Shannon Simmons, MD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Assistant Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Medical Director, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit, Seattle Children's

sws1@uw.edu

206-987-2000

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Personal Statement

I am an attending on the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit, ​where I provide acute inpatient stabilization to patients with a broad range of diagnoses and presenting concerns. I aim to provide high quality, family-focused, evidence-based care as part of a multidisciplinary team. I am highly involved in educating residents, fellows, and medical students, and serve as Associate Training Director for Inpatient Psychiatry for the child psychiatry fellowship program.

Education

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Tulane Univ.School of Public Health, New Orleans
Psychiatry, Northwestern University - School of Medicine, Chicago
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago

Recent Publications

Models of Interdisciplinary Education in the Inpatient Psychiatry Setting.
(2020 May 12)
Acad Psychiatry
Simmons S, Thompson A
Health Care Reform, Length of Stay, and Readmissions for Child Mental Health Hospitalizations.
(2020 Mar)
Hosp Pediatr 10(3): 238-245
Connell SK, Rutman LE, Whitlock KB, Haviland MJ, Simmons S, Schloredt K, Ramos J, Brewer K, Augustine M, Lion KC
Experiences with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Milestones: Results of Two Nationwide Surveys.
(2018 Aug)
Acad Psychiatry 42(4): 464-468
Simmons SW, Varley CK, Hunt J
Substance Abuse and Trauma.
(2016 Oct)
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 25(4): 723-34
Simmons S, Suárez L
SNAP participation in preschool-aged children and prevalence of overweight and obesity.
(2012 Nov)
J Sch Health 82(12): 548-52
Simmons S, Alexander JL, Ewing H, Whetzel S
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