Liliana Simon, MD

Dr. Simon was an assistant professor at the Yale University School of Medicine where she served as the Associate Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. She was the Pediatric Representative of the Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Patient Safety Steering Committee and was the co-organizer of the First Patient Safety Workshop in Pediatrics. Dr. Simon was a member of the Pediatric Ethics Committee, was the Physician Representative in the Hospital’s Family Advisory Council and was the Co-Director in the development of the Pediatric Palliative Care Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Maryland, Dr. Simon worked as an attending physician in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, MD where she remained involved in the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement initiatives and committees.

Since joining the faculty at the University of Maryland, Dr. Simon has pursued her interest in Lactation and Breastfeeding Medicine. She obtained her Lactation Consultant certification by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, became a member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and serves as a Board Member for the Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition and serves on the University of Maryland Medical Center Breastfeeding Best Practices Committee.

She speaks several languages, including Portuguese, French and Spanish and has practiced medicine in the United States, Canada and Brazil.