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photo Michael Simonson, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Internal Medicine Acting Internship

Email: simonsonmg2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4882
Fax: 412-692-4555
E-mail: simonsonmg2@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 2016
MS, Medical Education, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside, 2019
Academic Clinician-Educators Scholars Fellowship - Hospitalist Track, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
Research Interest
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.

Recent Presentations:

User Engagement Patterns Observed with a Dedicated Educational Twitter Account. Presentation. UPMC GME Leadership Conference. Feb 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA). Authors: MG Simonson, CN McQuade, KA Ehrenberger, A Kohli.

Resilience and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Hospitalists. Presentation. 2020 SGIM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting. Nov 2020. Authors: MG Simonson, G Walker, A DeKosky.

Inpatient Perioperative Medication Management: A Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. Presentation. University of Pittsburgh DOM Research Day. Apr 2021 (Pittsburgh, PA). Authors: MG Simonson, CL Spagnoletti, WI Levin, A DeKosky.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Simonson is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and hospitalist in the Division of General Internal Medicine, 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 University of Pittsburgh 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.
Educational Interest
In addition to his role as a hospitalist and clinician educator in the Section of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Simonson 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 for 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 Twitter account used for promoting clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based medicine.
Publications
Selected Publications:
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, R. C., Simonson, M. G., Rothenberger, S. D., Lalama, C., Bonifacino, E., DiNardo, D. J., Tilstra, S. A. The use of podcasts as a tool to teach clinical reasoning: a pseudorandomized and controlled study. Diagnosis. 2020.
Simonson, M. G., Arundel, C., Nemeth, A. Finding Your Niche as a Generalist: The Key to Growth and Career Longevity. J Hosp Med. 2023; 18: 267-269.
Notable Achievements
Sokoloff Award for Excellence in Clinical and Diagnostic Skills, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2016

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