Dr. Simons is a graduate of MIT and Yale University School of Medicine. He trained in molecular cardiology at NHLBI and cardiovascular medicine at the Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. He served on faculties of Harvard and Dartmouth and is currently a Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology at Yale University and Honorary Professor of Medicine at UCL. He holds numerous patents and helped launch two companies. He led the first trials of therapeutic angiogenesis in the USA and his basic research discoveries have played an important role in moving the field forward. He has published over 370 research papers and reviews and has been elected to a number of honorary societies