Dr. Bruce J Simon M.D.
Surgeon | Surgical Critical Care
55 Lake Ave N Department Of Surger Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Bruce Simon is a general surgeon practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Simon specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Simon provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
New York Medical College 1979
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment of nonunions with electric and electromagnetic fields.
- Stimulation of growth factor synthesis by electric and electromagnetic fields.
- Real-time control of neutrophil metabolism by very weak ultra-low frequency pulsed magnetic fields.
- Pain management guidelines for blunt thoracic trauma.
- Effects of direct current electrical stimulation on gene expression of osteopromotive factors in a posterolateral spinal fusion model.
- Electrical stimulation of the growth plate: a potential approach to an epiphysiodesis.
- Comparison of a caprolactone/lactide film (mesofol) to two polylactide film products as a barrier to postoperative peridural adhesion in an ovine dorsal laminectomy model.
- Osteoprotegerin (OPG) production by cells in the osteoblast lineage is regulated by pulsed electromagnetic fields in cultures grown on calcium phosphate substrates.
- Cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for preventive and acute treatment of episodic and chronic migraine and migraine-associated sleep disturbance: a prospective observational cohort study.
- High-Resolution Multi-Scale Computational Model for Non-Invasive Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member UMass Memorial Medical Group
Fellowships
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Anesthesiology Critical Care)
- Memorial Hospital - Cornell Univ.Medical College, Fellow:Critical Care Medicine 1987
- Maryland Shock Trauma Institute, Fellow:Trauma Surgery 1988
- Universityiof Maryland Medical System, Fellow:Cardiothoracic Surgery 1989
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