Biography
Kirpal Singh, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Kirpal Singh, MD is an Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist in Indianapolis, Indiana. With over 23 years experience. He is a senior partner at North Indy Surgical where his group has over 75 years of combined experience, 4 doctors and over 25 surgeries offered. He completed his undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Electrical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude. He graduated with honors from medical school at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn NY. He did internships at SUNY Syracuse & Boston University, and finished his residency at SUNY Buffalo. He completed his Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis where he has been since 2002. Making Indianapolis his new home he has served the Indy area for over 18 years and resides in Carmel with his wife and five children. He is always striving to offer the best options for his patients. This led him to pursue training in Robotics DaVinci surgery in 2012. He help build the very robust Robotics program at St. Vincent Hospital. He was the first at St. Vincent's to perform many common and advanced Robotics surgical procedures. He is the only surgeon to offer some of the most complex Robotics procedure like Whipple Operation. He is the only Robotic Epicenter Surgeon in Indiana and is the driving force behind surgery training programs at St. Vincent-Indianapolis. He has helped train other surgeons in Indiana as well as all over US. He offers minimally invasive techniques as well as traditional open surgery approaches.
He is affiliated with Ascension St. Vincent Hospital located in Indianapolis and Carmel, Franciscan Health and Hancock Regional Health. Areas of expertise include minimally invasive surgery for variety of general surgical diseases (gallbladder, reflux, hernias, pancreatitis, colon cancer, pancreas cancer, liver cancer etc.), EGD/Colonoscopy as well as advanced endoscopic procedures including ERCP, EUS and TIF procedure. He also deals with other common general surgical problems like skin cysts, lipoma, hemorrhoids, as well placing port-a-cath for patients to receive chemotherapy. Given his electrical engineering background, he brings "out-of-the-box" thinking to solve problems that can not be solved with "usual" means. He welcomes challenging cases and brings dedicated skills and compassion when caring for his patients.
He was the Director of Fellowship in Advance GI Surgery, Laparoscopy, Robotic, Endoscopy and Ultrasound at St. Vincent Hospital. Dr. Singh is Board Certified and a member of the American Board of Surgery. He is also a member of the Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and member of the Medical Association of Indiana, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and American Hernia Society. He has been recognized throughout the years including Gold Star Resident Award in Pediatrics, Phi Theta Kappa International Scholastic, honorary awards for achievement and student research. He is an award recipient of Castle Connolly as identified of Top Doctors and featured Top Doc in Indianapolis Monthly 2017-2022. Through his academic dedication he has helped author several journal articles and abstracts. He continues to look for ways to improve quality of care for his patients with ongoing and continued research.
IndianapolisDaVinci
Education & Training
1993-1997
MD, State University of New York
Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
Magna Cum Laude
1998-1999
Residency, Surgical Residency PGY1, Boston University
1999-2002
Residency, PGY 3-5, State University of New York
2002-2004
Fellowship, Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Ultrasound,St. Vincent's Hospital
Press Mentions
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Indianapolis Surgeon Trains Peers in Robot Surgery August 28, 2015
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St. Vincent Surgeon Trains Peers in Robot Surgery 101August 25, 2015
Research Publications
Dr. Singh's video interview for St. Vincent where he shares more about him and benefits of Robotic Surgery.
Complications of laparoscopic transgastric ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Grimes, K. L., Maciel, V. H., Mata, W., Arevalo, G., Singh, K., & Arregui, M. E. (2015). Complications of laparoscopic transgastric ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surgical endoscopy, 29(7), 1753–1759. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3901-3
Calin, M. L., Sadiq, A., Arevalo, G., Fuentes, R., Flanders, V. L., Gupta, N., Nasri, B., & Singh, K. (2016). The First Case Report of Robotic Multivisceral Resection for Synchronous Liver Metastasis from Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 26(10), 816–824. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2016.0342
Awards
2017- 2018 -2019
Top General Surgeon by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine
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