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A native Long Islander born at South Side Hospital, Bay Shore, New York -Grew up in Ronkonkoma and graduated from Connetquot High School in 1968 
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: Undergraduate Degree: St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York - 1972 Received: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry - Cum Laude Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine, Washingon D.C. - 1976 Received: Doctorate of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery Training: George Washington University Medical Center and affiliated Hospitals - 1976 - 1981 Practicing Medicine in West Islip and Bay Shore since 1981 AFFILIATIONS: Societies: American Medical Association New York State Orthopaedic Society Suffolk County Medical Society Fellowships: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AWARDS: AMA Physician Recognition Award for Continual Medical Education. Dr. Simonsen is a native Long Islander. He has practiced Orthopaedic Surgery in the West Islip and Bay Shore area since 1981. He believes in continual innovation, having done the first closed intramedullary rodding of femoral fractures in the Bay Shore/ West Islip area , as well as the first use of external fixation of open fractures. He was among the first Physicians to do operative arthroscopy in the shoulder, knee, elbow, and ankle in this location. He was also an early proponent of bracing and early rehabilitation of ligament injuries to avoid surgery or prolonged immobilization of the affected joint. |