Peggy M. Simon, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Department: Division
Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Special Interests: Mechanical Ventilation; Non-Invasive Ventilation; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Pulmonary Problems in Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders; Critical Care

Medical Degree: Medical College of Wisconsin

Residency: Barnes Hospital, Washington University, Internal Medicine

Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Certification: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Critical Care Medicine

Biography:Dr. Simon recently joined the University of Maryland from Dartmouth School of Medicine to develop clinical and research programs in pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic ventilator weaning at University Specialty Hospital. She had previously developed pulmonary rehabilitation programs at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Her research has focused on the respiratory control system responses to mechanical ventilation, including effects of wakefulness, sleep and neuromechanical influences on patient- ventilator interactions.

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