Aparajita Singh, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

As the Director of Quality Improvement for the division of Gastroenterology, her mission is to improve communication, quality and safety of patient care. She mentors residents and fellows with several quality improvement projects. Dr Singh is also passionate about medical education and works closely with medical students as the GI clerkship director and was recent recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award by Haile T Debas Academy of Medical Educators of UCSF. She has held numerous leadership positions locally and nationally including Board Member and past President of Northern California Society of Clinical Gastroenterology ( NCSCG) and executive council member of CGA-IGC (Collaborative Group of Americas for Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancers). She is recipient of several national and international honors and awards and served as committee member for American College of Gastroenterology Training Committee and Professionalism Committee. She is a recipient of several grants focused on developing tools and system improvement models to improve genetic testing for patients with family history of gastrointestinal cancers.

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  The American journal of gastroenterology 2015 Azeem N, Singh A
• Emergency department presentation, admission, and surgical intervention for colonic diverticulitis in the United States.
  American journal of surgery 2015 Schneider EB, Singh A, Sung J, Hassid B, Selvarajah S, Fang SH, Efron JE, Lidor AO
• Do gender disparities persist in gastroenterology after 10 years of practice?
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2008 Singh A, Burke CA, Larive B, Sastri SV, Women in Gastroenterology Committee of American College of Gastroenterology
• Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on hydrocolloid occlusive dressing versus conventional gauze dressing in the healing of chronic wounds.
  Asian journal of surgery 2004 Singh A, Halder S, Menon GR, Chumber S, Misra MC, Sharma LK, Srivastava A
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  Maheshwari A, Singh A, Malley W, Rai R; Patients with PSC have better outcomes after live­donor than cadaveric liver transplantation, AASLD annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, Oct, 2005
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  Singh, Aparajita, Emily Steinhagen, and Bryson W. Katona. "Approach to upper gastrointestinal tract lesions in familial adenomatous polyposis." Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Vol. 29. No. 3. WB…
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  Singh, Aparajita, Emily Steinhagen, and Bryson W. Katona. "Approach to upper gastrointestinal tract lesions in familial adenomatous polyposis." Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Vol. 29. No. 3. WB…
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  Approach to upper gastrointestinal tract lesions in familial adenomatous polyposis AparajitaSinghEmilySteinhagen Bryson W.Katona
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  Singh A, Martin C, Kane S, Dubinsky M, Nguyen D, McCabe R, Rubin D, Scherl E, Mahadevan U: Is Asacol use associated with congenital anomalies? Results from a nationwide prospective pregnancy registry,…
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  Singh A, Hanouneh I, Tamimi T, Zein N; Liver cell dysplasia is associated with increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma ­ Digestive Disease Week Annual meeting, San Diego, CA, May, 2008
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  Singh A, Mahadevan U, Yen E, Terdiman J; Adalimumab for patients with ulcerative colitis who have lost response or are intolerant of infliximab, ACG Annual meeting, San Diego, CA, October, 2009
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  Singh A, Ramachandran R, Mahadevan U, Velayos F; Heterotopic gastric mucosa mimicking rectal neoplasm on colonoscopy: 2013 Am J Gastroenterology 2013;108:476
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  Schneider E, Singh A, Bruce K, Roy N, Efron J; Quantifying race and HIV status among intestinal tuberculosis patients hospitalized in the United States: 2005 - 2009, ACG Annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV,…