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Sunil Singhal, MD, FACS
Sunil Singhal, MD, FACS
    Sunil Singhal, MD, FACS, is the William Maul Measey Associate Professor in Surgical Research. He is currently an attending surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Center for Precision Surgery, and Director of the Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory. He completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College (1994) and medical school at University of Pennsylvania (1998). He pursued a General Surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital (2005) and a Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania (2007). He became Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. Dr. Singhal specializes in thoracic oncology including lung, esophageal and mesothelial related surgery. He also cares for patients with chest wall deformities and hyperhidrosis. His surgical expertise includes complex pulmonary procedures, minimally invasive and robotic resections. He has been on multiple national committees and societies. He is listed on Who’s Who in Medicine and has been awarded the Clinical Scholar Award from the Society of University Surgeons and the Clinical Investigator Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology. He has trained several Thoracic fellows who currently have faculty positions around the country. Dr. Singhal has a research focus on preventing recurrences after cancer surgery. To that end, his laboratory studies molecular imaging to identify sources of local recurrences and tumor immunology to modulate suppressive immune populations. He has over 100 publications including reports in Annals of Surgery, Clinical Cancer Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. He was designated a Paul Calabresi Scholar from the NIH, and he has received numerous research awards including the Clinical Research Award from the American College of Chest Physicians, Fellowship Award from the American Surgical Association and Investigator Award from the National Lung Cancer Partnership. He has trained more than a dozen research fellows who currently hold positions at MGH, Penn, Emory and Tulane.
    Schedule28 Mar 2024