Edwin Simpser, M.D.

Dr. Simpser is President Emeritus and former President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children. His career at St. Mary’s included multiple leadership roles that spanned almost 27 years and was preceded by an 18 year academic career as a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Chief of Pediatric Nutrition. 

Dr. Simpser received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, and completed his residency in pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Simpser was both a Research Fellow and Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at North Shore University Hospital and Cornell University Medical College. He has taught students, residents, and fellows throughout New York City including Cornell University Medical College, New York University School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM). He currently is on the faculty of the Hofstra Northwell Zucker School of Medicine.

Dr. Simpser has been a long-time advocate for children with complex medical conditions among national, state, and local government agencies and professional healthcare organizations. He was Co-Founder and initial President of the Pediatric Complex Care Association, a national organization of children’s healthcare facilities dedicated to serving children with medically complex conditions. He is also an active member of several prestigious medical associations focused on issues of pediatrics, pediatric nutrition and medical care for children with special health care needs, including being an executive committee member of the AAP Section on Home Care and their Council on Children with Disabilities. His efforts have resulted in new policies and programs for children and families with special healthcare needs.

In his various leadership roles at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, Dr. Simpser has shaped the organization’s strategic and financial direction so that St. Mary’s can continue to meet the needs of New York’s steadily increasing population of medically fragile children and their families. In recent years, he played a pivotal  role in the construction of a new Children’s Pavilion at the children’s hospital, as well as in the development of many pioneering programs for children with special needs, including St. Mary’s Center for Pediatric Feeding Disorders and St. Mary’s Home Care, a special needs Certified Home Health Agency for children and young adults.