Education
MD, University of Toronto, graduating at the age of 22. Winner of Chappelle Prize in Clinical Surgery on graduation
Postgraduate degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine 1951
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada 1954
Master of Surgery, University of Toronto 1956
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 1957
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1975. Recertifications by examination as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1983. Recertification by examination as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1992
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Edward Henry Simmons
Professional honours and positions held
President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association 1981–1982 (7th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Surgery of the English Speaking World)
President of the Cervical Spine Research Society 1974–1975
President of the Scoliosis Research Society 1975–1976
Commissioned a Colonel of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in recognition of contribution to the treatment of crippling deformities of the spine August 6, 1975
American–British–Canadian Travelling Fellow (ABC Fellow) 1965
President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society 1982
Examiner of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
President of the American Back Society 1991–1996
Member, North American Spine Society
Member, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
President of the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto 1971–1972
Academic positions
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
Director of University Orthopaedic Spine Service
Orthopaedic Department Head, Buffalo General Hospital 1982–1992
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto 1981
Chairman of the Committee on Postgraduate Instruction in Orthopaedic Surgery 1958–1975
Chairman of Committee on Postgraduate Training in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto 1975–1983
Chief of the Orthopaedic Division of the Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital 1975–1983
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Postgraduate Training of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association 1980–1982
Spine Fellowship Director, University of Toronto 1966–1983
Director of the University Orthopaedic Spine Service and Fellowship Program, State University of New York at Buffalo 1983–July 1997
These combined programs have trained 62 spine surgeons now at 58 university centres in North America, 2 in South Africa, 1 in Australia and 1 in China.
Publications
Author of 20 book chapters, over 156 scientific articles and 5 teaching movies
Editorial consultant, Journal of SPINE; consultant editor, Clinical de Colombia, Bogotá, Columbia
Visiting professorships and guest lectureships
These total 215, including 46 university visiting professorships and 40 designated lectureships in 75 university centres in 24 countries. Dr. Simmons has given over 900 scientific presentations to national and international meetings.
Development
Development and standardization of technique of cervical osteotomy for flexion deformity in ankylosing spondylitis under local anesthesia
The technique of extension osteotomy of the lumbar spine
Surgery of anterior instrumentation of the spine for correction of spinal deformity introduced to North America in 1969
Anterior cervical disectomy and fusion with the Key-stone technique
Chiart osteotomy for congenital dysplasia of the hip joint with arthrosis
Rotation as the cause of cubitus varus in supracondylar fractures of the elbow
Research activities
Include ongoing basic science and clinical research studies related to orthopedic aspects of spinal disability
Senior faculty advisor resulting in the award of the Edouard Samson Prize of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association on 2 occasions for the most outstanding research work done in Canada that year
The Russell Hibbs Award of the Scoliosis Research Society on 2 occasions
The Basic Science Award of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Two research fellows were awarded the degree of Master of Surgery, and 3 were awarded the postgraduate degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine at the University of Toronto
Development of a basic science research program at the University of Buffalo with 1 orthopedic candidate selected per year with a Master Degree of completion of a successful thesis. Since it was instituted, 4 successful candidates have qualified for their Masters Degree, creating an opportunity for academic postgraduate basic science activity in the Orthopaedic Department of the University of Buffalo
Member
American Orthopaedic Association
Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
International Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society
Founding member, Cervical Spine Research Society
Founding member, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Honorary member, Western Orthopaedic Society
Honorary member, mid-America Orthopaedic Society
Honorary patron, Simmons Surgical Society