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Joseph Simonett
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Joseph Simonett, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

John A. Moran Eye Center

Salt Lake City
801-581-2352

Midvalley Health Center

Moran Eye Center
Murray
801-585-3937

South Jordan Health Center

Moran Eye Center
South Jordan

  • Dr. Simonett specializes in the medical and surgical management of diseases of the retina and vitreous and conducts related clinical research. He has clinical expertise in caring for patients with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, and ocular trauma.

    Dr. Simonett earned his medical degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed a residency at Oregon Health and Science University’s Casey Eye Institute. There, he earned several awards, including the Kenneth Swan, MD, Resident Research Award for his work on the treatment of ocular infections and the McLean Resident Service Award for community outreach.

    He then completed a vitreoretinal fellowship at the University of Utah and worked in private practice in Portland, Oregon, for three years before returning to his academic position at the Moran Eye Center.

    His clinical research focuses on the safety and efficacy of retinal injections, advancing retinal imaging techniques, and identifying diseases that mimic age-related macular degeneration. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and has served as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

    He is accepting new patients at the John A. Moran Eye Center’s University, Midvalley, and South Jordan locations.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Ophthalmology

  • Dr. Simonett specializes in the medical and surgical management of diseases of the retina and vitreous and conducts related clinical research. He has clinical expertise in caring for patients with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, and ocular trauma.

    Dr. Simonett earned his medical degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed a residency at Oregon Health and Science University’s Casey Eye Institute. There, he earned several awards, including the Kenneth Swan, MD, Resident Research Award for his work on the treatment of ocular infections and the McLean Resident Service Award for community outreach.

    He then completed a vitreoretinal fellowship at the University of Utah and worked in private practice in Portland, Oregon, for three years before returning to his academic position at the Moran Eye Center.

    His clinical research focuses on the safety and efficacy of retinal injections, advancing retinal imaging techniques, and identifying diseases that mimic age-related macular degeneration. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and has served as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

    He is accepting new patients at the John A. Moran Eye Center’s University, Midvalley, and South Jordan locations.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Board Certification
    American Board of Ophthalmology

    Education history

    Fellowship Vitreoretinal Fellowship - University of Utah Clinical Fellow
    Residency Ophthalmology - Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University Resident
    Internship St. Vincent Hospital Medical Center Preliminary Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Genetics - University of Wisconsin B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Simonett JM, Igelman A, Taylor SC, Campbell JP, Hwang TS, Lin P, Lauer AK, Flaxel CJ (2018). Culture-Proven Endophthalmitis After Intravitreal Injection: A 10-Year Analysis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina, 50(1), 33-38. ()
    2. Pi S, Camino A, Wei X, Simonett J, Cepurna W, Huang D, Morrison JC, Jia Y (2018). Rodent retinal circulation organization and oxygen metabolism revealed by visible-light optical coherence tomography. Biomed Opt Express, 9(11), 5851-5862. ()
    3. Simonett JM, Winges KM (2018). Vitreopapillary Traction Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography. JAMA Ophthalmol, 136(5), e180727. ()
    4. Lu Y, Simonett JM, Wang J, Zhang M, Hwang T, Hagag AM, Huang D, Li D, Jia Y (2018). Evaluation of Automatically Quantified Foveal Avascular Zone Metrics for Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 59(6), 2212-2221. ()
    5. Simonett JM, Scarinci F, Picconi F, Giorno P, De Geronimo D, Di Renzo A, Varano M, Frontoni S, Parravano M (2017). Early microvascular retinal changes in optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Acta Ophthalmol, 95(8), e751-e755. ()
    6. Cacciamani A, Gelso A, Simonett JM, Ripandelli G, Pileri M, Stirpe M, Scarinci F (2016). LONGITUDINAL MICROPERIMETRY EVALUATION AFTER INTRAVITREAL OCRIPLASMIN INJECTION FOR VITREOMACULAR TRACTION. Retina, 37(10), 1832-1838. ()
    7. Jia Y, Simonett JM, Wang J, Hua X, Liu L, Hwang TS, Huang D (2017). Wide-Field OCT Angiography Investigation of the Relationship Between Radial Peripapillary Capillary Plexus Density and Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 58(12), 5188-5194. ()
    8. Parravano M, De Geronimo D, Scarinci F, Querques L, Virgili G, Simonett JM, Varano M, Bandello F, Querques G (2017). Diabetic Microaneurysms Internal Reflectivity on Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Detection. Am J Ophthalmol, 179, 90-96. ()
    9. Scarinci F, Fawzi AA, Shaarawy A, Simonett JM, Jampol LM (2016). LONGITUDINAL QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF OUTER RETINAL LESIONS IN ACUTE POSTERIOR MULTIFOCAL PLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. Retina, 37(5), 851-857. ()
    10. Garg PG, Simonett JM, Fawzi AA (2017). White Vitreous Deposits After Subtenon Steroid Injection: More Than Meets the Eye. JAMA Ophthalmol, 135(4), 391-392. ()
    11. Simonett JM, Chan EW, Chou J, Skondra D, Colon D, Chee CK, Lingam G, Fawzi AA (2016). Quantitative Analysis of En Face Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina, 48(2), 126-133. ()
    12. Simonett JM, Grewal DS, Fawzi AA, Lyon AT, Gill MK (2016). Fundus Autofluorescence Patterns of Submacular Fluid Resolution Following Repair of Macula-Involving Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina, 47(11), 1020-1029. ()
    13. Knoll B, Simonett J, Volpe NJ, Farsiu S, Ward M, Rademaker A, Weintraub S, Fawzi AA (2016). Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Case-control study and meta-analysis. Alzheimers Dement (Amst), 4, 85-93. ()
    14. Narala R, Scarinci F, Shaarawy A, Simonett JM, Flaxel CJ, Fawzi AA (2016). LONGITUDINAL QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF PHOTORECEPTOR VOLUME FOLLOWING REPAIR OF MACULA-OFF RETINAL DETACHMENT. Retina, 36(8), 1432-8. ()
    15. Simonett JM, Huang R, Siddique N, Farsiu S, Siddique T, Volpe NJ, Fawzi AA (2016). Macular sub-layer thinning and association with pulmonary function tests in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Sci Rep, 6, 29187. ()
    16. Iu LP, Fan MC, Wong IY, Simonett JM, Jampol LM, Fawzi AA (2016). Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina, 36(7), 1403-7. ()
    17. Simonett JM, Scarinci F, Labriola LT, Jampol LM, Goldstein DA, Fawzi AA (2016). A case of recurrent, self-inflicted handheld laser retinopathy. J AAPOS, 20(2), 168-70. ()
    18. Simonett JM, Sohrab MA, Pacheco J, Armstrong LL, Rzhetskaya M, Smith M, Geoffrey Hayes M, Fawzi AA (2015). A Validated Phenotyping Algorithm for Genetic Association Studies in Age-related Macular Degeneration. Sci Rep, 5, 12875. ()
    19. Volpe NJ, Simonett J, Fawzi AA, Siddique T (2016). Ophthalmic Manifestations of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, 113, T12. ()
    20. Capowski EE, Simonett JM, Clark EM, Wright LS, Howden SE, Wallace KA, Petelinsek AM, Pinilla I, Phillips MJ, Meyer JS, Schneider BL, Thomson JA, Gamm DM (2014). Loss of MITF expression during human embryonic stem cell differentiation disrupts retinal pigment epithelium development and optic vesicle cell proliferation. Hum Mol Genet, 23(23), 6332-44. ()
    21. Fawzi AA, Simonett JM, Purta P, Moss HE, Lowry JL, Deng HX, Siddique N, Sufit R, Bigio EH, Volpe NJ, Siddique T (2014). Clinicopathologic report of ocular involvement in ALS patients with C9orf72 mutation. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener, 15(7-8), 569-80. ()
    22. Singh R, Shen W, Kuai D, Martin JM, Guo X, Smith MA, Perez ET, Phillips MJ, Simonett JM, Wallace KA, Verhoeven AD, Capowski EE, Zhang X, Yin Y, Halbach PJ, Fishman GA, Wright LS, Pattnaik BR, Gamm DM (2012). iPS cell modeling of Best disease: insights into the pathophysiology of an inherited macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet, 22(3), 593-607. ()

    Letter

    1. Simonett JM, Shakoor A, Bernstein PS (2020). Intentional retinal injury with handheld lasers is an underrecognized form of self-harm. [Letter to the editor]. J Affect Disord, 281, 503-504. ()