Congratulations to William Simmons, MD, who received the Western Pennsylvania Executive Humanitarian Award from Achieving Greatness, Inc. (AGI) at AGI’s Pittsburgh City League Hall of Fame awards banquet on January 2, 2016 at the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. The event honored local sports heroes and those that started in Pittsburgh City Leagues and went pro, as well as many champions of local humanitarian efforts. Dr. Simmons is currently the President and Chairman of the Board of the Gateway Medical Society (GMS), as well as Chair of the department’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Co-chair of the UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Physician Inclusion Council Retention Committee. In his spare time, he is a mentor for GMS’s academic mentorship program for African American males.