Faculty: Neurosurgery
Ash Singhal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Active Staff: BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver
Hospital Authority: PHSA
Clinical office address:
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Rm K3-159, 4480 Oak St.
Vancouver, BC
V6H 3V4
Phone:
604.875.2094
Fax:
604.875.3109
Email: ash.singhal@cw.bc.ca
Special Interests
- Disorders of the developing brain
- Pediatric Neurotrauma
- Spinal dysraphic states
- Neuro-Oncology
- Surgery for intractable epilepsy
- Surgery for craniosynostosis
Background
Dr. Ash Singhal was born in Kanpur, India, and emmigrated with his family to Calgary, Alberta in 1976. Dr. Singhal obtained his Bachelor of Science from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and subsequently completed his medical training (MD) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. This was followed by his Neurosurgical Residency at the University of Toronto, Ontario, from 1997-2004. Dr. Singhal also completed a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Outcomes Research, at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Singhal completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at British Columbia Children's Hosptial, in 2005, and joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery as an Attending Surgeon, in the summer of 2005.
Dr. Singhal's current research interests are centred on Pediatric Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury, and he has over 10 publications in peer reviewed journals and chapters in textbooks.