C. RobertoSimons-LinaresMDMSc.

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Biliary Tract Disease, Pancreas Disease, Bariatric Medicine

Advanced/Interventional Endoscopy Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, OH Bariatric Endoscopy Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA

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Dr. Simons-Linares is an Advanced Endoscopist and Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Cleveland Clinic. He did his Gastroenterology Fellowship and Advanced/Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic - Lerner College of Medicine. In addition, he did his Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School. He is also an Editor for multiple Endoscopy/GI peer-review journals. His research interests include Endoscopic Bariatric & Metabolic Therapies, Interventional EUS, ERCP, Endoscopic Surgery, pancreatitis, pancreas cysts & cancer, biliary strictures, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental Endoscopy & Device Innovation.

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Brigham and Womens HospitalFellowship, Bariatric Endoscopy, 2020
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Advanced Endoscopy, 2020
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2017 - 2020
Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2017
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)Residency, Gastroenterology, 2014 - 2017
Rush UniversityMaster of Science Clinical Research, Acute Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer, 2014 - 2016
Northwestern UniversityResearch, Cancer Biology, 2012 - 2014
Université de StrasbourgMD, Medical School, 2008 - 2012
Université de StrasbourgClass of 2012

Presidential Award ACG American College of Gastroenterology, 2016
Pancreatobiliary Category Award Winner Digestive Disease Week (DDW), 2016
Research Travel Scholar 2016 Rush University, 2016
National Clinical Research Category Award Winner American College of Physicians, 2015
Residency Program Research Award 2015 Cook County Health and Hospital System (Chicago, IL), 2015
Presidential Award American College of Gastroenterology, 2014
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PubMed

4 citations
Clinical Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients with Cirrhosis According to Liver Disease Severity Scores
C. Roberto Simons-Linares, Suha Abushamma, Carlos Romero-Marrero, Amit Bhatt, Rocio Lopez
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021-08-01
11 citations
The Risk of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis in Celiac Disease
Motasem Alkhayyat, Mohannad Abou Saleh, Mohammad Abureesh, George Khoudari, Thabet Qapaja
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021-08-01
20 citations
Viral-Attributed Acute Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review.
C. Roberto Simons-Linares, Zaid Imam, Prabhleen Chahal
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021-07-01

Journal Articles

Obesity is an independent risk factor for Persistent SIRS and AKI during a first episode of acute pancreatitis
Simons-Linares, Carlos Roberto, Trick William E., Thesis Dissertation: Master of Science Clinical Research, Rush University. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2016. #10140400., 5/12/2016
Diabetic ketoacidosis with hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis as first presentation of diabetes mellitus: report of three cases
Yuchen Wang, MD, Bashar M. Attar, MD, PhD, Sara Bedrose, MD, William Trick, MD, Oscar Rivas-Chicas, MD, Carlos Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, Chioma Onyenwenyi, MD, Sisir..., AACE Clinical Case Reports: Summer 2017, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. e195-e199., 7/1/2015

Committee Member, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) - DDW World Cup of Endoscopy and Video Plenary Committee 2020 - Present
Committee Member, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) - Research Committee 2020 - Present
Training Committee Member, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) 2019 - Present
Training Committee Member, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2018 - Present
Editor-in-Chief, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) - Case Report journal 2019 - 2020
Associate Editor 2018-2019, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) - Case Report journal 2018 - 2019
Chair, American College of Physicians (ACP) - Illinois Chapter Residents/Fellows Committee 2014 - 2017