Peter Simon PhD

Dr. Peter Simon works as a Senior Lead Scientist at the Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education (FORE) where he has been employed since August 2012. Dr. Simon holds the courtesy Professorship appointments at the University of South Florida at Morsani College of Medicine and the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. His primary research interest is focused on the morphometric and morphologic evaluation of healthy and diseased human joints.

Peter completed his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Chicago and his Master's degree at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. His research endowers at this period, reflected by his dissertation, lied in the area of orthopedic biomechanics of the spine and effects of the natural progression of osteoarthritis – a degenerative disease affecting every human joint. After graduation, Peter joined FORE for his post-doctoral training with a primary focus on shoulder biomechanics and became a full-time staff scientist in 2014. His primary area of expertise is the quantification and assessment of shoulder anatomy and pathology from both basic and clinical science perspectives with a firm focus on improvements in diagnostics and treatment of shoulder-related pathologies. Dr. Simon is best known for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the three-dimensional models of the human bones from computer tomography scans. Peter authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications, two book chapters, and he is an active participant in national and international conferences with more than 35 podium or poster presentations. More recently, Dr. Simon got involved in the research and development of new implant designs for shoulder joint replacement.

Dr. Simon has served as a research mentor for ten students (both medical school and engineering department), he is active in orthopedic residency and fellowship research training and currently, Dr. Simon serves as a leader of the multicenter study group within the society of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons that aims to better diagnose and treat Osteoarthritis in the shoulder joint. The long-term goal of the Natural History of Osteoarthritis study group is to develop new diagnostic methods for the detection of glenohumeral osteoarthritis, particularly in its early stages. His other research interests include studying the biomechanics of the spine and ankle joint and developing clinical outcome measures. Peter received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia in 2007. He received his Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2012. Peter enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with his friends.