“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
About Me
Kevin M. Simon, MD, MPH
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 on health equity are in notable journals like the New England Journal of Medicine. National audiences regularly seek his perspectives through trusted outlets. (media).
