UNDERGRAUATE EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Greensboro; BA Chemistry, Cum Laude, 1981


ORGANIZATIONS

North Carolina Jaycees

                                    Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity-Vice President

                                    Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity

                                    Member of the Housing Committee Judicial System

                                    Resident Assistant

HONORS

• Sophomore Scholars, 1978

• Junior Scholars, 1979

• Dean's List, 1978-81

• Cum Laude

• Medical School; Pediatrics, Nephrology, Neurology, Medicine (Clinical), Surgery (Clinical)
   

AWARDS

The William F. Grupe Foundation Award for the Advancement of Medical Education, 1983
 

MEDICAL EDUCATION

New York Medical College, M.D., 1985
 

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Internship: SUNY-HSC Syracuse, Internal Med, 1985-86

• Residency: SUNY-HSC Syracuse, Internal Med, 1986-88

• Chief Resident: SUNY-HSC Syracuse, Internal Med, 1988-89

• Cardiology Fellowship: SUNY-HSC Syracuse, 1989-1992
   

POSITIONS

• New York Heart Center, Syracuse, NY 13210; Cardiologist 7/1/92 - 6/30/96

• SJH Cardiac Catheterization Associates, P.C., Syracuse, NY 13203; Cardiologist, 7/1/96 - present
   

HOSPITAL AFFILATIONS

• St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY

• Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, NY

• SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY
   

MEMBERSHIPS

• American College of Physicians - Fellow

• American Society of Internal Medicine

• American College of Cardiology - Fellow

• American Heart Association

• AMA/MSSNY

• Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions - Fellow
   

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Internal Medicine - 1988

• ABIM-Cardiovascular Disease - 1991

• ABIM-Interventional Cardiology - 1999
   

LICENSURE

New York State
 

PRESENTATIONS

1. Simons Alan, Moses Arnold. Identifying Risk Factors in Diuretic-Induced Hypoatremia. Finalist in The American College of Physicians Associate Poster Competition. San Francisco, California 1989.

2. Simons AJ, Carlson R, Hare CL, et al. The Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Embolic Disease. Second Place in The American College of Physicians Upstate Scientific, Associate Poster Competition. Syracuse, NY 1990

3. Simons AJ. Survey: The Effects of Proposition 405 on Residency Training on Internal Medicine Residents in New York.
Presented to The Governor's Council of Graduate Medical Education for the State of New York. New York, NY 1990.
 

PUBLICATIONS

1. Simons AJ, Carlson R, Hare CL, et al. The Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Embolic Disease, Am H J, 123, 1, 1992: 224-226.

2. Simons AJ, Arrazoza E, Hare CL, et al. A Circumferential Dissection in a Young Woman. AM H J, 123, 1992, 1077-79.

3. Rao K, Simons AJ, et al. Migration of a Kimray-Greenfield Filter into the Pulmonary Artery; Localization by Transesophageal Echocardiography. Am H J, 125, 1993, 543-544.

4. Simons AJ. Editorial Reply. Am H J 124; 1992, 1665.

5. Creator and Editor of The Associate, a newsletter for associate members of the American College of Physicians in Upstate New York. (This has been used as a model for the development of a national newsletter for associates).

6. Caputo R, Giambartolomei A, Simons A, Grant W, Esente P. Successful Transradial Cardiac Catheterization Performed in Patients with prior Brachial Intervention. October 7-11, 1998, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. To be published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

7. Caputo R, Giambartolomei A, Simons A, Grant W, Esente P. Successful Transradial Cardiac Catheterization Performed in Elderly Patients. October 7-11, 1998, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. To be published in the American Journal of cardiology.

8. Simons A, Caputo R, Esente P, Giambartolomei A, Bowser M, Reger M, Walford G. An Unusual Complication During Deployment of a Multi-Link Stent: A Case Report. Cathet and Cariovasc Diagn 1999 (in press).

9. Caputo R, Giambartolomei A, Simons A, Grant W, Fedele K, Esente P. Transradial Cardiac Catheterization in Elderly Patients. Am J Cardiol 1998;82 (7A):36S.
Publications (continued)

10. Caputo RC, Simons A, Giambartolomei A, Grant W, Fedele K, Esente P. Transradial Cardiac Catheterization in Patients with Prior Brachial Artery Cutdown. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 48:271-274, No. 3, November 1999.

11. Caputo R, Giambartolomei A, Simons A, Esente P, Keriakes D, Ho K, Carrozza JP, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY; Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA. Small vessel stenting - Comparison of modular vs. slotted tube design. Six month results from the EXTRA Trial. JACC 2000; 35:56A, 1130-89.

12. Caputo R, Simons A, Giambartolomei A, Grant W, Fedele K, Abraham S, Reger MJ, Walford GD, Esente P. Transradial cardiac catheterization in elderly patients. Cathet and Cardiovasc Interv 51:287-290 (2000).
 

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

• American Journal of Cardiology

• Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
   

RESEARCH

• The use of transesophageal echocardiography in measuring aortic distensibility in the swine model. 1990-1991.

• GUSTO II and IIB - Principal Investigator

• GUSTO III - Principal Investigator

• STARS (JJIS), 1995-6; co-investigator

• Stent PAMI (JJIS), 1997-1998; co-investigator

• NIRVANA (Boston Scientific), 1997-1998; co-investigator

• NIRON, 1998; co-investigator

• EXTRA (USCI stent), 1997-1999; co-investigator

• CADILLAC Trial, 1997-1999; co-investigator

• SPORT Trial, 1998-1999; co-investigator

• BETA CATH, 1998-1999; co-investigator

• START Trial, 1999; co-investigator

• NICEI Trial, 1999; co-investigator

• ATLAS Trial, 1999-ongoing; co-investigator

• PREDICT Trial, 1999; co-investigator

• SAFER Trial, 1999-ongoing; co-investigator