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Dr. Sumit Singh

Neurologist

Director

MBBS, MD, DM,

Gurgaon, India

Works at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon

19 years of experience

About Dr. Sumit Singh

Dr. Sumit Singh – a topper at All India Institute of Medical sciences and a BL SONI Gold Medal
Awardee at AIIMS joined the institute as a Faculty in the year 2000. He established the first
Headache clinic in India in the government Sector in AIIMS in the year 2002. He is a known
expert in headache disorders and has been instrumental in co authoring the headache
management guidelines for the Indian subcontinent. He started the usage of Botulinium toxin
for headache for the first time in India in 2002 and extended its usage in patients in trigeminal
neuralgia.

He is a known Parkinson’s disease specialist with experience in The DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
SURGERY patient planning and programming. His Primary area of Interest has been movement
disorders and is one of the few Botox injectors of the country for patients with Writer’s cramp,
Spasmodic torticollis and other dystonias, hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm apart from
spasticity management with Botox. He has done fair amount of research in Myasthenia gravis
and Multiple sclerosis and has modified the plasma exchange protocols for these patients. He
has to his credit 104 Publications in Peer reviewed journals and 14 Chapters in Books.

MEMBERSHIP

  • Indian Academy of Neurology.
  • International Headache society.
  • Movement Disorders Society.


Hospital

Artemis Hospital , Delhi NCR

Location

Gurgaon, India

Special Interest

Botox for Headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Movement disorders and Spasticity. Plasma exchange



List Of Treatments

  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
  • Endovascular Coiling
  • Surgical Clipping
  • Temporal Lobectomy
  • Lesionectomy
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Multiple Subpial Transections MST
  • Microvascular Decompression MVD
  • Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
  • Stereotactic Radio Surgery
  • Percutaneous Steriotactic Treatment - PSR
  • Radiofrequency Rhizotomy - Neurotomy
  • Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
  • Gliomas Treatment
  • Meningioma
  • Schwannomas
  • Metastatic Tumors Treatment
  • Radiotherapy
  • VP Shunting
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
  • Narcolepsy Treatment
  • Headache
  • Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
  • Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
  • Liberation Treatment
  • Sensory Ataxia Treatment
  • Pituitary Tumor Treatment
  • Cerebral Palsy - Stem Cell Treatment
  • Vitrectomy
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Intacs Corneal Implants
  • Strabismus Surgery - Eye Muscle Surgery
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Cataract Implant Surgery
  • Extracapsular Cataract Extraction
  • Small Incision Cataract Surgery
  • Occuloplasty
  • Intraocular Implants (IOLs)
  • Pterygium Removal Surgery
  • Cosmetic Eye Surgery
  • Squint Surgery
  • Photorefractive Keratectomy
  • Retinal Detachment Surgery
  • Craniotomy Surgery
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Gamma Knife for AVM or Brain Tumor
  • Cranioplasty
  • Neural Stem Cell Therapy
  • Autism - Stem Cell Treatment
  • Muscular Dystrophy - Stem Cell Treatment
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Neuropathy - Stem Cell Treatment

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

Education

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

Awards

  • Clinical Focus – Parkinson’s disease
  • Writer’s Cramp
  • Spasmodic Torticollis
  • Blepharospasm
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Spasticity
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Neuropathies
  • Headache


Paper Published

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)

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