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Sonal Singh, M.D. Instructor Office Address: Section of General Internal Medicine Wake Forest University, School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1052 Clinic: Outpatient Department (OPD) Clinic: (336) 716-3182 Academic Office: (336) 713-4156 Nights/Weekends: (336) 716-7654 Fax Number: (336) 713-9576 Click here for a PDF version of Dr. Singh’s biosketch     Education 1997 Patna Medical College, India, MBBS 2008 Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Masters in Public Health (candidate) POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING 2002-2005 Residency in Internal Medicine, Unity Health System, Affiliate of the University of Rochester, MD LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION 2005 Internal Medicine Board Certified 2005 North Carolina Medical License  ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2006-Present Instructor , General Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine  2006-Present Medical Director of Outpatient Department (OPD) OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: 2005-present Associate Director Center for International Health and Human Rights Studies, Toronto, Canada 2005-present Editorial board. The Learning curve- Medscape General Medicine 2006-present Editor-in-chief. Conflict and Health AWARDS AND HONORS 1998 Gold Medal in 1st and 2nd MBBS Examinations 2005 Senior–Resident scholarship award, Unity Health System, Rochester, NY 2006 American College of Physicians Health and Public Policy Scholarship, NY 2006 Tinsley R Harrison Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Outpatient Teaching Wake Forest University School of Medicine PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2002-present American Medical Association 2002-present American College of Physicians, Internal Medicine 2002-present Southern Medical Association 2003-present Society of General Internal Medicine  2005-present National faculty of The Core Content Review of Family Medicine  Publications and Academic Presentations Peer reviewed Journal articles 1.  Mills E, Nachega J, Attaran A, Orbinski J, Singh S, Rachlis B, Wu P, Wilson K, Bansberg DR, Guyatt GH. Adherence to Antiretroviral therapy in Africa versus North America: A comparative meta-analysis. JAMA (in press) 2.  Navaneethan SD, Singh S. A systematic review of barriers in access to renal transplantation among African Americans in the United States. Clinical Transplantation (in press) 3.  Singh S, Morrell P.  What caused Buddha’s death? Ars Medica June 2006 (in press) 4.  Wofford JL, Singh S. Exploring the Educational Value of Clinical Vignettes from the SGIM National Meeting in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: A Pilot Study. JGIM (in press) 5.  Dolma S, Singh S, Lohfield L, Orbinski J, Mills E. The Dangerous experience of Tibetan refugees fleeing to Nepal. AJPH 96 (11) Nov 2006 (in press) 6.  Mills EJ, Singh S, Zwi A, Nelson B, Nachega JB. The impact of conflict on HIV/AIDS in Africa. Int J STD & AIDS (in press) 7.  Navaneethan S, Osowo A, Shrivastava R, Singh S.  Concomitant Intracranial Aneurysm and Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Therapeutic Dilemma SMJ 99 No 7 July 2006 (in press) 8.  Singh S, Bøhler E, Dahal K, Mills E. The state of child health and human rights in Nepal. PloS Med 3(7) e203 July 4 2006 9.  Mills E, Singh S, Wilson K, Peters E, Onyia R, and Kanfer I The Challenges of involving traditional healers in HIV/AIDS care. Int J STD & AIDS. 17(6): 360-363, June 2006 10.  Mills E Cooper C, Wu P, Rachlis B, Singh S, Guyatt GH. Randomised trials stopped early for harm in HIV/AIDS- A systematic survey. HIV Clinical trials 2006 Jan-Feb; 7(1):24-33. 11.  Chauiyal P, Singh S, Dolan J, Woodlock TJ. Intravascular large B- Lymphoma with multisystem involvement. Leukemia and Lymphoma.2006 1-3PreView April 24 2006 12.  Singh S, Dolan JG, Centor RM. Optimal clinical management of Sore throat- A multi-criteria decision analysis. BMC Medical decision-making 2005: 6; 14 March 13 2006 13.  Mills E, Nixon S, Singh S, Dolma S, Nayyar A, Kapoor S. Enrolling women into HIV vaccine trials- An ethical imperative but a logistical challenge. PloS Med 3(3): e94 Mar 2006 14.  Rivero M, Karlic A, Navaneethan SD, Singh S. Possible cocaine induced acute renal failure without rhabdomyolysis. J Nephrol 2006 Jan-Feb; 19(1): 108-10 15.  Mills EJ, Robinson J, Attaran A, Clarke M, Singh S, Upshur RE, Hermann KJ Jr, Yusuf S Sharing evidence on humanitarian relief. BMJ 2005 Dec 24; 331(7531): 1485-6. 16.  Mills E, Singh S, Warren M, Orbinski J, Upshur RE. Designing Research in vulnerable populations: lessons from HIV prevention trials that stopped early. BMJ 2005; 331:1403-1406 (10 December) 17.  Mills E, Singh S, Holtz T, Santa-Barbara J, Chase R, and Orbinski J. Prevalence of serious mental disorders among Tibetan refugees-A systematic review. BMC International Health and Human rights 2005 5; 7 (November 9) 18.  Navaneethan S, Singh S, Choudhury W. Nodular glomerulosclerosis in a non-diabetic patient- Case report and literature review. J Nephrol 2005 Sep - Oct; 18(5): 613-5. 19.  Singh S, Wooltorton E. Increased mortality among elderly patients with dementia using atypical antipsychotics. CMAJ 173 (3) 252 Aug 2 2005 20.  Mills EJ, Rachlis B, Wu P, Wong E, Heise L Wilson K, Singh S. Media reporting of Tenofovir trials in Cambodia and Cameroon. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2005 5; 6 (August 24) 21.  Singh S Empathy-Lost or found in medical education? The Learning Curve MedGenMed 18 Aug 7(3) 2005 22.  Singh S, Mills E. Honeyman SW, Suvedi BK, Pant NP. HIV in Nepal: Is the conflict fuelling the epidemic? PLoS Med. 2005 Jul 19; 2(8): e 216 23.  Singh S, Mills E, Dahal K. Nepal’s war on Human Rights-A summit higher than Everest. Int J Equity Health. 2005 Jun 28; 4(1): 9 24.  Singh S, Rajpal C, Nannapeneni S, Venkatesh S. Iopamidol myelography induced seizures. MedGenMed 7 (2) April 12 2005 25.  Nautiyal A, Singh S, Parameswaran G, DiSalle M.Hepatocyte dysfunction in a patient with Plasmodium vivax infection. MedGenMed 2005 7 (1). 26. Nautiyal A, Singh S, DiSalle M, O'Sullivan J. Painful Horner syndrome as a harbinger of silent carotid dissection. PLoS Med 2(1): e19 2005 27.  Nautiyal A, Singh S, Alaimo DJ. Wernicke encephalopathy-An emerging trend after bariatric surgery. AJM Nov 15 2004 117 (10) 804-805 28.  Singh S, Nautiyal A, Dolan JG. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis possibly induced by Rosuvastatin and Atorvastatin-Is Statin induced pancreatitis a class effect? Journal of Pancreas Online 5 (6) 502-504 29.  Singh S, Shrivastava R, Das V. Formulary Conversion Programs-The need for patient specific risk assessment. MedGenMed. Sep 2004 6(3), 28 30.  Singh S. Impact of Long-term Political Conflict on Population Health in Nepal. CMAJ 171(12) Dec 7 2004: 1499-1501 31.  Singh S.Tears from the Land of Snow: Health and Human Rights in Tibet. Lancet; 364(9438) 1009 Sep 11 2004 Published peer-reviewed Abstracts 1.  Navaneethan S, Singh S. Barriers to access for renal transplantation for minorities- a systematic review AJKD Supplement April 2006 2.  Wofford JL, Wofford M, Miller DP, Brownlee C, Singh S. Using IPOD technology to create a self-guided clinic tour for residents. JGIM Vol. 21 Issue s4 Page 187 April 2006 3.  Wofford JL, Wofford M, Singh S. The educational value of case reports from the SGIM national meeting in the Internal Medicine Clerkship JGIM - Vol. 21 Issue s4 Page 185 April 2006 4.  Brownlee C, Singh S, Messick CH, Miller DP, Wofford JL. Narcotic management in chronic non-malignant pain. A survey of residents. JGIM - Vol. 21 Issue s4 Page 177 April 2006 5.  Wofford JL, Rice WY, Singh S. Who is the patient’s doctor? Primary care responsibilities and co-management among generalists and nongeneralist physicians in the National ambulatory care survey JGIM - Vol. 21 Issue s4 Page 165 April 2006 6.  Mills E, Singh S, Wilson K, Rachlis B. Media Reporting of Tenofovir trials in Cambodia and Cameroon.4th Annual Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Day, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada .21st September 2005(Ist prize) 7.  Mills E, Busse J, Corbie-Smith G, Singh S, Devereaux P.J, Guyatt G Reporting Inclusion of Minorities in Clinical Trials. Proceedings of the 5th international congress on peer review and biomedical publication. Chicago, September 2005. 8.  Singh S, Shrivastava R, Das V. Formulary Conversion Programs: A risk to patient safety J Gen Intern Med 2004 19(sl): 50    9.  Singh S, Saito Y, Choudhry W, Jonnala S Rapidly progressive Glomerulonephritis: A case of Wegeners Granulomatosis. Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY Poster Competition 10.  Navaneethan S, Singh S, Arend L, Choudhry W Diabetic Nephropathy in a Non-Diabetic patient: A case report. ACP Regional Conference 11.  Medaiyese A, Oshodi G, Shrivastava R, Singh S, El-Daher N, DiSalle M Mycobacterium Avium Induced Duodeno-nodal fistula. ACP Regional Conference Miscellaneous - letters, editorials, non-refereed publications 1.  Singh S. ACE inhibitor induced pancreatitis. In search of the evidence. [Editorial] SMJ (in press) 2.  Singh S, Arya N, Mills E, Holtz T, Westberg G. Free medical students and doctors detained in Nepal The Lancet 2006 May 27 3.  Singh S. Amiodarone-induced alveolar hemorrhage [Editorial] SMJ 2006 Apr; 99(4):329-30. 4.  Singh S  Hydralazine induced lupus. [Editorial] SMJ 2006 Vol 99 (1) 6-7 5. Singh S The Stone Circle. CMAJ. 172(4) Feb 15 2005: 522 6.  Mills E, Singh S, Orbinski J, Burrows D, The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Cambodia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2005, Pages 596-597. 7.  Singh S. Drug induced pancreatitis might be a class effect of Statin drugs. JOP 2005 Jul 8; 6(4): 380; 8.  Singh S. Difficulties of peace building in Nepal. CMAJ. 2005 Jun 21; 172(13): 1663-4 9.  Singh S. Dolan JG. Diagnosis and treatment of Group A Pharyngitis Strep. American Family Physician. March 15 2005 10.  Singh S Nepal’s war and conflict sensitive development. PloS Med 2 (1); e 29.2005 11.  Singh S. Nautiyal A. Neurological complications of bariatric surgery. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2005; 80:134-137 12.  Singh S. Social and Economic Justice: The road to Health. CMAJ 2004 171(9) 1021 13.  Singh S. Buddha and Evidence based Medicine. BMJ 329(7473): 1016 - 1016. 14.  Singh S. The Best Physician. BMJ 2004.329, 833. 15.  Singh S. Post-Immigrant Refugee Medicine: Children’s needs should not be seen in isolation. BMJ 2004 (329) 742 16.  Singh S. Letter from the Himalayas. CMAJ 2004 171; 309-310 17.  Singh S. Post-traumatic stress in former Ugandan child soldiers. The Lancet. 2004; 63(9421): 1648 18.  Singh S. Special issue on South Asia: focus will be an eye opener. BMJ 2004 Jan 31; 328(7434): 288.