Karen Simmer

Professor
Karen Simmer
AO FAHMS
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
OccupationPaediatrician

Karen Simmer is an Australian paediatrician and professor of Newborn Medicine at the University of Western Australia and is director of two neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in Perth.[1] She also runs the WA Human Milk Bank and is team leader, neonatal gut health, nutrition and development at the Telethon Kids Institute.[2]

Simmer completed her secondary education at Abbotsleigh in Sydney[1] and undertook an MB BS at the University of Sydney.[3] She graduated from the University of London with a PhD in perinatal nutrition and later completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Karen Simmer AO (1973) - Abbotsleigh". www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Karen Simmer AO". Telethon Kids Institute. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Karen Simmer". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 10 December 2020.