Dr Abhinav Singh Consultant diagnostic and interventional neuroradiologist
- Patient age group
- Adults
- Consultant registered on
- 03/08/2004
- Primary medical qualifications
- MBBS BSc MRCS FRCR MSc
- Foreign languages
- Gender
- Male
- Services
- Hospitals
Contact
- Phone
- 020 3311 7546
Samira Barasab, secretary
Background
Dr Abhinav Singh trained at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (MBBS), intercalating a BSc in orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and University College London. After completing basic surgical training at University College Hospital, London and attaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), he undertook specialist training in radiology at Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Hospital, attaining fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).
During his radiology training, Dr Singh also undertook research at Stanford University, USA, in the field of molecular imaging and its applications in interventional radiology as an academic clinical fellow.
He then subspecialised in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology, first attaining a MSc in interventional neuroradiology and endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Oxford and then completing the London fellowship in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
During his fellowship, Dr Singh trained at St George’s Hospital, King’s College Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Great Ormond Street Hospital. He has been a consultant in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust since February 2014.
Dr Singh specialises in all adult diagnostic brain and spinal imaging with a special interest in vascular imaging, endovascular neurointervention and percutaneous spinal intervention, including epidural/nerve root/facet joint injections and vertebroplasty.
Expertise
Diagnostic imaging of all adult neurological diseases of the brain and spine, endovascular and percutaneous treatment of neurological diseases, endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms, vascular malformations, acute stroke and percutaneous treatments of the spine including vertebroplasty, nerve root/facet joint and epidural injections
Research & publications
Dr Singh is currently developing a research interest in endovascular cellular and molecular therapies for acute stroke.
Most recent publications:
Cerebral embolic protection in thoracic endovascular aortic repair. J Vasc Surg. 2018 May 24. pii: S0741-5214(18)30832-2
Neuroprotection in TEVAR: cerebral embolic protection to safeguard the brain, a pilot study(2017), SARS abstracts. Br J Surg, 104: 7–57. doi:10.1002/bjs.10531