Joel Simon, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Ambulatory Medicine/Clinical Epidemiology Fellowship UCSF School of Medicine 1992
• MPH Nutritional Epidemiology UC Berkeley School of Public Health 1990
• Internal Medicine Internship, Residency, Chief Residency SUNY Downstate College of Medicine 1978
• MD Medicine SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine 1974
• BA Biology SUNY Binghamton 1970

Grants and Projects

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• Serum Ascorbate and Coronary Risk in Nhanes Ii, NIH, 1995-1998

Publications (71)

Top publication keywords:
HypnosisAscorbic Acidalpha-Linolenic AcidSmoking CessationSecondary PreventionCholelithiasisCoronary DiseaseTobacco Use DisorderNicotinic AgonistsSmoking PreventionAntidepressive Agents, Second-GenerationHormone Replacement TherapyUric AcidNicotineBupropion

• Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator after Myocardial Infarction.
  The New England journal of medicine 2018 Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Vittinghoff E, Wranicz J, Malik R, Morin DP, Zweibel S, Buxton AE, Elayi CS, Chung EH, Rashba E, Borggrefe M, Hue TF, Maguire C, Lin F, Simon JA, Hulley S, Lee BK, VEST …
• Hypnosis for Smoking Relapse Prevention: A Randomized Trial.
  The American journal of clinical hypnosis 2017 Carmody TP, Duncan CL, Solkowitz SN, Huggins J, Simon JA
• Telephone-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for pain management among older military veterans: a randomized trial.
  Psychological services 2012 Carmody TP, Duncan CL, Huggins J, Solkowitz SN, Lee SK, Reyes N, Mozgai S, Simon JA
• Intensive intervention for alcohol-dependent smokers in early recovery: a randomized trial.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2011 Carmody TP, Delucchi K, Duncan CL, Banys P, Simon JA, Solkowitz SN, Huggins J, Lee SK, Hall SM
• Expectancies regarding the interaction between smoking and substance use in alcohol-dependent smokers in early recovery.
  Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2011 Carmody TP, Delucchi K, Simon JA, Duncan CL, Solkowitz SN, Huggins J, Lee SK, Hall SM

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• Smoking cessation interventions: a primer for physicians: Comment on "Use of varenicline for 4 weeks before quitting smoking".
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Simon JA
• ACP Journal Club: Review: Evidence for the effectiveness of vitamin D and calcium for reducing CV outcomes, cancer, and death is limited.
  Annals of internal medicine 2009 Simon JA
• Sustained-release bupropion for hospital-based smoking cessation: a randomized trial.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2009 Simon JA, Duncan C, Huggins J, Solkowitz S, Carmody TP
• The relation of alpha-linolenic acid to the risk of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  The American journal of clinical nutrition 2009 Simon JA, Chen YH, Bent S
• Hypnosis for smoking cessation: a randomized trial.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2008 Carmody TP, Duncan C, Simon JA, Solkowitz S, Huggins J, Lee S, Delucchi K
• Review: vitamin D supplementation decreases all-cause mortality in adults and older people.
  Evidence-based medicine 2008 Simon JA
• Variation in the 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase gene is associated with racial differences in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol response to simvastatin treatment.
  Circulation 2008 Krauss RM, Mangravite LM, Smith JD, Medina MW, Wang D, Guo X, Rieder MJ, Simon JA, Hulley SB, Waters D, Saad M, Williams PT, Taylor KD, Yang H, Nickerson DA, Rotter JI
• Review: vitamin D supplementation decreases all-cause mortality in adults and older individuals.
  ACP journal club 2008 Simon JA
• An intermediate body mass index (23 to 30 kg/m 2) was associated with the most favorable mortality in older women.
  ACP journal club 2007 Simon JA
• Differential effects of ramipril on ambulatory blood pressure in African Americans and Caucasians.
  American journal of hypertension 2007 Moran A, Simon JA, Shiboski S, Pickering TG, Waters D, Rotter JI, Lyon C, Nickerson D, Yang H, Saad M, Hsueh W, Krauss RM
• Lack of effect of walnuts on serum levels of prostate specific antigen: a brief report.
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2007 Simon JA, Tanzman JS, Sabaté J
• A low fat diet led to a minor weight loss at 7.5 years in postmenopausal women.
  Evidence-based medicine 2006 Simon JA
• Clinical trials of uric acid lowering for coronary heart disease risk reduction.
  The American journal of medicine 2006 Simon JA
• Phenotypic predictors of response to simvastatin therapy among African-Americans and Caucasians: the Cholesterol and Pharmacogenetics (CAP) Study.
  The American journal of cardiology 2006 Simon JA, Lin F, Hulley SB, Blanche PJ, Waters D, Shiboski S, Rotter JI, Nickerson DA, Yang H, Saad M, Krauss RM
• Bupropion for smoking cessation: a review.
  Comprehensive therapy 2006 Tong EK, Carmody TP, Simon JA
• Lack of a relation between vitamin and mineral antioxidants and bone mineral density: results from the Women's Health Initiative.
  The American journal of clinical nutrition 2005 Wolf RL, Cauley JA, Pettinger M, Jackson R, Lacroix A, Leboff MS, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Simon JA, Stone KL, Wactawski-Wende J
• Is there a simple way to identify insulin-resistant individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular disease?
  The American journal of cardiology 2005 McLaughlin T, Reaven G, Abbasi F, Lamendola C, Saad M, Waters D, Simon J, Krauss RM
• The relation of postmenopausal hormone therapy to serum uric acid and the risk of coronary heart disease events: the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS).
  Annals of epidemiology 2005 Simon JA, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Bittner V, Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Research Group
• Review: high-dose vitamin E supplementation is associated with increased all-cause mortality.
  ACP journal club 2005 Simon JA
• Review: n-3 fatty acids do not reduce mortality, cardiovascular events, or cancer in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.
  ACP journal club 2005 Simon JA
• Bupropion for smoking cessation: a randomized trial.
  Archives of internal medicine 2004 Simon JA, Duncan C, Carmody TP, Hudes ES
• Statin use and stroke outcomes in the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS).
  Neurology 2004 Bushnell CD, Newby LK, Goldstein LB, Lin F, Yaffe K, Simon JA
• Relation of ascorbic acid to coronary artery calcium: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.
  American journal of epidemiology 2004 Simon JA, Murtaugh MA, Gross MD, Loria CM, Hulley SB, Jacobs DR
• Atorvastatin reduced coronary and stroke events in patients with hypertension and without dyslipidemia.
  ACP journal club 2003 Simon JA
• Relation of serum ascorbic acid to Helicobacter pylori serology in US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2003 Simon JA, Hudes ES, Perez-Perez GI
• Intensive smoking cessation counseling versus minimal counseling among hospitalized smokers treated with transdermal nicotine replacement: a randomized trial.
  The American journal of medicine 2003 Simon JA, Carmody TP, Hudes ES, Snyder E, Murray J
• Hostility predicts recurrent events among postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease.
  American journal of epidemiology 2002 Chaput LA, Adams SH, Simon JA, Blumenthal RS, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Loh E, Matthews KA
• Combined vitamin E and vitamin C supplement use and risk of cardiovascular disease mortality.
  Archives of internal medicine 2002 Simon JA
• Review: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce fatal MI, sudden death, and overall mortality in coronary heart disease.
  ACP journal club 2002 Simon JA
• Factor V Leiden, hormone replacement therapy, and risk of venous thromboembolic events in women with coronary disease.
  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2002 Herrington DM, Vittinghoff E, Howard TD, Major DA, Owen J, Reboussin DM, Bowden D, Bittner V, Simon JA, Grady D, Hulley SB
• Subgroup interactions in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study: lessons learned.
  Circulation 2002 Furberg CD, Vittinghoff E, Davidson M, Herrington DM, Simon JA, Wenger NK, Hulley S
• Effect of estrogen plus progestin on risk for biliary tract surgery in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. The Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study.
  Annals of internal medicine 2001 Simon JA, Hunninghake DB, Agarwal SK, Lin F, Cauley JA, Ireland CC, Pickar JH
• Relation of ascorbic acid to bone mineral density and self-reported fractures among US adults.
  American journal of epidemiology 2001 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Renal insufficiency and cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001 Shlipak MG, Simon JA, Grady D, Lin F, Wenger NK, Furberg CD, Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Investigators
• Relation of serum ascorbic acid to mortality among US adults.
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2001 Simon JA, Hudes ES, Tice JA
• Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of stroke: The Heart and Estrogen-progestin Replacement Study (HERS).
  Circulation 2001 Simon JA, Hsia J, Cauley JA, Richards C, Harris F, Fong J, Barrett-Connor E, Hulley SB
• Peripheral arterial disease in randomized trial of estrogen with progestin in women with coronary heart disease: the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study.
  Circulation 2000 Hsia J, Simon JA, Lin F, Applegate WB, Vogt MT, Hunninghake D, Carr M
• Estrogen and progestin, lipoprotein(a), and the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease events after menopause.
  JAMA 2000 Shlipak MG, Simon JA, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Barrett-Connor E, Knopp RH, Levy RI, Hulley SB
• Serum ascorbic acid and gallbladder disease prevalence among US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III).
  Archives of internal medicine 2000 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Correlates of high HDL cholesterol among women with coronary heart disease.
  American heart journal 2000 Bittner V, Simon JA, Fong J, Blumenthal RS, Newby K, Stefanick ML
• Does "white coat hypertension" increase the risk for any adverse outcome from hypertension?
  The Western journal of medicine 2000 Simon JA
• Serum ascorbic acid and other correlates of self-reported cataract among older Americans.
  Journal of clinical epidemiology 1999 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Serum ascorbic acid and cardiovascular disease prevalence in U.S. adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III).
  Annals of epidemiology 1999 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead levels.
  JAMA 1999 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Relation of serum ascorbic acid to serum vitamin B12, serum ferritin, and kidney stones in US adults.
  Archives of internal medicine 1999 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Serum fatty acids and the risk of fatal cancer. MRFIT Research Group. Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial.
  American journal of epidemiology 1998 Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT, Browner WS
• Serum ascorbic acid and other correlates of gallbladder disease among US adults.
  American journal of public health 1998 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Relation of serum ascorbic acid to serum lipids and lipoproteins in US adults.
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1998 Simon JA, Hudes ES
• Serum ascorbic acid and cardiovascular disease prevalence in U.S. adults.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 1998 Simon JA, Hudes ES, Browner WS
• Ascorbic acid supplement use and the prevalence of gallbladder disease. Heart & Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Research Group.
  Journal of clinical epidemiology 1998 Simon JA, Grady D, Snabes MC, Fong J, Hunninghake DB
• The relation of smoking to waist-to-hip ratio and diabetes mellitus among elderly women.
  Preventive medicine 1997 Simon JA, Seeley DG, Lipschutz RC, Vittinghoff E, Browner WS
• Smoking cessation after surgery. A randomized trial.
  Archives of internal medicine 1997 Simon JA, Solkowitz SN, Carmody TP, Browner WS
• Relation of smoking and alcohol consumption to serum fatty acids.
  American journal of epidemiology 1996 Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT, Browner WS
• Serum fatty acids and blood pressure.
  Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 1996 Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT
• Correlates of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in Black girls and White girls: the NHLBI Growth and Health Study.
  American journal of public health 1995 Simon JA, Morrison JA, Similo SL, McMahon RP, Schreiber GB
• Serum fatty acids and the risk of coronary heart disease.
  American journal of epidemiology 1995 Simon JA, Hodgkins ML, Browner WS, Neuhaus JM, Bernert JT, Hulley SB
• Calcium intake and hypertension.
  The Journal of nutrition 1995 Simon JA, Browner WS, Hulley SB
• Serum fatty acids and the risk of stroke.
  Stroke 1995 Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT, Browner WS
• Dietary cation intake and blood pressure in black girls and white girls.
  American journal of epidemiology 1994 Simon JA, Obarzanek E, Daniels SR, Frederick MM
• Income and racial patterns of dietary vitamin C intake among black and white girls.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 1993 Simon JA, Schreiber GB, Crawford PB, Frederick MM, Sabry ZI
• Ascorbic acid and cholesterol gallstones.
  Medical hypotheses 1993 Simon JA
• Calcium intake and blood pressure in elderly women.
  American journal of epidemiology 1992 Simon JA, Browner WS, Tao JL, Hulley SB
• Predictors of smoking relapse after noncardiac surgery. Study of Perioperative Ischemia (SPI) Research Group.
  American journal of public health 1992 Simon JA, Browner WS, Mangano DT
• Vitamin C and cardiovascular disease: a review.
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1992 Simon JA
• Cholesterol, apolipoproteins, and the risk of myocardial infarction.
  The New England journal of medicine 1992 Simon JA, Browner WS, Hulley SB
• Caffeine, prostacyclin, and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.
  Chest 1991 Simon JA