About Doctor

• MBBS 1983 (MD Univ Rohtak)
• MD (Med) 1991 Poona University
• Post doctorate fellowship 2 years in Rheumatology and Clinical immunology-(20July1995- 19July1997) at AIIMS New Delhi

• MBBS Regn No HN447
• MD (Gen Med) – MCI Cert No 10-8805 Dt 15/07/2010

• Command Hospital (CC) Lucknow Mar 1991-16 Apr 1992 – 1 year
• Army Hospital (R&R;) Delhi cantt- 20 July 1995- 19 July 1997-2 years
• Command Hospital (CC) Lucknow 20 Jul 1997-02 Jul 2002-5 years
• Army Hospital (R&R;) Delhi cantt-02 July 2002-24 July 2005-3 years
• Command Hospital (SC) Pune-20 Sep 2009 – 22 Sep 2014- 05 Years
• Command Hospital (WC) Chandimandir-23 Sep 2014 to Mar 2015

Total teaching experience-16 years

• Jul 1997-Jul 2002: Command Hosp (CC) Lucknow Classified Spl Medicine & Rheumatology
• Jul 2002- Jul 2005: Army Hosp (Research &Referral;) Classified Spl Medicine & Rheumatology
• Jul 2005 –Mar 2006: Command Hosp (WC) Chandimandir, Classified spl Medicine & Rheumatology
• Mar 2006 - 20 Sep 2009: Command Hosp (WC) Chandimandir, Senior adviser Medicine & Rheumatology
• Sep 2009- Sep 2014: Command Hospital (SC) Pune, Senior adviser Medicine & Rheumatology
• Sep 2014 to Mar 2015-Command Hospital (WC) Chandimandir, Senior adviser Medicine & Rheumatology
• Apr2015 to till date-Senior consultant Medanta Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology

Total experience- 18 yrs

Teaching

• Appointed undergraduate teacher for Armed Forces Medical College of rank of Associate Professor by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) wef 21 Sep 2009 vide letter No MUHS/E-1/UG/ 1201/2791/2010 Dt 03/09/2010
• Appointed post graduate teacher in Gen Med for Armed Forces Medical College by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) vide letter No MUHS/PG/E-1/1201/1057/10 dt 16/06/2010
• Designated as teaching faculty member at Army Hosp(R&R;) vide letter No.8510/PG Teachers/DGAFMS/DG-1D dated 01 Apr 2003

Examinership

• Conducted Practical/Clinical and viva voce exam of Diplomate of National board (General Medicine) on 20th Oct 2011 to 23rd Oct 2011 in Govt Medical College Thrissur Ref No NBE/PRAC/COORD/SEPT-20111
• Invited as expert to high power selection committee to fill up post of Senior professor in Rheumatology vide Director of Pt BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of medical services Rohtak letter No 355/08/1 dated 01 Jan 2008.
• Conducted appraisal for Rheumatology at Army Hosp (R&R;) Delhi Cantt vide National Board of Exam letter No. Ref NBE/Appraisal/May-2009/1263-3262 dated 23/07/09

Other Academic activities

• Conducted assessment of the physical and other teaching facilities available for renewal of permission for MB;BS course for 6th batch of Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences Bareilley under MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilley u/s 10A of the IMC act 1956
• Attended BSR annual meeting held at Edinburg (UK) in 2004 and presented paper on Renal involvement in India Scleroderma patients.

• Efficacy and Toxicity profile of Methotrexate Chloroquin combination in treatment of active Rheumatoid Arthritis. Singal VK, Barar R, Chaturvedi VP. Published in MJAFI Vol 61 No 1, 2005 (Original article)
• Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 in 453 Asian Indian patients with spondyloarthropathy. Iran journal of immunology 2010 Dec 7 (4) 25-26  Misra SN, Singal V
• Anti C1q antibody as a marker of disease activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus A Kumar, R Gupta, T Verghese, RM Pande, Singal VK Garg OP. Published in India Journal of Med Research 110, Dec 1999 P 190-193
• Medical arthroscopy – Emerging Era of Rheumatology intervention; Chaturvedi VP, Chopra GS, Datta V,Singal VK, Chawla ML, Rai R, Bhardwaj JR, Lahiri AK, Shahi BN, J Assoc physicians India 2004, Apr 52: 277-893
• Relapse in Wegner’s granulomatosis: a report of two cases. Kumar A, Mohan A, Gupta R, Singal VK, Guleria R : JIRA 1996, Vol 4, No of Page 157
• Renal involvement in India Scleroderma patients. Singal VK, Gupta R, Marwaha V, Grover R Abstract published, paper presented at BSR annual meeting held at Edinberg (UK) Rheumatology 2004, 43 (Suppl; 2) : 98
• Adverse effect of lefunomide in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Marwaha V, Grover R, Chaturvedi VP, Singal VK, Kumar A J Ind Rheum Assoc 2004; 12 (suupl 1) : 21
• Correlation between SLEDA1, C3 an anti dsDNA antibody levels in Indian patients with active SLE. J Ind Rheum Assoc 2004; 12 (suppl1) 28 Marwaha V, Chaturvedi VP, Singal VK
• Correlation between SLEDA1, C3 and anti dsDNA antibody levels in Indian patients with active SLE. Proceedings of APLAR conference, (11-15 September, Jeju, Korea) 2004 (Award winning paper). J Ind Rheum Assoc 2004; 12 (suppl 1) 28 Marwaha V, Grover R, Chaturvedi VP, Singal VK, Kumar A
• A Clinical study of SLE in Indian patients with special reference to joint involvement. J Ind Rheum Assoc 2004; 12 (suppl 1): 28. Marwaha V, Singal VK, Chaturvedi VP
• Efficacy and toxicity of sodium Hyaluronate (Hyruan) in treatment of osteoarthritis knee. Singal VK, Chaturvedi VP, Marwaha V
• Strategy to prevent Tuberculosis during Anti TNF Therapy in Juvenile Ankylosing – Spondylitis with low dose Infliximab without loading schedule: A one  year open label study of toxicity and efficacy in 15 patients. Shalini Singh, Singal VK, Ved Chaturvedi
• Case of familial Juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis with cutaneous Vasculities. Singal VK: Abstract book of annual meeting of Indian Rheumatology Association Chandigarh – 2001
• Three Cases of  Tuberculous Vasculities. Singal VK – Abstract book of annual meeting of Indian Rheumatology association Bangalore – 2002
• No cases of Tuberculosis with low dose infliximab without loading schedule in Ankylosing spondylitis: A one year open label study of Toxicity and efficacy in one hundred eight patients: Chaturvedi VP, Singal Vinay, Marwaha V, Sadhotra LP. Published in Proceedings of APLAR 2004, JEJU Korea.
• Two years followup of fibromyalgia cases. VK Singal, ANM Chengappa, P Lathra. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2007 September;Vol2.No 3(Suppl)
• Cardiac involvement in SLE and its association with autoantibodies, prospective study Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P77
• Effect of gender on clinical presentation and serological profile in SLE patients Prospective study, Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P76 Muzaffar Bindroo, Gayatri Ekbote, Natasha Negalure, ,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• Late onset systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Single centre experience; Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P84 Muzaffar Bindroo ,Gayatri Ekbote, Natasha Negalure, ,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• Clinical profile of ANCA associated vasculitis based on PR3 and MPO serology; a single centre prospective study. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P114
  Gayatri Ekbote, Natasha Negalure,Muzaffar Bindroo,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• B cell therapy in ANCA associated vasculitis- A single centre observational prospective study. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P115 Gayatri Ekbote, Natasha Negalure,Muzaffar Bindroo,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• Role of /co trimoxazole prophylaxis in ANCA massociated vasculitis to prevnt relapse. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P118 Gayatri Ekbote, Natasha Negalure,Muzaffar Bindroo,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• Outcome of renal and nonrenal ANCA associated vasculitis- single centre prospective Study. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2016 November Supplement1 P119 Natasha Negalure, Gayatri Ekbote, Muzaffar Bindroo,Dhiren Raval, Vinay Singal, etal
• Two case of refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis treated with Rituximab: VK Singal, S Viswanath, ANM Chengappa, Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2007 September;Vol2.No 3(Suppl)