Simon Grinshteyn, MD
**** ******** *****, **** *****, FL 33991
adbs1b@r.postjobfree.com
Education and Medical Training
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education 07/2011-7/2014
(Formerly Wyoming Valley Health Care System)
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA
● Family Medicine
● Chief Resident ’13-‘14
● EMR: Sorian (Citrix) and Athena
Ross University School of Medicine 05/2006-11/2008 Dominca
● Highest honors
St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine 09/2003-12/2005 Cayman Islands
Professional Work History
Staff Hospitalist/Intermediate Care physician with Lee Physician Group 10/2014-Present
Healthpark Medical Center and Complex Care Center Fort Myers, Florida
● Responsible for care of acute care adults
● Daily census 16-20 inpatients and 10-16 clinic patients
● EMR: Epic
● Minor Procedures
● Open ICU
● Nursing Lectures Series twice monthly
● Post hospital follow up care on a variety of patients with varying complexities
● Wound care
o Sharp debridement
o Topical application
o Lymphedema
o Incision and Drainage
o Packing
o Wound Vac application and management
o Burn management in the outpt setting
Assistant Professor-Florida International University School of Medicine 10/18-present Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
● Instruct Medical students in evidenced-based medicine as it pertains to Family Medicine/wound care
● Instruct Medical students in evidenced-based medicine as it pertains to Hospital Medicine Assistant Clinical Professsor Nova University Physician Assistant Program 11/17-present
Healthpark Medical Center, Fort Myers, Florida
● Instruct PA students in evidenced-based medicine as it pertains to Family Medicine
● Instruct PA students in evidenced-based medicine as it pertains to Hospital Medicine Lead RCIS, Education Coordinator (Cath Lab) 02/2002-08/2003 Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Webster, TX
● Utilized previous skills and cath lab experience in addition to performing staff/patient education. Instituted initiative to decrease post cardiac catheterization hematoma and bleeding occurrences. Cardiovascular Technologist/RCIS 05/1999-02/2002
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital at the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
● Assisted cardiologists with an array of procedures such as diagnostic/interventional procedures, EP studies, PPM/AICD and IABP insertions, IVUS, stress testing, radiological safety, and Holter monitoring. Registered Cardiovascular Interventional Specialist 09/1997-03/1999 Morristown Memorial Hospital School of Cardiovascular Technology Morristown, NJ
Licensure and Certifications
FL License-unrestricted
ME 121251
Registered Florida Medicinal Marijuana prescriber
DEX Suboxone license holder
American Board of Family Medicine
Board Certified
America Board of Wound Management
NBWS Hyperbaric Certification
(Medicare reimbursement eligible)
NBWS Wound Care Certified
Advanced Diabetes Management Board Certification
To be completed 12/2019
Other Certifications
BLS, ACLS, PALS, ALSO, NALS
Professional Memberships
Glucose management work Group 2019-present
Chair
Society of Hospital Medicine 2017-present
Member
America Society of Hypertension 2016-present
Member- HTN specialist
Board of Heart Failure Committee 2015
Member, Lee Memorial Health System
Board of Sepsis Committee 2014
Member, Lee Memorial Health System
American Academy of Family Physicians 2011-current Awards
Award for excellence in Patient Care (during Hurricane Irma) 2017 Award recipient
Physician of the Month 2015
Award recipient
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine 2014
Award recipient
Additional Accomplishments
The Resident Council Executive Board 7/2013- 7/2014 Charter Member, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education The Residency Intern Survival Guide 2012
Co-creator
Monthly Resident ECG Clinic 2012- 2014.
Creator and Facilitator
Program Education Committee 2014
Member
TV Appearances:
“Alzheimer’s Disease- What the family should know”
“What is a hospitalist?”
“Does alcohol have effects on your Blood pressure?”
“Does a hot climate, thin your blood?”
‘Lowering your blood pressure: What are the benefits?” PUBLISHED
A case of successful delayed thrombolysis in a patient with submassive pulmonary embolism Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 74 (2014) S1–S33