Carlos A. Simon MD, PhD

Professor Simon earned his MD with an Award of Excellence from Valencia University in 1985 and is the Board of Certified Obstetrics and Gynaecology since 1991. Professor Simon completed his PhD at Valencia University and received a postdoctoral grant for a Fellowship on Reproductive Immunology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stanford University, California (USA) between 1991 and 1994.

On returning to Spain, he has received research grant support for ten projects from the Spanish government, and for the Regional Valencian government for 4 projects, one grant from the Basque government and support for an additional twelve projects from international organisations and American universities. His current positions are Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Valencia (UV), Director of Fundacion IVI (FIVI) and Scientific Director of Igenomix.

Since 1991, his basic and clinical research has contributed to the advance of Reproductive Medicine, specifically in the understanding of human endometrial receptivity, embryo viability, embryonic implantation, and endometriosis. He discovered the relevance of the interleukin-1 system in embryonic implantation (Simon et al., JCEM 1993; 1994; Endocrinology 1994; BOR 2006). He demonstrated the deleterious effect of high hormonal levels in patients with high response to gonadotrophins thus modifying the established clinical practice (HR1995; Fertil Steril 1996; 1998).