Dr. Sarman Singh Infectious Disease Specialist in Delhi

Dr. Sarman Singh

Infectious Disease Specialist, Delhi

B.sc, MBBS, DHA, FAMS, FRSTMH, FSIIP FIMSA, FATP

  • 1 Hospital

About

Prof. Sarman Singh did his MBBS from prestigious King George Medical College (now University), Lucknow in 1982. After which he moved to Delhi and did a residency in Orthopaedics surgery from Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi and he obtained  MD degree in Clinical Microbiology from another prestigious Institution (PGIMER) Chandigarh. He joined the apex medical Institute of the country, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where he is working since 1988 on various positions and head the Department of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine. His major specialization is infectious diseases diagnostics. He is considered to be the topmost expert in the field of TORCH infections (diseases caused by Toxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, and others) which are extremely important during pregnancy, in AIDS patients and in organ transplant recipients. He has also worked extensively on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and currently a national level expert in the field of Tuberculosis (with and without AIDS).  Patients are counselled, tested and advised best management by him. However, being too busy at the national level, meeting with him should be fixed well in advance (office number 011-26594977).

Prof. Singh is Fellow of more than 7 national and international Academies and Member of more than 20 national and international scientific bodies. He is Editor-in-chief of Journal of Laboratory Physicians, besides being on the editorial boards of more than 40 national and international journals.

Dr. Singh has been awarded by more than 13 national and international scientific /academic bodies for his outstanding contribution to the Medical research.

Dr Singh has guided 17 PhDs, 16 MDs and more than 40 MSc. theses. He has written 6 books, 46 book chapters and more than 310 research papers in various national and International journals, including CELL, PNAS and LANCET with a total citation of more than 7400, i10 index of 161 and H-index of 41.

Specialities

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Laboratory Medicine

  • Infectious Diseases

Expertise

Having more than 30 years of experience in teaching and diagnosing infectious diseases. Specialized in difficult cases of  undiagnosed cases of fever, tuberculosis, infections in pregnant mother (Toxoplasma, Rubella, CMV, herpes etc).  

Practice Information

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi

Ansari Nagar, Delhi, Delhi - 110029

Achievements & Contributions

  • Received ChikitsaRatan Award 2014 of Delhi Medical Association, Delhi, June 2014.
  • Received MedAchiever Merit Award of Indian Medical Association 2014, Delhi, July 2014
  • Received Life Time Achievement Award of Society for Immunology and Immunopathology during the International Symposium on Latest Trend in Immunodiagnosis, Immunopathology and Immunomodulation and VI convention of Society for Immunology and Immunopathology, at Bikaner, Rajasthan, December, 2013.
  • Awarded CSIR travel award for obtaining training in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, USA, 1990.
  • Awarded Young Scientist DST travel grant to attend the VII International AIDS Conference, Italy, June 1991.
  • Awarded Young Scientist INSA travel grant to present a paper in the VII International AIDS Conference, June 1991, Italy
  • Received Japan Government Full Scholarship to present a paper in the X International Conference on AIDS/STD, August 1994
  • Biotechnology Long Term Overseas Associateship for 1 year Awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, to work in USA, 1994-95.
  • Awarded Full Scholarship from UNAIDS/Canada Government to present a paper in the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, July 1996.
  • Best Citizen Award of the Best Citizen Publishing House (Delhi) for year 2006
  • Merit Award 1998 of the International Immunocompromised Host Society (USA), June 1998, Davos (Switzerland).
  • “Prof. BP Pandey Memorial Oration Award for Best Teacher in Parasitology, Indian Society for Parasitology 2006.
  • “BC Roy Award (Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Award) of Medical Council of India, for the year 2006.
  • “Nominated for the Prestigious Padma Shri Award of Government of India, 2010.
  • “Vigyan Ratna Samman award by Council of Science and technology, Government of UP, for the year 2006.
  • “Biotechnology Product, Process and Commercialization Award for Commercialization of a novel recombinant antigen of Leishmania donovani for the accurate diagnosis of kala-azar and PKDL. 2006.
  • Member, Institutional Biosafety committee, Panacea Biotech, New Delhi.
  • Chairman, Institutional Ethics Committee, of CARE Foundation, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, 2009- onward
  • Member- Advisory Board, Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, 2009
  • Member of the Kala-azar elimination High power committee constituted by DGHS, Gov. of India, 2005-2013
  • Invited Speaker on HIV-TB co-infection for the World AIDS Conference held at Mexico, August 2008
  • Member of the "Scientific Expert Committee on QA/QC Implementation" National Institute of Biological, Ministry of Health, Government of India.2006-2009
  • Chief Guest to inaugurate the Biotechnology Update of IP Degree college of CCS University, Meerut
  • Honorary Member and only Representative from India for Prison Healthcare Committee of Medical Advocates for Social Justice, Argentina, Since 2001
  • Member of the Selection Committee for "Rashtriya Gyan Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar Yojana", Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for the duration of 2002-03
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