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DR. RAVINDER PAL SINGH

About Dr. Ravinder Pal Singh

    • MBBS, MS, MCh, PDC, PDCC, FIAGES, TUGS, Fellow Liver / Kidney Transplant
    • PDCC Abdominal Ultrasonography, Affliate Philadelphia USA
  • PDCC Microvascular surgery, Affliate John Hopkins Hospital USA
  • CME Observer – John Hopkins Hospital, USA
  • Director & HOD – Centre for Liver / Kidney Transplant & Gastro Sciences

Dr. Ravinder Pal Singh is a well-experienced liver, kidney and multi-visceral transplant, HPB & GI surgeon in India with exceptional donor and recipient surgery safety records. He is one of the few surgeons in India to be involved in swap liver transplant, combined liver and kidney transplant, posterior sectoral liver transplant and liver transplant in situs inversus donor or recipient. He is a renowned surgeon who was amongst the pioneer members in establishing successful Liver Transplant Program at three prominent medical institutes in India..

Qualifications

Key Achievements
  • Youngest person in Indian history during my time to clear M.Ch GI Surgery Entrance examination and obtain the degree of M.Ch
  • I was the only person in Indian history till my time to clear the M.Ch GI surgery examination of all 4 universities which conduct the superspeciality course of M.Ch GI & HPB Surgery.
  • Presented world largest series of co-occurrence of Gall Bladder cancer with tuberculosis.
  • Presented the world largest series of Gall Bladder cancer resection.
  • Proposed new classification of Incidental Gall Bladder cancer in IHPBA, Argentina, 2010.
  • I was one of the most prominent members of the team involved in Living Related Liver Transplant in two of the biggest LRLT programs of the world.
  • Actively involved in the team establishing and successfully starting Liver Transplant programs at 3 medical institutes in India; Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Vasant Kunj, Delhi; Post Graduate Institute (PGI), Kolkata and Artemis Health Sciences, Gurgaon.
  • Currently as the Director and HOD, successfully established the Department of Liver / Kidney Transplant Program & Gastro Sciences.
  • Established the first centre in North-West Delhi to perform Cadaveric and Living related Liver transplant and Renal transplant.
  • Established the first center in Delhi where same operative team did a cadaveric liver transplant and two kidney transplants over two days.
  • Have performed four innovative procedures during 2014 to 2016 which are not described before and are under various staged of editing to be sent for publications.
  • Coined a new disease by my name as Drain Appendicitis or Singh’s Appendicitis. Singh RP, Kaur T, Dutta S. “Drain Appendicitis: A Bewildering Anecdote”. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2204.
  • Since 2001 I have taken regular classes of under-graduate and post-graduate students and nursing staff during three years of residency period in MS (Surgery) and three years of senior residency period during super specialty training.
  • Regularly presented lectures and talks on liver transplantation at medical expos, international liver symposium and CAST 2011, Korea.
  • Most recently I was invited as a guest faculty to deliver a lecture on “Recent Advances in GI Surgery” at Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana.
  • I have had more than 29 publications in indexed papers and more than 150 publications in all the leading newspaper, magazines, health magazines of India, with regular publications of four to six articles a month covering all aspect of Liver Transplant, HPB & GI Surgery. .
  • Best paper award on “To Evaluate The Immunomodulatory Effects Of Parenteral Fish Oil Supplementation In Malnourished Surgical Patients”, INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL CARE CONGRESS-2005.
  • Best oral paper award on “Right lobe Graft Arterial Inflow – Right or Left?” at IASG 2011.
  • Received the Nav Drishti Times (NDT) Hall of Fames Award of 2017 for my services in health care.
  • Awarded Assistant Professorship in Surgical Gastroenterology at GIPMER (GB Pant Hospital), New Delhi in 2009.
  • I was Chairperson of GI Surgery Program, Converge, “Controversies to Consensus in GI Surgery”, 2014-2016, a Harvard University Accredited Program, USA.
  • I have started satellite OPD’s clinic for liver and kidney disorders at Sylhet, Bangladesh in 2015 and at Yangoon, Myanmar in 2016 to help liver and kidney patients in two adjacent countries.
  • Initiated an NGO named CORD (Campaign on Organ Donation) at Press Club of India, on 18th, July, 2015. This NGO works for promoting organ donation awareness in India by conducting regular camps and media events so that general public can realise the need for organ donation and how they could potentially help others after their deaths.
  • I am Founder Member of Liver Transplantation Society of India, 2018
  • Associate Editorial Board member for the Medical Journal of Clinical Trials & Case Studies (MJCCS) since 19th Jan 2019.
  • Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Transplantation & Plastic Surgery (IJTPS) since 28th Mar 2019.
  • Awarded Certificate of Recognition by EuroSciCon and the Editors of Journal of Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Disorders for “Phenomenal oral presentation on Post COVID Sigmoid Perforation” for the First Alive patient in the world of GI Mucormycosis after COVID as a speaker for Keynote session in the prestigious 19th edition of the European Gastroenterology and Hepatology congress on 19th April 2021.
  • Exemplary services recognition award to our team for COVID in India by one of the most reputed National Newspaper in hindi, Meri Dilli, on 15th May, 2021.
  • Exemplary services recognition award to our team for COVID in India by Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Member of Parliament, West Delhi, Lok Sabha, Government of India, on 22nd Dec, 2020 [Ref. No 14060/PSS/MP-LS/2020].
  • Exemplary services recognition award to our team for COVID in India on behalf of Delhi Police Headquarters by Shri Rajendra Singh Sagar, IPS, DO No 226, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Land and Building, , on 4th Dec, 2020 [D.O. No. 226].
  • Awarded the CERTIFICATE OF COVID WARRIOR for showing incredible bravery in performing duties toward COVID-19 patients by Saroj Group of Hospitals.
  • Published a latest publication in the most reputed British Medical Journal (BMJ) case report about the first case in the world of mucormycosis-associated colonic perforation in a COVID-19 patient with a favourable outcome. “Singh RP, Gupta N, Kaur T, Gupta A. Rare case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis with colonic perforation in an immunocompetent patient with COVID-19. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 2;14(7):e244096. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244096. PMID: 34215642”.
  • Awarded and honored by Delhi State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India, ASI, which is the largest body of Surgeons of India in their July 2021 edition [11/July/2021].
  • Awarded and honored for the Outstanding Social Service Award 2021 – ASI for our immense and productive contribution towards society for which we will be felicitated at the inaugural function of the Annual Conference (Virtual) of Delhi State Chapter, ASI for 2021 i.e. SURGICON 2021 in November 2021.
  • Jointly started the concept of VIRTUAL HOSPITAL by me and Dr Tanudeep Kaur for managing COVID patients at home.
  • Real time tracking and management of more than 3000 COVID patients.
  • Managed more than 3000 patients actively and more than 7000 patients indirectly; in addition we take pride in touching the lives of more than 40,000 family members of the patients we treated during COVID.
  • Managed COVID patient not only of Delhi NCR, but all over India as well as from Canada, USA, New Zealand and many other countries.
  • Actively participated in not only giving medicine to COVID patients but also in getting oxygen cylinders, medicine, as well as food and nutrition at home for those who did not have any support system to make food.
  • All COVID work done as a charity by the money generated during registering patients, whereinn after registration all the consultations for the next 2 months related to COVID were done absolutely free of cost and most of the money so generated was utilized to help many others in need.
  • Donated money to the family of few doctors who succumbed to this COVID.
  • Helped in home ICU setup of extremely sick and fragile patients.
Education and Fellowship
  • MBBS, MAMC, Delhi (1996 – 2002)
  • MS (General Surgery), MAMC, Delhi (2002 – 2005)
  • MCh (GI & HPB Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery), GB Pant PGIMER, GIPMER, Delhi (2006 – 2009)
  • Fellowship Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2009 – 2010)
  • Fellowship Kidney Transplantation, Saroj Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi (2016 – 2019)
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Abdominal Ultrasonography, Affliate Philadelphia USA
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Microvascular surgery, Affliate John Hopkins Hospital USA
  • FIAGES, Fellowship Indian Association of Gastrointestinal EndoSurgeons, 2019
  • TUGS, Fellowship The Upper GI Surgeons, 2020
  • CME Observer – John Hopkins Hospital, USA
Memberships
  • Founder Member of LTSI, Liver Transplantation Society of India, 2018 (Membership no – LTSI/2018/LTSI/2018/0052)
  • Member of IHPBA, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 2016 – 2019 (Membership no – M03045)
  • Member of E-AHPBA, European – American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 2016 (Membership no – M03045)
  • Member of A-PHPBA, Asia Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 2016 – 2019
  • Member of ILTS, International Liver Transplant Society, 2016 – 2019
  • Lifetime Member, Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG); S 207
  • Lifetime Member, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI); FL 32067
  • Lifetime Member, Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI); Membership no 7812
  • Lifetime Member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons (IAGES); Membership no 6097
  • Lifetime Member, Indian Medical Association (IMA); DNZ-4058
  • Member, Delhi Medical Council (DMC), DMC/R/00792
  • Lifetime Member, Delhi Medical Association (DMA)
  • Lifetime Member, Delhi Medical Association – North Zone (DMA – NZ)
  • Member, Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC; (AAMC id 14805228)
  • Member, The Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (TUGS); (Membership no 00839)
  • Member, Rotary Club of Capital City New Delhi.
Speciality Interests
  • Liver transplantation
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Establishing successful cadaveric LT program.
  • Immuno-supression in liver transplant
  • Complex liver resections
  • Surgeries for gall bladder cancers, hilar cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic tumours
  • Advanced laparoscopic GI & HPB surgeries
  • Robotic GI & HPB surgeries
  • Small for size syndrome,
  • Donor safety protocols,
  • Mesentric vascular surgeries and Shunts surgery
  • Pancreatic tumors,
Awards and Honours
  • Best Aorta Suturing Award in International Surgical Update (2004)
  • Best Paper Award in ICCC, International Critical Care Congress (2005)
  • Best Oral Paper Award, IASG, Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (2011)
Research and Publications
  • Presented paper on “To Evaluate The Immunomodulatory Effects Of Parenteral Fish Oil Supplementation In Malnourished Surgical Patients” during the INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL CARE CONGRESS-2005, 11th Annual Conference Of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, February 2005
  • “Gall Bladder Cancer with Tuberculosis.” HPB, 10(1):118, 2008-March (Abstract).
  • “Aggressive Treatment of Gall Bladder Cancer.” HPB, 10(1):119, 2008-March (Abstract).
  • “The Role Of Staging Laparoscopy In Extra Hepatic Proximal Biliary Tract Malignancies.” HPB, 10(1):215, 2008-March (Abstract).
  • “Incidental Gall Bladder Cancer” HPB, 12(1):272, 2010 (Abstract).
  • “Extent of Surgery for Gall Bladder Cancer : An analysis of a single centre experience of 513 operated patients” HPB, 12(1):268, 2010 (Abstract).
  • “Are all Incidental Gall Bladder Cancer (IGBC) truly incidental?” HPB, 12(1):276, 2010 (Abstract).
  • “Are all Incidental Gall Bladder Cancer (IGBC) truly incidental?” Tropical Gastroenterology, Vol 31, Number 3 (suppl 1):S3
  • “All resected Gall Bladders MUST be sent for Histopathology” HPB,12(1):867, 2010 (Abstract).
  • “Towards 100% triphasic flow in right hepatic vein for right lobe grafts in living related liver transplants – technical modifications”. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 31(3) Supp 1, page S1
  • Subash Gupta, Ramdip Ray, Neerav Goyal, Vasudevan KR, RP Singh, Shishir Pareek, Manav Wadhawan. Donor outcomes in a series of 524 Right Lobe Living Related Liver Transplants at a single center. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S60
  • Karzan S, Ramdip R, Shishir P, Singh RP, Vasudevan KR, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Gupta Subash. Outcomes of liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma – Single Center Experience. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S63
  • Giriraj Bora, Ramdip R, Shishir P, Agarwal S, Singh RP, Vasudevan KR, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Gupta Subash. Patency of portal vein graft: analysis of 323 Living Related Liver Transplants. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S63
  • Arunkumar ML, Ramdip R, Shishir P, Agarwal S, Singh RP, Vasudevan KR, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Gupta Subash. Which is better? Duct to duct / Hepaticojejunostomy / Both – In a right lobe graft with two ducts in adult living related liver transplantation. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S57
  • Arunkumar ML, Ramdip R, Shishir P, Agarwal S, Singh RP, Vasudevan KR, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Gupta Subash. Can intraoperative portal pressure predict postoperative outcome in adult living related liver transplantation? Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S58
  • Rajesh Nambiar, Gupta Subash, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Vasudevan KR, Ramdip R, Singh RP. Right lobe lobe graft arterial inflow – Right or left? Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S54
  • Arunkumar ML, Ramdip R, Shishir P, Agarwal S, Singh RP, Vasudevan KR, Goyal N, Wadhawan M, Gupta Subash. Porta sparing liver resection – Is it possible? Is it safe? Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S58
  • Neerav Goyal, Vasudevan KR, Ravinder Pal Singh, Shishir Pareek, Ramdip Ray, Shaleen Agarwal, Subash Gupta. Bile duct transaction technique in right lobe donor hepatectomy. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S53
  • Neerav Goyal, Vasudevan KR, Ravinder Pal Singh, Shishir Pareek, Ramdip Ray, Shaleen Agarwal, Subash Gupta. Technique of knots outside biliary reconstruction in Right Lobe Liver Transplant. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(3) Supp 3, page S58
  • Neerav Goyal, Kausar M, Vivek Vij, Puneet Dargan, K R Vasudevan, RP Singh, Vishal Chaurasia, Subash Gupta. Towards 100% triphasic flow in right hepatic vein and avoidance of right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis in right lobe living related liver transplants – technical modifications. Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S181
  • Vishal Chaurasia, Kausar M, RP Singh, K R Vasudevan, Puneet Dargan, Neerav Goyal, Vivek Vij, Subash Gupta. Incidence of portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhotic liver disease and its management during living related liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S183
  • Kausar Makki, Vishal Chaurasia, Ramdip Ray, Vivek Vij, Neerav Goyal, Puneet Dargan, K R Vasudevan, RP Singh, Subash Gupta. Techniques for portal vein reconstruction in pediatric liver transplant recipients at our center. Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S294
  • Shishir Pareek, Neerav Goyal, Vishal Chaurasia, RP Singh, K R Vasudevan, Puneet Dargan, Vivek Vij, Subash Gupta. HLA in living related liver transplantation – Is it necessary? Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S276
  • Vishal Chaurasia, Kausar Makki, RP Singh, K R Vasudevan, Puneet Dargan, Neerav Goyal, Vivek Vij, Manav Washawan, Subash Gupta. Predictors of poor outcome following living related liver transplantation in adults with end stage liver disease. Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S168
  • Ramdip Ray, Kausar Makki, RP Singh, Neerav Goyal, K R Vasudevan, Puneet Dargan, Subash Gupta, Manav Washawan, Vishal Chaurasia. Complications requiring abdominal reexploration following living related liver transplantation: an analysis of 424 consecutive LRLT. Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S236
  • Kausar Makki, Vishal Chaurasia, Manav Wadhawan, Neerav Goyal, Vivek Vij, Puneet Dargan, K R Vasudevan, RP Singh, Pankaj Lohia, Subash Gupta. Recidivism after liver transplantation in acute hepatitis vs alcoholic chronic liver disease: do the results justify transplant in non abstinent alcoholics? Liver Transplantation 2011; 17(6) Supp 1, page S286
  • “Management of hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction following living related liver transplantation” Tropical Gastroenterology, Vol 31, Number 3 (suppl 1):S7
  • “Decreasing transfusion requirements during Liver Transplantation – our experience” Tropical Gastroenterology, Vol 31, Number 3 (suppl 1):S7
  • Singh RP, Kaur T, Dutta S. “Drain Appendicitis: A Bewildering Anecdote”. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2204.
  • Kaur Tanudeep, Kumari Rajesh, Pandey Kavita, Sharma JB, Singh Ravinder Pal. “Relevant Pelvic Anatomy”. Journal of Pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, JPOG, Jan – Feb 2020 Vol 11, No 1.
  • Thesis publication “Umbilical cord accidents and their effect on the immediate postnatal outcome” Tanudeep Kaur, Ravinder Pal Singh in International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) (ISSN 2229-5518), IJSER Edition – May 2020 . Link: Tanudeep Kaur, Ravinder pal Singh IJSER (ISSN 2229-5518) International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research.
  • KAUR, Tanudeep; SINGH, Ravinder P.. A rare case of a gigantic myxoid liposarcoma of vulva: case report. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology, [S.l.], feb. 2021. ISSN 2320-1789. Available at: .doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20210527.
  • Kaur T, Singh R, Kumari A (2020) Comparative Study in the Management of Postoperative Pain with High Dose Intravenous Paracetamol versus Tramadol. J Reprod Med Gynecol Obstet 5: 056. DOI:10.24966/RMGO-2574/100056
  • Published an abstract in Journal of Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2021, Vol. 7 No. 2 (ISSN 2475-3181, J HepatolGastrointDis Volume 7, Issue2): Ravinder Pal Singh, “Post COVID sigmoid perforation”, Gastro Conference 2021, 19thEuro-Global Gastroenterology Conference- April 19, 2021
  • Published a latest publication in the most reputed BMJ case report about the first alive case in the world of mucormycosis-associated colonic perforation in a COVID-19 patient with a favourable outcome. “Singh RP, Gupta N, Kaur T, Gupta A. Rare case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis with colonic perforation in an immunocompetent patient with COVID-19. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 2;14(7):e244096. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244096. PMID: 34215642”.
  • Co-author of chapter on “Non Variceal Upper GI Bleed” in GI Surgery Annuals of AIIMS,16,2009
  • Author of Full four page article on “In Conversation: Look After Your Liver” in Science Reporter, November 2015 issue.
  • Author of Full three page article on “Liver is Life!” in Science Reporter, March 2016 issue.
Achievements
  • Presented resection strategies for various stages of gall bladder cancer, IHPBA, Argentina (2010)
  • Proposed new classification of incidental gall bladder cancer, IHPBA, Argentina (2010)
  • Has been a regular faculty at various prestigious government hospitals
  • Has been a part of more than 850 living-donor related liver and kidney transplants, 300 pancreatic surgeries, 1500 liver surgeries, 500 gall bladder cancer resections and has vast experience in other GI surgeries
  • Has been widely appreciated as one of the most prominent team members in two of the biggest liver transplant programs in India & two of the largest living-donor related liver transplant programs in the world
  • First center in North-West Delhi to do Cadaveric Liver transplant
  • First center in North-West Delhi to do Living Related Liver transplant
  • First center in North-West Delhi to do Cadaveric Renal transplant
  • First center in Delhi where same Operative team did Cadaveric Liver transplant and two kidney transplants over two days.
  • We have done four innovative procedures in last two years which are not described before .
  • We have successfully operated on “Only surviving patient in the world of Tubercular Aorto-Gastric Fistula”
  • We have successfully operated on “Single stage world largest Tracheo-esophageal fistula repair”
  • We have done innovative surgery to avoid small bowel transplant and make the patient survive on Anaesthesia Bains Circuit
  • We have done an innovative surgery to prevent short bowel syndrome and subsequent small bowel transplant in 30 year old patient with cancer.
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