Byron C. Scott, MD, MBA, CPE, FACEP, FAAPL, serves as Deputy Chief Health Officer with Simpler Consulting, IBM Watson Health. Simpler is a leading management consulting firm that helps organizations improve performance using lean in the U.S. and Internationally. He serves as the practice leader for Large Integrated Health Systems and also a member of the Health Officer team for IBM Watson Health.

A graduate of UCLA, Dr. Scott earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego and completed his emergency medicine residency and administrative fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Isenberg School of Management where he is an adjunct faculty member.