William Simon, Ph.D.

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Current interest is image processing applied to medical and biological data and application of information handling techniques to medical education. Prior areas of interest have been emission and transmission tomography and ultrasound. Collaborative work has included epidemiology of cancer due to radiation exposure and smoking, sodium and potassium transport and metabolic models of cell differentiation.

Current Appointments

• Professor - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD)

Education
PhD Physics	Harvard University	1958
MA Physics	Harvard University	1952
BS Physics	Carnegie Inst of Technology	1950

Lab Website

http://dbb.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/simon/bill_simon.html

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Recent Journal Articles
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Simon W; Segel GB; Lichtman MA. "Early allogeneic stem cell transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia in the imatinib era: a preliminary assessment." Blood cells, molecules & diseases. 2006; 37(2):116-24; discussion 125-7. Epub 2006 Aug 10.
Shrager, P.; Simon, W.; Kazarinova-Noyes, K.;. "Na+ Channel Reorganization in Demyelinated Axons. In Multiple Sclerosis as a Neuronal Disease". Edited by Stephen G. Waxman . Elsevier Academic Press (2005).
Custer AW; Kazarinova-Noyes K; Sakurai T; Xu X; Simon W; Grumet M; Shrager P. "The role of the ankyrin-binding protein NrCAM in node of Ranvier formation." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2003; 23(31):10032-9.
Weiss B; Clarkson TW; Simon W. "Silent latency periods in methylmercury poisoning and in neurodegenerative disease." Environmental health perspectives. 2002; 110 Suppl 5():851-4.
Morsch R; Simon W; Coleman PD. "Neurons may live for decades with neurofibrillary tangles." Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology. 1999; 58(2):188-97.