophthalmology; Ophthalmic Pathology Current practice: As above but predominantly medical school administration (GME and accreditation) Fond memory of BUSM: Having an amazing cohort of classmates who worked well together and genuinely cared for one another Favorite professor or course at BUSM: Can\u2019t limit it to 1, have 3; Dr. William \u201cBill\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7356,"featured_media":0,"parent":93581,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49644,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49635\/revisions\/49644"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=49635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}