Grant R. Simons, MD
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
Languages Spoken
- Thai
Related Services
Related Practices
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
Other Areas of Practice
- Bloodless Medicine
Procedures
- Ambulatory Telemetry Monitoring
- Arrhythmia Management
- Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Catheter Ablation
- Cryoablation
- Defibrillator Follow-Up
- Defibrillator Implantation
- Diagnostic Electrophysiology Study
- Holter/Ambulatory Monitoring
- Left Atrial Appendage Closure
- Pacemaker Follow-Up
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Pharmacological Stress Test
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Tilt Table Test
- Watchman® Implant
Conditions Treated
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Bradycardia
- Heart Block
- Palpitations
- Shortness of Breath
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope (Fainting)
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
North Jersey Electrophysiology Associates at Englewood
350 Engle Street 3 East Englewood, NJ 07631
Appointments
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About
About Grant Simons
Dr. Simons is chief of heart rhythm services at Englewood Hospital and an assistant clinical professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He specializes in the evaluation and treatment of heart rhythm disorders and conditions through the use of catheterization, cryoablation, and implantable devices. He has particular interest in atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and pacemakers, Dr. Simons received his MD from Duke University School of Medicine. He did his residency in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School-Brigham and Women's Hospital and a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications, and he has lectured widely on cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Simons is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Honors & Awards
2020, 2019: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors
2020-2016: Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area
2020-2012: Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors
2019, 2018: (201) Magazine Bergen's Top Doctors
2019, 2017, 2014, 2013: New York Magazine Best Doctors
2019-2013: Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors
2018-2012, 2010: New Jersey Monthly Magazine Top Doctor
2017-2012: (201) Health Magazine Top Doctor
2010: Herbert Dardik Award for Clinical Excellence, Englewood Hospital
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Professional Memberships
American Medical Association
Committees and Leadership Positions
Chief, Heart Rhythm Services at Englewood Health
2017-present: Ambulatory IT Committee (EPIC adoption and implementation planning), Englewood Hospital
2017-present: Inaugural Homeostasis and Allostasis Curriculum Design Team, Seton Hall Hackensack Meridian Medical School
2016: Inaugural Curriculum and Student Affairs Self-Study Committee, Seton Hall Hackensack Meridian Medical School
2013-present: Executive Committee, Heart and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
2013-present: Co-Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology PI committee, Hackensack University Medical Center
2013-present: Chairman, IRB, Englewood Hospital
2011-2015: Heart Rhythm Society Advisory Panel
2011: Member, search committee for the chief of the Heart and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
2010-2015: Clinical Events Committee, CITADEL and CENTURION studies, TyRx Pharma, Inc.
2007-2012: Manuscript publication committee, OMNI study
2003-2013: Member, Institutional Review Board, Englewood Hospital
Global Health and Community Health Activities
2006-present: Trustee, Englewood Hospital Foundation
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowship
Duke University Medical Center: Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certifications & Distinctions
- Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Publications
Publications
Henrikson CA, Sohail MR, Acosta H, Johnson EE, Rosenthal L, Pachulski R, Dan D, Paladino W, Khairallah FS, Gleed K, Hanna I, Cheng A, Lexcen DR, Simons GR. Antibacterial Envelope is Associated with Low Infection Rates Following ICD and CRT Replacement: Results of the Citadel and Centurion Studies. JACC-EP 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.02.016
Akinjero A, Donaldson S, Simons GR, Erlebacher J. ECG of the Month: Elderly Man with Palpitations. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2017, in press.
Manandhar M, Nemirovsky D, Feigenblum DY, Simons GR. Investigation of the Utility of the Audible Alert in Recent Generation Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2016 Nov 3. doi: 10.1111/pace.12972.
Kelley RS, Vardy MD, Simons GR, Chen H, Ascher-Walsh C, Brodman M. A pilot study of cardiac electrophysiology catheters to map and pace bladder electrical activity. Neurourol. Urodynam 2016; doi:10.1002/nau.23087.
Krishnamoorthy P, Shapiro ML, Nemirovsky D, Feigenblum DY, Simons GR. Aortic Intramural Hematoma after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2016; 2: 395-396.
Ziegler PD, Sakaguchi S, Simons GR, Koehler JL, Warman E. The Prevalence of Sinus Rhythm in Patients with “Permanent” Atrial Fibrillation. PACE 2014: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pace.12354.
Tang GHL, Pawale A, Simons GR, Stelzer PE. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diagnosis of Left Atrial Abscess After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013; 96:1473-1475.
Akl EG, AbiNader MK, Simons GR, Recent Developments in the Prevention of Thromboembolism from Atrial Fibrillation: Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices. J Innov Card Rhythm Management 2012; 3: 818-828.
Sweeney MO, Sakaguchi SI, Simons GR, Machado C, Yang Fang. Response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Coverage with Evidence Development Request for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Data from the OMNI Study. Heart Rhythm 2012; 9:1058-1066.
Bloom HL, Constantin L, Dan D, DeLurgio DB, El-Chami M, Ganz, LI, Gleed KJ, Hackett FK, Kanuru NK, Lerner DJ, Rasekh A, Simons GR, Sogade SO, Sohail MR. Implantation Success and Infection in Cardiovascular
Implantable Electronic Device Procedures Utilizing an Antibacterial Envelope. Pace 2011; 34: 133-42.