Jean-Pascal Simon, MD graduated from University of Paris V, Rene Descartes, with a Silver Medal for his thesis "Conization of the Cervix for Pre-cancerous Lesions." He completed his residency in France in obstetrics and gynecology as an "Ancien Interne des Hopitaux de Paris," with rotations at Hotel Dieu, Port Royal/Cochin and St. Vincent de Paul, and also served as Assistant Director of Clinique Spontini.As a Fulbright Fellow, he came to New York in 1982 for his research and clinical fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 168th Street campus. Board-certified in both France and the United States, he is also one of the few gynecologists licensed to practice acupuncture in New York.