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.

Curriculum Vitae Index

Current Position
Education and Training
Additional Positions
Appointments
Military Service
Committees
Publications
Miscellaneous

Current Position

July 1993 through Present
General Surgeon and Surgical Endoscopist
Armour, Christensen, Simon, Chartered.
2450 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite #100
Henderson, Nevada 89052

Founder and Director
Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Las Vegas
Vegas Valley Vein Institute
Vegas Valley Hair Restoration

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1989-1990

FELLOWSHIP

Surgical Endoscopy
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

1985-1989

RESIDENCY

General Surgery
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

1984-1985

INTERNSHIP

General Surgery
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

1984

MEDICAL SCHOOL

M.D.
Hahnemann University
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA.

1980

UNDERGRADUATE

B.A.
Mathematics and Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

1991, 1999, 2009

CERTIFICATION

Board Certified in General Surgery
Initial Certification June 14, 1991
Re-Certification October 22, 1999
Re-certification December 07, 2009

FELLOWSHIP

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Additional Positions

Co-Medical Director
San Martin Hospital Outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center
8285 West Arby Avenue, Suite 145
Las Vegas, NV 89113
June 2010 – October 2014

Medical Director
St Rose Hospitals Inpatient Wound Care Service
Las Vegas, NV 89052
December 2011-2016

Surgical Director
St Rose Hospitals Inpatient Wound Care Service
Las Vegas, NV 89052
December 2011-Present

Chairman of the Board
St. Rose Quality Care Network (SRQCN)
Henderson, NV 89052
May 2014=Present

Appointments

1996-1997

Chief of Surgery

Mountainview Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada

1993-Present

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada

1991-Present

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

1990-1993

Adjunct Faculty

United States Army Academy of Health Sciences.

2006-Present

Adjunct Faculty

Touro University School of Medicine.

Military Service

1. Major, United States Army Medical Corps 1990-1993
Silas B. Hays Army Community Hospital
Fort Ord, Monterey, California 93941

2. November 1992 through June 1993
Chief, General Surgery Service
Director, Surgical Endoscopy Unit
Director of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery

3. December 1991 through November 1992
Staff Surgeon and Surgical Endoscopist
Director, Surgical Endoscopy Unit
Director of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery

4. July 1991 through November 1991
Staff Surgeon and Surgical Endoscopist
21st Evacuation Hospital
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait City, Kuwait

5. December 1990 through June 1991
Acting Chief, General Surgery Clinic
Director, Surgical Endoscopy Unit

6. January 1990 through December 1990
Staff Surgeon and Surgical Endoscopist

Military Awards:

  • Army Meritorious Service Medal
  • Army Commendation Medal with Oak leaf Cluster
  • Army Achievement Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Southwest Asia Campaign Ribbon
  • Kuwaiti Liberation Medal

Committees

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES

Medical Executive Committee
St. Rose Dominican Hospital, San Martin Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada.
September 2010-Present.

Credentials Committee
St. Rose Dominican Hospital, San Martin Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada 2006-Present.
Chairman of Committee September 2010-Present.

Medical Executive Committee
Sunrise Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada 1995-1997

Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada
Committee on Invasive Monitoring 1995
Committee on Quality Assurance and Utilization Review. 1995-1997

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Committee on Blood Usage Monitoring. 1995-1997

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Cancer Committee 1995-2002

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1989
  • American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopists (ASGE) 1990
  • American College of Surgeons (Associate Fellow) 1990
  • Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 1990
  • Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1992-1998
  • Nevada State Medical Society 1993
  • Clark County Medical Society 1993
  • American College of Surgeons (Fellowship) 1993
  • American Society of Bariatric Surgeons 2004

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

  1. Member, Resident Education Committee, Society of American Gastrointestinal
    Endoscopic, Surgeons (SAGES) 1989-2002
  2. Member, Standards of Practice Committee, Society of American Gastrointestinal
    Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1990-2002
  3. Member, Technology Assessment Committee, Society of American
    Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1992-2006
  4. Nevada State Chairman for Society of American gastrointestinal Endoscopic
    Surgeons 1994-2002

STATE COMMITTEES

  1. Susan G. Komen Foundation. Las Vegas Chapter Member Physician Advisory Board. 1996-2004.
  2. Member, Board of Directors, Clark County Medical Society. 1997-1999

Publications

Scheeres. D.D., Simon, I.B., Ponsky, J.L.: Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatography in a General Surgery Practice. The
American Surgeon 56:185-191, March 1990.

Ponsky, J.L. Scheeres, D.E., Simon, I.B.: Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangioscopy: An Adjunct to Endoscopic Exploration of the Common Bile
Duct. The American Surgeon 56:235-237, April 1991.
Simon, I.B., Lewis R.J., Satava, R.M.: A Safe method for Sedating and Monitoring Patients for Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. The American Surgeon 57:219-221 April 1991.

Ponsky, J.L., Mellinger, J.D., Simon, I.B.: Endoscopic Retrograde Hemmorhoidal Sclerotherapy using 23.4% Saline: A Preliminary Report. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 37:155-158, 1991

Mellinger, J.D., Simon, I.B., Schlechter, B., Ponsky, J.L., Lash, R.h., : Tract Formation Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) in an Animal Model. Surgical Endoscopy 5:189-191, 1991.

Simon, I.B.,: Surgery 2001: Concepts of Telepresence surgery. Surgical Endoscopy 7:462-463, 1993.

Satava, R.M., Simon, I.B.: Teleoperation, Telerobotics and Telepresence in Surgery. Endoscopic Surgery and Allied technologies. 1:151-153, 1993.
Simon, I.B.: Telepresence Server 7: remote Surgery, 4:2:85-88, 1993

Satava, R.M., Simon, I.B.: Endoscopy for the year 2000. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 4:2:397-407, 1994.

Simon, I.B.: minimally Invasive Approach to Perforated Ulcer—Is It?
(Editorial) Surgical Endoscopy 9:674-676, 1985.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Satava, R.M., Simon, I.B.: Endoscopic training for the General Surgeon. In:
Greene, F.L., Ponsky, J.L., and Nealon, W.H., ed Endoscopic Surgery.
Philadelphia, PA.: W.B. Saunders. 1994

Simon, I.B.: Virtual Reality, Robotics and Surgery in the 31st Century. In Das, S., and Goodfair D., ed. Urologic Laparoscopy Philadelphia, PA.: W.B.
Saunders. Chapter 29, 289-295, Chapter 38, 488-498. 1994.

Simon, I.B.: Future Trends in Minimal Access Surgery: Telepresence
Surgery and Virtual Reality. In Greene, F.L. and Rosen, R.D., ed.
Minimal Access Surgical Oncology, Radcliffe Medical Publishers (1995).

Simon, I.B.: Therapeutic Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. In: Scott-Connor, c., ed.
The SAGES Manual, Springer. 1998.

ABSTRACTS

Green, P.D., Piantanida, T.A., Hill, J.W., Simon, I.B. and Satava, R.M.:
Telepresence; Dexterous procedures in a Virtual operating field. The
American Surgeon 57, 192, March 1991.

Green, P., Satava, R., Hill, J., Simon, I.B.: Telepresence: Advanced Teleoperator Technology for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Surgical Endoscopy 6:62-67, 1992.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Scheeres, D.E., Simon, I., Ponsky, J.L.: Endoscopic Retrograde
    Cholangiopancreatography in General Surgery Practice. Presented at the
    Cleveland Surgical Society. February 1989.
  2. Ponsky, J.L., Scheeres, D.E., Simon, I.: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangioscopy: An Adjunct to Endoscopic Exploration of the Common Bile Duct. Presented At the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Session, Louisville, Kentucky, April 1989.
  3. Ponsky, J.L., Simon, I.B., Mellinger, J.D.,: Endoscopic Retrograde Hemorrhoidal Sclerotherapy Using 23% Saline. Presented at the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy research Forum, San Antonio, Texas, May 15, 1990.
  4. Mellinger, J.D., Simon, I.B., Schlechter, B., Ponsky, J.L., Lash, R.H.,:
    Tract Formation Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) in an
    Animal Model. Presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
    Surgeons Scientific Session, Monterey, California, April 1991.
  5. Green, P., Satava, R.M., Simon, I.B.: Telepresence Surgery. Presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Session,
    Monterey, California, April 1991.
  6. Simon, I.B.: The Future of Minimal Access Surgery: Telepresence and Virtual Reality. Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 46th Annual cancer Symposium: Laparoscopic and Throacosopic Surgery in Cancer Management.
    Los Angeles, California. March 18, 1993.
  7. Simon, I.B.: Virtual reality, Robotics and Surgery in the 21st Century. Presented at the Society for Urology and Engineering at the American Urological Association. San Antonio, Texas. May 15, 1993.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Satava, R.M., Simon, I.B., Green, P.: the Next Generation; Telepresence Surgery, Current Status and Implications for Endoscopy. (A video Poster) Presented At the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, San Francisco, California, May 1992.

INVITED LECTURES

  1. Impact of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Resident Education. U.S.U.H.S.
    Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy course. Bethesda, Maryland. April 1992.
  2. Controversies in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. U.S.U.H.S. Laparoscopic
    Cholecystectomy Course. Bethesda, Maryland. April 1992.
  3. Telepresence Surgery. The Third EFDPMA Conference on Virtual Reality,
    Washington, D.C. December 1-2 1992.
  4. The future of minimally Invasive Surgery—Telepresence and Virtual Reality. Symposium on Minimally Invasive Surgery in Oncology. The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. December 5, 1992.
  5. Beyond Laparoscopy: Telepresence Surgery. U.C. Davis-East Bay Surgical
    Grand Rounds. Kaiser-Permanente Hospital. Oakland, California. December 17, 1992.
  6. Colonoscopy: Indications, Preparation, and Technique. SAGES Endoscopy Workshop for Surgical Residents. Cincinnati, Ohio. January 16-17, 1993.
  7. Colonoscopy: Approach to Polypoid Lesions. SAGES Endoscopy Workshop For Surgical Residents. Cincinnati, Ohio. January 16-17, 1993.
  8. Telepresence Surgery and Virtual Reality: Windows to the Future. Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Dallas, Texas. February 15, 1993.
  9. Virtual Reality and Telepresence Surgery. Grand Rounds. Tarzana Regional Medical Center. Tarzana, California. January 1994.
  10. Virtual Reality and Telepresence Surgery, Concepts for the Future. Soc des
    Internisten Med. Wiesbaden, Germany.
  11. Colonoscopy: Approach to Polypoid Lesions. SAGES Endoscopy Workshop for Surgical residents. Cincinnati, Ohio. August 19-20, 1994.
  12. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication. USC SAGES Workshop, April 1-4, 1998.
  13. The Use of Angle Laparoscopes in General Surgery. Circon Corporation Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, FL. February 8, 1999.
  14. Laparoscopic Surgery: What you can teach your surgeon. Association of Surgical Technologists. Las Vegas, NV June 2, 1999.
  15. Safety, Efficacy, and Value of Reprocessed Medical Instruments. Congressional Staffers. The Capital. Washington, D.C. April, 2006.
  16. Colon Cancer,Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Treatment. Sun City Anthem , Las Vegas, NV. April 2007
  17. Minimally Invasive Surgery and Colon Cancer, New Alternatives. Sun City, McDonald Ranch. Henderson, NV. May 04, 2007.

Miscellaneous

SAGES 1995 Meeting. Learning center. Coordinator of the Section on
New Technologies.

Accepted as Life Member of the National Registry of Who’s Who published in the 2000
edition. Registration #125717

PureAir Technologies. LEAP. Nevada Coordinator for Israeli based research firm. Research related to Hospital Air Purification. 2006-2008

PREVIOUS RESEARCH ACTIVITES

  • Telepresence for Intraabdominal and Endoscopic Surgery
  • Project Surgical Consultant
  • Bioengineering Research Lab
  • SRI International
  • 333 Ravenswood Avenue
  • Menlo Park, California 94025

Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation

A Testbed for Fiberoptics in Telemedicine UNLV Supercomputing Center
January 6, 1996.