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Dr. Sumit Singh

Specialization - Neurologist

Department - Neurology

Designation - Chief - Neurology

Works at - Artemis Hospital

Gurgaon, India

Career Profile

Dr. Sumit Singh is regarded as one of India's most renowned and experienced Neurologists. With over 19 years of experience, he was instrumental in establishing the first headache clinic and neuromuscular disorders clinic in north India at AIIMS. Dr. Singh was the first in the country to use botulinium toxin, and he also expanded its use in trigeminal neuralgia. He is one of India's few neurologists who treats Spasticity, Limb Dystonia, hemi facial spasm, oral dyskinesia, spasmodic dysphonia, and writer's cramp. Dr. Singh has developed plasma exchange protocols for acute neuropathies, myasthenia crisis, and polymyositis, and he is the country's first neurologist to introduce special protocols for Multiple Sclerosis.

Education & Training

  • MBBS, 1990, MLB Medical College, Jhansi
  • MD, 1996, LLRM Medical College, Meerut
  • DM, 1998, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Work & Experience

  • Director, Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
  • Senior Consultant, Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
  • Senior Resident, AIIMS ,Delhi
  • Consultant, AIIMS ,Delhi
  • Associate Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Delhi
  • Senior Consultant, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Delhi
  • Additional Director, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon
  • Senior Consultant, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon 
Clinical Focus
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Writer’s Cramp
  • Spasmodic Torticollis
  • Blepharospasm
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Spasticity, Multiple Sclerosis
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Neuropathies
  • Headache
Awards
  • BL Soni Gold Medal For Best Resident Neurology
Research and Publications

Dr Sumit has more than 90 publications in some well known National and international journals and has written several chapters in books.

  • Suhail H, Vivekanandhan S, Singh S, Behari M Neurol India.;58(4):668-9. 2010 Jul-Aug
  • Parkinsonism Relat Disord (7):486-7 2010 Aug;16
  • International  Journal of  Neurosciences 0(2):115-9 2010 Feb;12
  • In Neurology in clinical practice Bradley WG, Darrof RB, Fenichel GM, Marsden CD, eds. Fourth edition. Butterworth Heinmann,s pub. 2004 USA.2051-87 
  • Daily versus alternate day plasma exchange for patients with severe myasthenia, Accepted for publication in J. Neurology
  • Low Dose Topiramate versus Lamotrigine for the prophylaxix for migraine. Accepted for publication 
  • Verbal and visual memory in patients with early Parkinson's disease: effect of levodopa. Neurol India. 2006 Mar;54(1):33-7.
  • Wilson’s disease – Singh S, Behari M. JAPI Vol 51.Feb 2003
  • Cervical dystonia responsive to levodopa Singh S, Goyal V, Prasad K, Behari M. – letter to editorial – Neurology India June 2004Vol52Issue 2.276-278
  • Fungal granuloma of the brain caused by Cladosporium bantianum – a case report and the review of literature – Singh S, Singh P, Goyal V, Srivastava T, Shukla G
  •  Wilson’s Disease Singh S, Behari M. Selected topics in Movement disorders – An update. Ed. Kalyan B Bhattacharya. 2000; 137-150.
  • Spasmodic dysphonia – a review – Singh S, Behari M. ORL Delhi 1(3) 35
  •  Role of CSF serology in follow-up of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis patients on treatment. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006 Apr;24(2):131-2.
  •  Physician Assisted Suicide- the perspective of a neurologist .Singh S, Behari M, Prasad K, SardanaV JAPI., Aug 2001(49):823-838.
  • Video Assisted thymectomy in patients with Jeuvenile Myasthenia gravis. 
  •  Isolated "one and a half syndrome" with brainstem tuberculoma. Menon V, Gogoi M, Saxena R, Singh S, Kumar A. Indian J Pediatr. 2004 May;71(5):469-71.
  • Primary AL (Kappa light chain) amyloidosis manifesting as peripheral neuropathy in a young male without increase in serum and urine immunoglobulin load : a diagnostic challenge. Sarkar C, Sharma MC, Nayak A, Gupta V, Singh S, Behari M. Clin Neuropathology 2005, May June 24(3) 118-25.
  • Desmin related myopathy : report of a rare case Sridhar E, Sharma MC, Singh S, Sarkar C. Neurol India 2005 Apr – Jun 53 (2) 229-31.
  • Unusual MRI findings in Young onset Parkinson’s disease K.S.Anand, A Prasad A biswas Singh S Case report Neurology India 1997 (44) 
Memberships
  • Indian Academy of Neurology
  • International Headache Society
  • Movement Disorders Society

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