▁Hospital ▁and ▁a ▁clin ical ▁fellow ship ▁in ▁medical ▁on col ogy ▁at ▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁On col ogy ▁Center . ▁ ▁Career ▁Sim ons ▁is ▁board - cert ified ▁in ▁internal ▁medicine ▁and ▁medical ▁on col ogy . ▁At ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins , ▁Sim ons ▁completed ▁a ▁post - do ctor al ▁fellow ship ▁under ▁Bert ▁Vog el stein ▁in ▁human ▁cancer ▁mole cular ▁gen et ics ▁prior ▁to ▁being ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Hop kins ▁medical ▁school ▁fac ulty ▁in ▁on col ogy ▁and ▁u ro log y ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁On ▁the ▁Hop kins ▁fac ulty , ▁Sim ons ▁cha ired ▁the ▁Hop kins ▁medical ▁school ▁C urr icul um ▁Committee ▁for ▁On col ogy ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 - 2 0 0 0 . ▁Sim ons ' ▁first ▁independent ▁labor atory ▁research ▁grant ▁was ▁from ▁the ▁Pro state ▁Can cer ▁Foundation ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁Ca PC ure ) ▁in ▁the ▁Foundation ’ s ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁existence ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁Sim ons ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁by ▁Georgia ▁Governor ▁Roy ▁Bar nes , ▁and ▁the ▁Robert ▁W . ▁Wood ru ff ▁Foundation ▁of ▁Atlanta ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁Found ing ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Win ship ▁Can cer ▁Institute ▁at ▁Em ory ▁University ▁and ▁Chair ▁of ▁H emat ology ▁and ▁On col ogy ▁at ▁the ▁Em ory ▁C lin ic . ▁Sim ons ▁led ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Georgia ▁State ▁Can cer ▁Plan , ▁Georgia ’