Pamela Simms-Mackey: First Black Woman President of the American Board of Pediatrics

Pamela Simms-Mackey, an HBCU alumna and leader in the field of pediatric medical education, has been named the first Black woman president of the board of directors of the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Simms-Mackey began a long association with the ABP in 2009. She served on the General Pediatrics Exam Committee for 10 years and the Maintenance of Certification Committee for six years before joining the BOD in 2020. She is the Chair of Pediatrics and Chief of Graduate Medical Education at Alameda Health System. She also is a volunteer Clinical Professor of Pediatrics with the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Immediate Past Chair of The California Wellness Foundation’s Board of Directors.