Dr. Simkin is board-certified in family practice and his clinical interests include sports medicine and low back pain. His undergraduate education was completed at Williams College and he received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, where he also received the Henry Bakst Award for excellence in community medicine. He completed his residency at North Carolina Medical Hospital. Dr. Simkin is affiliated with Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He joined the Valley Medical Group (formerly the Massachusetts Permanente Medical Group, associated with Kaiser Permanente) in 1986.