Background
Dr. Harjit Singh is Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department Radiology and Radiological Science (PAR), Division of Interventional Radiology and the Radiology Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs. He is a fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology and previously the Inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Penn State College of Medicine and the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
His clinical expertise includes Women’s Health Interventions including Uterine Artery Embolization for fibroids (he was one of the few IR specialists performing this procedure in 1999), Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, Fallopian Tube Recanalization and early work in Ovarian Remnant Syndrome mapping and embolization. His longstanding practice in biliary endoscopy including percutaneous cholecystoscopy and choledochoscopy has been critical to patients with unreachable stones through traditional routes.
Dr. Singh received his doctoral degree from the Albany Medical College as part of the accelerated medical program with RPI, and stayed on to do his residency at Albany Medical College. He completed his Interventional Radiology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the mid-90s.
Dr. Singh has a passion for teaching and has previously held positions as Fellowship Program Director, Associate Program Director for the Radiology Residency, Director of the Resuscitation Sciences Training Center, and Director of Education for the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute and the Associate Program Director for Education, Continuing Medical Education (CME) for the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute.
Dr. Singh has taught over 125 radiology residents and over 50 Interventional Radiology fellows. He has mentored over 50 students, residents, fellows and faculty on research projects and a radiology textbook, Radiology Fundamentals: Introduction to Imaging and Technology, currently editing the 6th edition.