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Dr. Kevin Simon is Boston’s first Chief Behavioral Health Officer appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. Simon is a polymath – a physician-scientist, a healthcare policy expert, an inspirational teacher, and a noted writer. He is an attending pediatric psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, a former Commonwealth fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University, the medical director of community behavioral health agencies, and a healthcare policy and systems consultant. His writings are in notable journals like the New England Journal of Medicine. National audiences regularly seek his perspectives through trusted outlets. (media).