Neel Singhal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

I am a neurologist trained in neurocritical care. I attend in the neurocritical care unit at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF. I perform basic laboratory and translational research to improve our ability to diagnose, treat, and prognosticate in patients with stroke and other critical neurologic injuries.

I am building a nascent research program focused on identifying new pathways for neuroprotection and neuro-resilience by focusing on targets identified in human genome-wide association studies and on models of ischemia tolerance including the uniquely resilient Arctic ground squirrel.

Education & Training

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • Fellowship Neurocritical Care UCSF 2015
  • Residency Neurology UCSF 2013
  • M.D./Ph.D. Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania 2009
  • B.A. Cognitive Science Rice University 2001
  • A.A. Bard College at Simon's Rock 1999

Websites

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Grants and Projects

  • Resilience mechanisms of Arctic ground squirrel neurons, Veterans Affairs Office of Sponsored Research, 2022-2026
  • Targeting PATJ to improve neurorecovery following ischemic stroke, UCSF RAP, 2023-2024
  • Modeling neuronal resilience with stroke genetic variants in human iPSCs, Hellman Family Fund, 2020-2022
  • Elucidating the role of respirasome plasticity in neuronal metabolism and resilience to ischemic injury, American Heart Association, 2018-2021

Publications (32)

Top publication keywords:
SciuridaeSarcoglycanopathiesBrain DiseasesComaMitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPasesExtracellular VesiclesNeural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1ResistinHyperglycemiaCaenorhabditis elegansNeuroprotectionCytoprotectionPolyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory DemyelinatingNeurologic ExaminationGene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic