Full Name
Dinee Simpson, MD
Job Title
Chief Health Equity Executive, NMHC Associate Professor of Surgery
Company/Institution/ Organization
Northwestern Medicine
Speaker Bio
Dinee Collings Simpson, M.D.
Dr. Dinee Simpson is the first Chief Health Equity Executive at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, and Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Simpson’s clinical focus includes liver and kidney transplantation. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Simpson currently serves on the American Society of Transplant Surgeons’ board of councilors. Dr. Simpson academic work has focused on equity in access to transplantation through outreach, community education and activation, advocacy and policy work. She is nationally recognized and has been NIH funded in the area of transplant health equity.
Dr. Simpson is recipient to the 2019 Distinctively Me Community She-ro award, the 2019 National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Rising Star Award, and was selected as a 2022 New York University Alumni Changemaker- a unique group of visionaries who have leveraged their expertise, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit for the greater good. She received the American Society of Transplant Surgeons award for her health equity work in 2022 and was recently named a Fierce50 honoree for leadership and innovation in the Health Equity space.
Dr. Dinee Simpson is the first Chief Health Equity Executive at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, and Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Simpson’s clinical focus includes liver and kidney transplantation. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Simpson currently serves on the American Society of Transplant Surgeons’ board of councilors. Dr. Simpson academic work has focused on equity in access to transplantation through outreach, community education and activation, advocacy and policy work. She is nationally recognized and has been NIH funded in the area of transplant health equity.
Dr. Simpson is recipient to the 2019 Distinctively Me Community She-ro award, the 2019 National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Rising Star Award, and was selected as a 2022 New York University Alumni Changemaker- a unique group of visionaries who have leveraged their expertise, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit for the greater good. She received the American Society of Transplant Surgeons award for her health equity work in 2022 and was recently named a Fierce50 honoree for leadership and innovation in the Health Equity space.
