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Dennis William Simon, MD
- Assistant Professor
- Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships:
- American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006-Present
- Massachusetts Medical Society, 2006-2011
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2011-Present
- National Neurotrauma Society, 2014-Present
- Neurocritical Care Society, 2017-Present
- Pediatric Neurocritical Care research Group, 2017-Present
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, Duke University, 2002
- MD, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, 2006
- Internship in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, 2006-2007
- Residency in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, 2007-2009
- Fellowship in Critical Care, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2011-2014
- Fellowship in Pediatric Neurocritical Care and Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, 2013-2015
Selected Publications
Wainwright MS, Guilliams K, Kannan S, Simon DW, Tasker RC, Traube C, Pineda J; Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate (PODIUM) Collaborative. Acute Neurologic Dysfunction in Critically Ill Children: The PODIUM Consensus Conference. Pediatrics 2022 Jan 1; 149(1 Suppl 1):S53-S58. PMID: 34970680.
Sanchez-Pinto LN, Bembea MM, Farris RW, Hartman ME, Odetola FO, Spaeder MC, Watson RS, Zimmerman JJ, Bennett TD; Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate (PODIUM) Collaborative. Patterns of Organ Dysfunction in Critically Ill Children Based on PODIUM Criteria. Pediatrics 2022 Jan 1;149(1 Suppl 1): S103-S110. PMID: 34970678.
Rogers MB, Simon D, Firek B, Silfies L, Fabio A, Bell MJ, Yeh A, Azar J, Cheek R, Kochanek PM, Peddada SD, Morowitz MJ. Temporal and Spatial Changes in the Microbiome Following Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 Jun 1; 23(6):425-434. PMID: 35283451.
Erklauer JC, Thomas AX, Hong SJ, Appavu BL, Carpenter JL, Chiriboga-Salazar NR, Ferrazzano PA, Goldstein Z, Griffith JL, Guilliams KP, Kirschen MP, Lidsky K, Lovett ME, McLaughlin B, Munoz Pareja JC, Murphy S, O'Donnell W, Riviello JJ, Schober ME, Topjian AA, Wainwright MS, Simon DW, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group. A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Children (Basel). 2022 Jul 20;9(7):1086. PMID: 35884070.
Abou Khalil E, Gaines BA, Kellogg RG, Simon DW, Morgan KM, Richardson WM, Leeper CM. Association of Thromboelastography with Progression of Hemorrhagic Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care. 2022 Jul 28. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35896767.
Rakkar J, Azar J, Pelletier JH, Au AK, Bell MJ, Simon DW, Kochanek PM, Clark RSB, Horvat CM. Temporal Patterns in Brain Tissue and Systemic Oxygenation Associated with Mortality After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children. Neurocrit Care. 2022 Sep 28. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36171518.
Malik D, Simon DW, Thakkar K, Rajan DS, Kernan KF. Genetic Variation in Genes of Inborn Errors of Immunity in Children with Unexplained Encephalitis. Genes Immun. 2022 Nov; 23(7): 235-239. PMID: 36198812.
Simon DW, Raphael I, Johnson KM, Dixon CE, Vagni V, Janesko-Feldman K, Kochanek PM, Bayir H, Clark RSB, McGeachy MJ. Endogenous Interleukin-17a Contributes to Normal Spatial Memory Retention but Does Not Affect Early Behavioral or Neuropathological Outcomes after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep. 2022 Sep 1; 3(1):340-351. PMID: 36204388.
Hect JL, ALmast A, Simon D, Shoemaker S, McDowell MM. Prevalence, severity, and neurosurgical management of abusive head trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Mar 31;32(1):19-25. PMID: 37021756.
Munjal NK, Clark RSB, Simon DW, Kochanek PM, Horvat CM. Interoperable and explainable machine learning models to predict morbidity and mortality in acute neurological injury in the pediatric intensive care unit: secondary analysis of the TOPICC study. Front Pediatr. 2023 Jun 28;11:1177470. PMID: 37456559.
Academic and Research Interests
- Pediatric Neurocritical Care
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Microbiome
- Neuroinflammation
Research Grants
1R01NS127372, Impact of microbiota-derived metabolites on traumatic brain injury-related neurodegeneration, 2023-2027.