Lee Simon

Dr. Lee Simon is a rheumatologist and is the Former FDA Director, Division of Analgesia, Anesthesia, and Addiction. Dr. Simon is presently a principal in SDG LLC, a consulting firm helping companies to create successful drug development programs through good designs and using insightful regulatory strategy. He has been a clinical rheumatologist for 23 years and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology.

Dr. Simon has served as the chair of education, the scientific abstract selection chair and two terms on the board of directors of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). He was awarded the 2003 Distinguished Service Award of the ACR and was awarded the 2003 Scientific Leadership Award of the Lupus Research Institute. Dr. Simon was an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.