Harminder Singh, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery

Bio

Dr. Harminder (Harman) Singh is Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, serves as Chief of Neurosurgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California, and is the Director of Neurotrauma. He is board certified in neurosurgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

He received advanced training in minimally invasive cranial surgery from Cornell University and completed a complex cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship at the University of Washington.

Dr. Singh is passionate about resident education, having organized numerous cadaveric workshops and didactic symposiums for residents. He is editor of two books on pediatric endoscopic surgery and has published over 85 research papers and book chapters. He is a frequently sought-after speaker and has lectured nationally and internationally.

His clinical and research interests lie in applying the principles of minimally invasive surgery to tumors and vascular lesions of brain and spine. Dr. Singh is interested in developing new endoscopic technology and instrumentation to facilitate minimally invasive surgery of the central nervous system.

Dr. Singh is also interested in shaping public policy related to the delivery of health care in the US, both in the public and private sectors, thru improving efficiency, ensuring quality, and strengthening equitable access to healthcare.

Dr. Singh is the immediate Past-President of the American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons.

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Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery

Administrative Appointments

Advising Associate for Neurosurgery, Academic Advising Dean's Office, Stanford University School of Medicine (2012 - Present)
Director, Stanford Neuroanatomy and Simulation Laboratory (2015 - 2020)
Board member, Value Analysis Committee, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2018 - 2019)
Chief of Neurosurgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA (2018 - Present)
Director, Neurotrauma, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA (2018 - Present)
Neurosurgery Liaison, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) Operating Room Committee (ORC) (2018 - Present)
Quality Liaison, Pediatric Trauma Program Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, SCVMC (2018 - Present)
Quality Liaison, SCVMC Department of Surgery Quality Assurance Committee (DQAC) (2018 - Present)
Quality Liaison, Neurosurgery Professional Practice Evaluation Committee (PPEC), Stanford (2018 - Present)
Quality Liaison, Trauma Program Improvement and Patient Safety Committee (TPIPSC), SCVMC (2018 - Present)

Honors & Awards

Stanford Medicine Leadership Academy, Stanford (2020-2021)
Vanguard Leadership in Healthcare, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2019)
Castle Connolly Top Doctor Award, Castle Connolly (2018-2020)
Patients’ Choice Award, Vitals.com (2012-2020)
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, American Registry (2012-2020)
First Place Trauma and Critical Care E-poster, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2018)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

PRESIDENT, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (2018 - 2020)
Editorial Board Member, Neurosurgery and Spine research (NSR) (2016 - Present)
Secretary, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (2014 - 2018)
Education Committee Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2013 - Present)
Editorial Board, CNS University - Tumor Section (2012 - Present)
Member at Large, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (2012 - 2014)
Member, North American Skull Base Society (2010 - Present)
Member, WW Keen Neurosurgical Society (2010 - Present)
Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2004 - Present)
Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2004 - Present)

Professional Education

Certification, Stanford Medicine Leadership Academy (SMLA), Ethical Influencing and Leadership (2021)
Certification, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Surgical Leadership (2019)
Fellowship, University of Washington - Harborview Medical Center, Complex Cerebrovascular and Skull base Surgery - Prof. Laligam N Sekhar (2016)
Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery - Prof. Theodore H Schwartz (2015)
FACS, American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Fellow, Neurosurgery (2015)
FAANS, American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery (2014)
Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Philadelphia, Neurosurgery (2010)
Internship, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Philadelphia, General Surgery (2005)
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Medicine (2004)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Minimally Invasive Cranial and Spinal Surgery, Endoscopic Keyhole Surgery

Clinical Trials

Electrical Stimulation for Continence After Spinal Cord Injury Recruiting
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This study aims to improve continence and voiding of patients with spinal cord injury using electrical stimulation. The Finetech Vocare Bladder System is an implantable sacral nerve stimulator for improving bladder and bowel function in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). It has been commercially available in Britain and other countries since 1982, and has been used in thousands of patients with SCI to improve bladder, bowel and sexual function. It received FDA approval in 1998 under Humanitarian Device Exemption H980005 and H980008 for providing urination on demand and to aid in bowel evacuation. Electrical stimulation to produce bladder contraction and improve bladder voiding after spinal cord injury has usually been combined with cutting of sensory nerves to reduce reflex contraction of the bladder, which improves continence. However, cutting these nerves has undesirable side effects. This study will not cut any sensory nerve. This study is testing the use of the stimulator for inhibiting bladder contraction by stimulating sensory nerves to improve continence after spinal cord injury, and for blocking sphincter contraction to improve voiding.
Lead Sponsor
Stanford Investigators
- Harminder Singh, M.D.
- Graham Creasey
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DuraSeal Exact Spine Sealant System Post-Approval Study Not Recruiting
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This is a non-randomized, post-approval study to further evaluate the rate of post-operative Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) leaks in subjects who undergo a spinal procedure and receive DuraSeal Exact Spine Sealant System.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact SPECTRUM, .
Lead Sponsor
Stanford Investigators
- Harminder Singh, M.D.
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Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage-II Not Recruiting
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The specific aims of this study are to: 1. Definitively determine the therapeutic benefit of the intensive treatment relative to the standard treatment in the proportion of patients with death and disability (mRS 4-6) at 3 months among subjects with ICH who are treated within 4.5 hours of symptom onset. 2. Evaluate the therapeutic benefit of the intensive treatment relative to the standard treatment in the subjects' quality of life as measured by EuroQol at 3 months. 3. Evaluate the therapeutic benefit of the intensive treatment relative to the standard treatment in the proportion of hematoma expansion (defined as increase from baseline hematoma volume of at least 33%) and in the change from baseline peri-hematoma volume at 24 hours on the serial computed tomographic (CT) scans. 4. Assess the safety of the intensive treatment relative to the standard treatment in the proportion of subjects with treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) within 72 hours.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Rosen Mann, (650) 721-2645.
Lead Sponsor
Stanford Investigators
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