INVESTIGATOR SPOTLIGHT: Simeon Boyd, MD

Dr. Simeon Boyadjiev Boyd is a pediatrician and board certified geneticist with extensive experience as a clinical and molecular dysmorphologist. He currently holds an appointment as a tenured professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis. Between 2006 and 2011, he served as a founding chief of the Section of Genetics at UC Davis and was the first holder of the Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in pediatric genetics. Dr. Boyd served as Vice President and President-elect of the Society of Craniofacial Genetics from 2000 to 2004. Since 1998, Dr. Boyd has been continuously funded by grants through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health. With these resources, he initiated the International Craniosynostosis Consortium (ICC), a group of scientists and clinicians with special expertise in the field of craniosynostosis. ICC currently coordinates the work of more than 10 sites across the U.S., as well as six international sites.