He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine. He completed residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at UPMC and then completed a clinical and research fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Simons is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).