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Aparna Singhal, M.D.Associate Professor, Neuroradiology Imaging Sectionasinghal@uabmc.edu 205-934-3144 | Location: JT N424 |
| Aparna Singhal, M.D. completed her medical school training from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India where she received several awards. She then joined UCLA Department of Radiology as a post-doctoral research scholar where she worked in the fields of MR Spectroscopy and MR Angiography. She served as Chief Resident in radiology residency in Bridgeport, CT and after neuroradiology fellowship at UAB, joined as faculty in the neuroradiology section. At UAB, Dr. Singhal has previously served in leadership roles as the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Director and the Section Chief. As section chief, she successfully implemented educational, mentoring, research and quality improvement initiatives and increased her team’s interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Singhal defined the mission, vision, and values of the Neuroradiology section. She created an R1 mentorship program called “NuRTure One” (NeuroRadiology To R1), which increased the emphasis on personalized attention and education especially in the post pandemic, post social-isolation times. She increased research and scholarly activity emphasis celebrating successes in each section meeting. Dr. Singhal reorganized her section’s monthly meetings through structured powerpoint presentations based on a “QWERyIT” pattern1. Her quality improvement focus included both CT and MRI projects including working on protocols to improve MRI access. She collaborated with the expert neurologists, neurosurgeons, otolaryngologists, ophthalmologists and pathologists to enhance patient care and scholarly activities. Dr. Singhal is certified by the American Board of Radiology with also a certification of added qualification in Neuroradiology. Dr. Singhal is actively involved in various departmental and national committees and is a clinical educator with several book chapters, publications, exhibits and presentations to her credit. She led the Brain curriculum subcommittee for the ASNR fellowship curriculum for several years. She is also a passionate advocate for women in medicine and is involved in related national organizational activities including pioneering organizing an inaugural session dedicated to women in neuroradiology at ASNR 2022. She was recently awarded the Dr. Katherine A. Shaffer Award from the AAWR in 2023. Contact InformationAdministrative Support: |