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Dinesh Singh, MD

Associate Professor of Urology
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Endourology Chief, Urology

Director, Laparoscopy & Endourology, Urology

Director, Endourology Fellowship, Urology

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Associate Professor of Urology

Endourology Chief, Urology; Director, Laparoscopy & Endourology, Urology; Director, Endourology Fellowship, Urology

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.

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  • Urology

    Associate Professor on Term
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Education & Training

Clinical Fellow
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (2004)
Resident
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2003)
Research Fellow
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (2001)
Summer Research Fellow
Society for Pediatric Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (1999)
Resident
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (1999)
Intern
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (1998)
MD
Columbia University (1997)
BS
University of California, San Diego (1993)
Research Assistant
Amylin Pharmaceutical, La Jolla, CA (1993)
Summer Research Fellow
Harvard University, Boston, MA

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Kidney Calculi; Laparoscopy; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; Urologic Neoplasms; Urologic Surgical Procedures; Urology

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Dinesh Singh's published research.

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    "Journal of Urology"

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    "Urology"

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    "British Journal of Urology"

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    Urology Section for "E-Medicine"

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    Urology Medical Students

Clinical Care

Overview

Dinesh Singh, MD, is a urologist who specializes in minimally invasive surgery for conditions such as kidney stones, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, and adrenal gland disease.

Dr. Singh graduated from medical school with honors (AOA) from Columbia University in 1997 and completed his residency in urology at Harvard Medical School. From there, he completed specialized training in minimally invasive surgery during a fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Singh became interested in urology during his third year in medical school. He was drawn to the field because of the tangible solutions he could provide his patients: “There are very concrete ways where I can answer the question, ‘Did I do something to make someone’s life better today?’” he says.

Dr. Singh was also drawn to the patient-doctor relationship many urologists have. “Unlike a lot of surgical fields where you may operate on a patient and not see them again, in urology, we have a really significant longitudinal care component,” he says. “We’re usually the ones who are following up with them, not a medical oncologist or another doctor.” He’s been seeing some of his patients at Yale for over 16 years.

In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Singh conducts research on monitoring kidney cancer, reducing radiation exposure for patients with kidney stones, and finding predictors for patients who have kidney stones versus another diagnosis.

He is an assistant professor of urology and director of minimally invasive surgery at the Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Urology; Stone Disease; Urologic Oncology

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Board Certifications

  • Urology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Urology
    Latest Certification Date
    2014
    Original Certification Date
    2006

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