As a medical retina specialist, Dr. Simmons treats disease like diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Dr. Simmons completed her undergraduate degrees in English and Biology at Brown University. She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Simmons did her ophthalmology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and her fellowship at Harvard’s Joslin Diabetes Center. Dr. Simmons joined the UConn faculty in 2006. She teaches The Healer’s Art as well as a Literature and Medicine elective for medical and dental students.