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Hello, I’m IRWIN B. SIMON

M.D. , F.A.C.S.

Dr. Irwin B. Simon is a General Surgeon who has resided in Las Vegas since 1993. He is a graduate of Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. After medical school, Dr. Simon trained as a General Surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He then completed a Fellowship in advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, also at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Simon then served as the Director of the U.S. Army Surgical Endoscopy Training Program before settling in Las Vegas, NV. Arriving in 1993, Dr. Simon was invited to Las Vegas to join Dr. Thomas Armour and Dr. Don Christensen. These Las Vegas surgeon pioneers sought out Dr. Simon specifically because of his Fellowship training and minimally invasive approach to patients and disease processes.
General Surgeon Dr. Irwin Simon has particular expertise in managing complex surgical conditions of the breast and endocrine organs, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and surgical oncology, including melanoma.

Dr. Simon continues to push the envelope of the latest technologies, offering minimally invasive techniques to the residents of Las Vegas. Over the past few years, Dr. Simon has been the Founder and Principal of Vegas Valley Vein Instutute. As a General Surgeon, Varicose Vein Disease has always been a part of Dr. Simon’s Practice. The technologies utilized including VNUS Radiofrequency Ablation, Injection Sclerotherapy with medications like Asclera, and the use of Vein Gogh Ohmic Therapy are considered the latest most minimally invasive techniques available.

At the request of loyal patients, Dr. Simon expanded his General Surgery Practice to include minimally invasive techniques of Hair Restoration. With the Founding of Vegas Valley Hair Restoration, Dr. Simon has brought NEOGRAFT Follicle unit Extraction (F.U.E.) to Southern Nevada. Dr. Simon is the ONLY Board Certified General Surgeon in Southern Nevada offering automated F.U.E. hair restoration. Discriminating men and women from across the United States seek Dr. Simon’s expertise to achieve the younger, more aesthetic look that a full head of hair brings to their lives.

Our Services

• General Surgery
• Endocrine Surgery
• Laparoscopy
• Thyroid Glands
• Parathyroid Glands
• Adrenal Gland Tumors
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Biopsy
• Breast Lumps
• Fibrocystic Breasts
• Colonoscopy
• Colon Surgery
• Endoscopic Surgery
• Laparoscopic Fundoplication
• Hiatal Hernia & Heartburn
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis
• Appendicitis & Appendectomy
• Robotic Surgery
• Gallbladder Disease
• Hernia
• Spleen Surgery
• Melanoma
• Pilonidal Cysts
• Cancer Surgery

Dr. Irwin Simon has been, for decades, meeting the needs of patients in the Las Vegas and Henderson areas for his specialty of General Surgery. He is a Board Certified General Surgeon treating a broad range of surgical conditions including hernias, gallstones and gallbladder disease, endocrine conditions, involving the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. He…

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