Dr. Simonson is a hospitalist in the Section of Hospital Medicine. He attended medical school at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, earning the Sokoloff Award for Excellence in Clinical and Diagnostic Skills, before completing his residency at UPMC. Dr. Simonson joined the Pitt faculty in 2019 and practices hospital medicine on both direct-care and teaching services at UPMC. His interests include multidisciplinary care, medical documentation, and perioperative medicine.
In addition to his role as a hospitalist, Dr. Simonson is a clinician-educator who is actively involved in teaching at both the medical student and resident level. He is the course director of the Internal Medicine Acting Internship and the co-director of the IM Track of the Residency Bootcamp course. He also directs the Perioperative Medication Management curriculum and Evidence Based Medicine curriculum for internal medicine residents. He is also the co-creator of @MedEdPGH, an educational X account used for promoting clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based medicine.
Dr. Simonson's research interests are focused on medical education, specifically curriculum development and assessment, the use of social media in medical education, and evaluation of quality improvement efforts.
- BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
- MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 2016
- Internal Medicine Residency, UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside, 2019
- Academic Clinician-Educators Scholars Fellowship - Hospitalist Track, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
- MS, Medical Education, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
Education & Training
Kelly E, Simonson MG, Duffy D. Identification and characterization of patients with untreated or undertreated familial hypercholesterolemia: A single center retrospective study. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2015; 9(3):448.
Simonson MG, Evankovich J, Rapport S, Kistios G, McVerry B. Pre-existing emphysema affects soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-product levels in ARDS. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018; 197:A1808.
Augustin RC, Simonson MG, Rothenberger SD, Lalama C, Bonifacino E, DiNardo DJ, Tilstra SA. The use of podcasts as a tool to teach clinical reasoning: A pseudorandomized and controlled study. Diagnosis. 2020.
Simonson MG, Arundel C, Nemeth A. Finding your niche as a generalist: The key to growth and career longevity. J Hosp Med. 2023; 18:267-269.
- Sokoloff Award for Excellence in Clinical and Diagnostic Skills, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2016
