Dr. Ronald J. Simon, MD, FACS

Expert Publications

• Impact of increased use of laparoscopy on negative laparotomy rates after penetrating trauma.
• Endovascular repair of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta in a patient with concomitant intracranial and intra-abdominal injuries.
• Unraveling the Mysterious Relationship Between Obesity and Outcomes in Patients With Sepsis.

Media Releases

Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Ronald J. Simon, who serves patients in Brooklyn and New York City, New York. 

Dr. Simon is a board-certified general surgeon, who specializes in adult critical care medicine and trauma surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and New York, New York. Maimonides Medical Center is a non-profit, non-sectarian hospital recognized for its clinical excellence and exceptional patient care. It is both a treatment facility and an academic medical center with 711 beds, and more than 70 primary care and subspecialty programs.

In 1982, Dr. Simon earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He then went on to complete his residency at Montefiore Medical Center, also known as the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric, and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

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