
Dr. Simon is a human factors specialist and educator with a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts. For the past 20 plus years he has specialized in research, development and training for high-performance, high-stress teams in aviation and medicine. He worked as principal investigator for the US Army Aircrew Coordination Program, which applies lessons learned from aviation crew resource management to healthcare. Dr. Simon joined CMS in 2002 as Education Director and now serves as the Director of CMS’ Institute for Medical Simulation. He is an Instructor in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and serves in the faculty of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical care and Pain Medicine