Dr. Sumit Singh

A topper in DM neurology at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Dr. Sumit Singh is the Head- Movement disorders & headache at Medanta the Medicity. He was awarded the BL Soni Gold Medal for being the best Resident in AIIMS where he was an Associate Professor in neurology for 10 years.He started the first headache clinic and the Neuromuscular disorders clinic in north India at AIIMS in 2002. He is a known expert in Parkinsons disease and movement disorders. As a headache specialist he initiated the use of botulinium toxin for the first time in the country, and extended its usage in trigeminal Neuralgia. He is one of the few botox injectors in India for Spasticity, Limb dystonias, hemifacial spasm, oral dyskinesias, spasmodic dysphonia and writers cramp. Dr Sumit had been with Deep Brain Stimulation Program for Parkinsons disease at AIIMS and has established the same at Medanta the Medicity. He has innovated the plasma exchange protocols for acute neuropathies, Myasthenic crisis, Polymyositis, and has introduced special protocols for Multiple Sclerosis for the first time in the country. . Dr Sumit has more than 90 publications in National and international journals and has written several chapters in books. His main areas of expertise are Movement disorders, headache and Neuromuscular disorders.