Pradumna Singh, MD
Associate Professor

Department of Neurology

(615) 327-6565
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1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Old Hospital
Room 514
Nashville, TN  37208

psingh@mmc.edu

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Dr. Singh earned his medical degree from Sawai Man Signh Medical College in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. In 1986 Dr. Singh did his post-graduate neurology training in teaching hospitals at Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences in Bombay, India, The National Hospital and Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square in London, UK, The Walton Center for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Liverpool, UK, SUNY Brooklyn in New York He received his fellowship training in epileptology at the Montefiore Medical Center – The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Dr Singh also received training in District, General and Community hospitals including: Sriganganagar District General Hospital in Rajasthan, India, Halifax Royal Infirmary, UK, Colchester General Hospital in Colchester, UK, Brooklyn Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, Maimaonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island University Hospital in New York.
In 2001, Singh became assistant professor and attending neurologist at SUNY Downstate and Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. As an Epileptologist, he was also associate director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and the director of EGG labs.
Singh is currently on faculty at the Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine as an assistant professor and attending neurologist in the Department of, Neurology and is also a consultant Neurologist at Nashville Metropolitan General Hospital. He has a clinical appointment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an Epileptologist.

Dr. Singh’s research interest is in Clinical epileptology with emphasis on improving the care of patients with Epilepsy via novel drug treatments; education and other comprehensive modalities

Singh. P., Sharief M. K., Sanders J. W. A. S., Pastalos P. N., Shorvon SD. A pilot study of the efficacy and tolerability of LO59 in patients with refractory epilepsy, Seizure 1992; (supplement A): P7/46.

Sharief M.K, Singh P., Sanders JAWS, Patsalos P.N, Shorvon S.D. A pilot study. Epilepsia 1992; 33 (suppl.3): 80.

Sharief M.K, Singh P., Sanders JAWS, Patsalos P.N, Shorvon S.D. Efficacy and tolerability study of ucb LO59 in patients with refractory epilepsy. J. Epilepsy 1996; 9: 106-112.

Profile of psychogenic seizures in an urban underserved population: Yangala R.; Singh P., Chari G.; Sheffer J.; Herman S. (Abstract AES Dec.2002)

Profile of psychogenic seizures in an urban underserved population Yangala R.; Singh P., Chari G.; Sheffer J.; Herman S. (Poster AES Dec.2002)

FDG Positron Emission Tomography May Identify Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Not Detected on EEG. Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, Christine Dong, Muhammad Al-Kaylani, Amir Arain, Pradumna Singh, Michael J. McLean, Subramaniam Sriram. Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Poster AES Dec.2005)

Rhythmic Ictal Non-Clonic Hand (RINCH) Motions: a Distinct Contralateral Sign in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Dystonic Posturing. George R. Lee, M.D., M.S., Amir Arain, M.D., Noel Lim, M.D., Pradumna Singh, M.D. Bassel Abou-Khalil, M.D. Epilepsia (in publication)