Luca De Simone, MD
Director of the Nephrology Department
JFK Medical Center
Hospital Privileges
John F. Kennedy Medical Center - Edison, NJ
Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy, NJ
DaVita Hemodialysis Center ( Perth Amboy, Edison)
Fresenius Hemodialysis Center (Colonia, South Plainfield)
Medical Education
3/85-10/92 School Of Medicine
State University of Naples, Italy
Graduated Summa cum Laude (110/110 cum Laude)
Medical Training
11/92-12/93 Internship in Internal Medicine and Nephrology,
Dept of Nephrology, State University of Naples, Italy
1/94-2/95 Internship in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Dept of Endocrinology, State University of Naples, Italy
7/95-6/98 Internal Medicine Residency
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
7/98-6/00 Nephrology Fellowship
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Medical Licensing and Board Certifications
New Jersey State Medical License
American Board Examination in Internal Medicine
American Board Examination in Nephrology
Italian Medical License
Employment
2001-2002 Attending Physician
Dept of Nephrology and Hemodialysis Unit
Citta` di Roma Hospital, Rome, Italy
2002-2005 , Attending Physician
Woodbridge Internal Medicine Associates
150 Green street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
2006-2008 , Attending Physician
Woodbridge Medical Associates
1000 Rt 9N suite #302 , Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Publications
“Blood flow distribution in sorbent beds: analysis of a new sorbent device for hemoperfusion”;
C. Ronco, PM Ghezzi, L De Simone –The international Journal of Artificial Organs, vol.23/feb. 2000/pp. 125-130
”Clinical Experience with Continuous Flow and Flow-Through Peritoneal Dialysis”
Richard Amerling, Luca DeSimone, Rosa Inciong-Reyes, Amy Pangilinan, Tom Folden, Claudio Ronco, Frank A. Gotch, Nathan Levin - Seminars In Dialysis
Vol. 14 Issue 5 Page 388 October 2001
“The Endocrine Kidney”
A. Dubrow, Luca De Simone - Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Chapter 183, pages 1666-1672. 2000.
Antibiotic dosing in slow continuous dialysis (SCD)
Amerling R, Alexander G, DeSimone L, et al - Blood Purif 18(1):77, 2000 (abstract)
Continuous flow PD (CFPD) with the Fresenius 2008H: First clinical trial.
Amerling R, DeSimone L, Gotch FA. ASAIO J 46:218 (abstract)