The Trauma Center serves an eleven county area and is the referral for 30 hospitals in the Central New York Region. University Hospital is a 350 bed teaching facility.
Trauma care is one of our highest priorities.
At present there are four trauma surgeons who alternate twenty-four hour coverage for the Trauma Service at University Hospital. Howard Simon leads the Trauma Service as Medical Director. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and holds the certificate of Additional Qualification in Surgical Critical Care. Currently, Dr. Simon is an attending Surgeon at both University Hospital and Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse. Dr. Simon is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine at the State University of New York College of Medicine as well as the Director of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program at University Hospital.