Dinesh Singh, MD
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Biography
Dinesh Singh, MD, Associate Professor of Urology and Director of Laparoscopy and Endourology, earned his medical degree from Columbia University and completed his residency in general surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and his residency in urology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Singh is Board Certified in Urology and completed fellowship training in laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. He specializes in treating patients with prostate cancer, adrenal gland tumors, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction, testes cancer, and kidney stone disease.
Dr. Singh is committed to helping patients with urologic conditions experience faster post-surgical recovery time, shorter hospital stays, and minimal scarring from incisions. He has extensive surgical expertise in advanced minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopic partial and full nephrectomy, laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic pyeloplasty, laparoscopic cryoablation of kidney tumors, laparoscopic retroperitoneal, robotic-assisted pyeloplasty, robotic-assisted prostatectomy, robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy, and minimally invasive approaches to kidney stone surgery. He has performed over 1,700 minimally invasive procedures for urologic conditions, and he continually trains in the most advanced surgical techniques.
Working collaboratively with other top cancer care specialists from Yale and Smilow Cancer Hospital, Dr. Singh is a member of the tumor board that meets weekly to discuss new and complex cases.
His research interests include minimally invasive surgery, urologic oncology, and kidney stone disease. His current research is focused on active surveillance protocol in kidney cancer, the reduction of radiation exposure for patients with kidney stones, and finding the predictors for patients who have kidney stones versus another diagnosis.
Education & Training
- Clinical FellowCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (2004)
- ResidentHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2003)
- Research FellowDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (2001)
- Summer Research FellowSociety for Pediatric Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (1999)
- ResidentBrigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (1999)
- InternBrigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (1998)
- MDColumbia University (1997)
- BSUniversity of California, San Diego (1993)
- Research AssistantAmylin Pharmaceutical, La Jolla, CA (1993)
- Summer Research FellowHarvard University, Boston, MA
Activities
- Invited Faculty, Clinical Guidelines for Prostate Cancer at Orlando AUA Sectional meetingOrlando, United States 2011
- Moderator, 3rd Annual John R. Murren Oncology Symposium: Advances in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment: "Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer."Las Vegas, United States 2009
- Panelist, 3rd Annual John R. Murren Oncology Symposium: Advances in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment: "Kidney Cancer."Las Vegas, United States 2009
- Invited Faculty, 3rd Annual John R. Murren Oncology Association Symposium: Advances in Genitourinary Cancer TreatmentLas Vegas, United States 2009
- Speaker, 3rd Annual John R. Murren Oncology Symposium: Advances in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment: "Update on Recurrent Bladder Cancer."Las Vegas, United States 2009
- Yale University School of Medicine, 2nd Annual Prostate and Urologic Oncology Symposium: "Options of Management for Small Renal Masses."New Haven, United States 2008
- Invited Faculty, New York American Urological Association Sectional MeetingNew Delhi, India 2006
- Yale University School of Medicine, 1st Annual Prostate and Urologic Oncology Symposium: "Minimal Invasive Surgery for Local Renal Cell Carcinoma."New Haven, United States 2006
- World Congress of Endourology: "Laparoscopy for Benign GU Diseases."Cleveland, United States 2006
- Invited Faculty, World Congress of Endourology and LaparoscopyCleveland, United States 2006
- Bridgeport Hospital Surgical Grand Rounds: "Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: State-of-the-Art Surgical Treatment for Prostate Cancer."Bridgeport, United States 2006
- Invited Faculty, World Congress of Endourology and LaparoscopyAmsterdam, Netherlands 2005
- Yale University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds: Laparoscopic Radical ProstatectomyNew Haven, United States 2005
- Plenary Session, World Congress of Endourology: "What do to with small renal lesions: The Argument for Cryoablation."Mumbai, India 2004
- Invited Faculty, World Congress of EndourologyMumbai, India 2004
- Invited Faculty, World Congress of Endourology Course in Advanced LaparoscopyMumbai, India 2004
- Invited Faculty, National Urology Resident Preceptorship ClevelandCleveland, United States 2004
- Invited Faculty, National Urology Resident Preceptorship ClevelandCleveland, United States 2003
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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1st place prize for Best Video at American Urological Association 2005: Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Using Intraoperative Transrectal Ultrasonography | American Urological Association | 2005 |
Pfizer Urology Scholar | Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA | 2002 |
1st place prize at Society for Urologic Oncology | Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA | 2001 |
Gerald Murphy/Praecis Pharmaceutical Urology Scholar | Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA | 2001 |
Alpha Omega Alpha, Rudin Scholar | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY | 1993, 1997 |
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s Scholar | University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA | 1989, 1993 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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"British Journal of Urology" | Reviewer | 2007 - 2015 |
Urology Section for "E-Medicine" | Editor | 2007 - 2015 |
Admissions Committee for Yale University School of Medicine | 2006 - 2015 | |
Urology Medical Students | Director | 2005 - 2015 |
Yale University Physician Association School - Urology Section | Director | 2005 - 2015 |
"Urology" | Reviewer | 2005 - 2015 |
"Journal of Urology" | Reviewer | 2004 - 2015 |
Massachusetts Medical Society on Insurance | Representative | 2001 - 2003 |
Massachusetts Medical Society | Member | 2000 - 2015 |
Committee on Admissions for the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | 1998 - 1999 | |
American Urological Association | Member | 1997 - 2015 |
Departments & Organizations
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy
- Stone Disease Program
- Urologic Oncology Program
- Urology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine