# About Updated: 2026-01-25 [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="4.16" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row column_structure="3_5,2_5" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="|auto|-85px|auto||" custom_padding="48px|0px|27px|0px|false|false" locked="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="3_5" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text module_class="dct_title" _builder_version="4.16" link_option_url="/About/" global_colors_info="{}"]Cardiologist Dr. Americo Simonini MD FACC [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"]Dr. Americo A Simonini, MD, is a Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) specialist in Los Angeles, California.  After graduating cum laude from New York University and earring his MD at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Simonini postgraduate training include fellowships at NYU-Bellevue Hospitals, UC San Francisco Medical Center, and the University of Michigan Hospital. He has also received academic/ research support from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. He has enjoyed a solo practice while on staff at Cedars Sinai and UCLA for nearly 2 decades.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]  ______________________________________________________________________________[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="2_5" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://simoninicardiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Rico2.jpg" alt="Americo Simonini 2" title_text="https://simoninicardiology.com/ask-dr-rico/" url="/About/" align_tablet="center" align_phone="" align_last_edited="on|desktop" module_class="dct_bd_img" _builder_version="4.27.5" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_line_height="1.9em" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" min_height="2203px" custom_margin="-93px|||||" global_colors_info="{}"]       Education:-Bachelor of Arts (with Honors), History New York University, New York, N.Y.-Doctor of Medicine
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.-Internal Medicine ResidencyNew York University-Bellevue Hospital Center-Critical Care Medicine FellowshipUniversity of California at San Francisco Medical Center-Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF
-Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center-Cardiology Fellowship
University of Michigan Medical Center
-Cardiac CT Imaging
Harbor UCLA Medical Center Licensure:New York StateCaliforniaMichigan Board Certification:American Board of Internal MedicineCritical Care Medicine (Board Eligible)Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular DiseaseCertificate in Cardiac CT Imaging, Harbor UCLA Professional Activities:Heart Failure Society of AmericaAmerican College of PhysiciansSociety of Critical Care MedicineAmerican Heart AssociationCouncil Member, Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Cedars-Sinai Heart InstituteFaculty Member, International Heart Failure SocietyScientific Executive Committee, Intern’l Congress on Heart Disease Vascular Biology Working GroupAmerican College of Cardiology, California ChapterCedars-Sinai Heart InstituteSaban Free Clinic!Cedars-Sinai Heart InstituteScreen Actors Guild, Health and Safety Committee Consultant to Industry:Smith Kline BeechamCarvedilol Regional Advisory Board ConsultantAstra Merck: Hypertension Lipid Consultants Meeting; July 1998 Phase V: Consultant on NesiritideBlue Cross of California: CHF Treatment Guidelines; CHARM advisory panel.VALHeFT advisory panelMedical Director: RegenoCELL Therapeutics 2008-2012Medical Consultant: AVIIR DiagnosticsMedical Consultant: Biosciences
Speaker Faculty: Novartis Honors and Special Awards:National Honor Society
New York University Scholars ProgramPhi Beta Kappa-New York UniversityFounder’s Day Academic Award-New York UniversityJohn Parkes History Achievement Award-New York University 1983 Regent’s Scholarship-Medical College Admissions TestAmerican Heart Association Training GrantNational Research Service Award (NHLBI)Astra-Merck Young Investigator FinalistMichigan ACC Investigator Award
Astra-Merck YoungInvestigator Award
 Coronary Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Symposium Award 1999 Astra-Merck Young Investigator Award (Lipids)Featured Article: Los Angeles Business WeeklyArticle: “Living with Heart Failure”, Los Angeles TimesFeatured Article on Angiogenesis : Los Angeles TimesInvited Faculty: World Congress on Heart FailureInvited Faculty: American College of CardiologyInvited Faculty: International Congress on Heart Disease Research Grants/Fellowships Received:American Heart Association, California Affiliate (Salary Support)National Heart Lung Blood Institute -NIH (Salary Support)SCIOS Grant ($103,000)Merck Medical School Development Award ($60,000)CHARM Investigators ($82,992)Parke-Davis/Pfizer Investigation ($66,376)OVERTURE Investigators ($60,000)WATCH Investigators ($105,000)VALHeFT InvestigatorsPRECEDENT InvestigatorsIMPACT Investigators [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]