Roger Simon, M.D.
Professor
Medicine
Neurobiology
Location: Multidisciplinary Research Center 238
Phone: 404-756-8811
E-mail: rsimon@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:University of California San Francisco
Residency: Neurology
New York Hospital
Residency: Medicine
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Cornell Medical College
Degree: Doctor of Medicine in Internal Medicine
GRADUATE:
Pennsylvania State University
Degree: Master of Science in Entomology
UNDERGRADUATE:
Pennsylvania State University
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Zoology
Research Interests
My scientific focus has been on neuroprotection of acute brain injury. Firsts include: showing (with Brian Meldrum) the neuroprotection of ischemic brain by glutamate (NMDA) receptor blockade, the demonstration of ischemic tolerance induced protection against experimental stroke, the description of the transcriptional suppression as the genomic phenotype of ischemic tolerance, and the demonstration of the proteomic mechanism of gene silencing producing tolerance. We also discovered the central role of Acid Sensing Ion Channels in acute brain injury. These discoveries were published in Science, Science Signaling and Cell among other journals. I also write (with Drs Aminoff and Greenberg), the best-selling neurology textbook: Clinical Neurology, now in its 8th edition, translated into seven languages.
Board Certification
American Board of Neurology & Psychiatry
American Board of Internal Medicine
Publications
Bian F, Simon RP, Li Y, David L, Wainwright J, Hall CL, Frankel M, Zhou A. Nascent proteomes in peripheral
blood mononuclear cells as a novel source for biomarker discovery in human stroke. Stroke.
2014 Apr;45(4):1177-9.
Li MH, Liu SQ, Inoue K, Lan J, Simon RP, Xiong ZG. Acid-sensing ion channels in mouse olfactory bulb M/T neurons. J Gen Physiol. Jun;143(6):719-31. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201310990. Epub 2014 May 12. PMID: 24821964
Meller R, Simon RP. Tolerance to Ischemia - an increasingly complex biology. Transl Stroke Res. 2013
Feb 1;4(1):40-50. Epub 2013 Jan 11
Garrett SL, Sawyer P, Kennedy RE, McGuire D, Simon RP, Strothers HS 3rd, Allman RM. Racial and sex differences in associations between
activities of daily living and cognition in community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Dec;61(12):2174-80.
Mandava P, Murthy S, Munoz M, McGuire D, Simon R, Alexandrov A, Albright K, Boehme A, Martin-Schild S, Martini S, Kent T. Consideration
of Baseline Factors to Assess rt-PA Response with Respect to Race and Gender. Stroke
2013 Jun;44(6):1525-31.
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Honors and Awards
2012:Distinguished Scientist Seminar series speaker, Uni Alb at Mobile
2006: Scientific Advisory Committee, SNRP, U of Alaska, Fairbanks
2005: Amer Neurol Assoc Victor and Clara Soriano Lectureship
2005: Italian Society for Neuroscience Plenary Lecturer
2004: Board of Scientific Counselors, NIH/NINDS, Ad Hoc Member