Sunil Singhal MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor, Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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3400 Spruce StFl 6Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-4767
Fax+1 215-349-5798
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Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2005 - 2007
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2005
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
DE State Medical License 2023 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 2010 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2007 - 2009
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Beacon Oncology 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2017
Clinical Trials
- Intraoperative Imaging of Thoracic Malignancies With Indocyanine Green Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
- Pilot and Feasibility Study of the Imaging Potential of EC17: Intraoperative Folate-fluorescein Conjugate (EC17) Lung Cancer (CA) Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
- Intraoperative Imagery of Renal Nodules With Folate-fluorescein Conjugate(EC17) Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A dual diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) alpha/zeta inhibitor augments the activity of human tumor infiltrating lymphocytes inandmodels.Phurin Areesawangkit, Karen Pei-Yi Fong, Emma Niemeyer, Yan Li, Kelly Markowitz
Oncoimmunology. 2026-12-31 - CAR T cells targeting CCR4 selectively deplete human Tregs ex vivo and in vivo.Caitlin M Tilsed, Karen P Fong, Xinyi Shi, Tatiana Akimova, Liqing Wang
Blood Advances. 2026-03-10 - SGLT2 inhibitor use reduces progression and surgical intervention of persistent pulmonary nodules.Katherine Ortmeyer Welch, Kelly A McGovern, Lydia Chen, Jonathan C Welch, Ryan Krouse
Lung Cancer. 2026-03-04
Journal Articles
- Implications of Hospital Volume on Costs Following Esophagectomy in the United StatesGregory T Kennedy, Sunil Singhal, John C Kucharczuk, Jarrod D Predina, Andrew D Newton, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Press Mentions
Vergent Bioscience Presents Phase 2B VISUALIZE Results Demonstrating Abenacianine for Injection (VGT-309) with Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Improved Tumor Visualization During Lung SurgeryMay 22nd, 2025- Artificial Intelligence Guided Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Biopsy of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules During Robotic SurgeryMay 8th, 2023
- FDA Approves Drug Which Makes Lung Cancer GlowDecember 29th, 2022
Grant Support
- Clinical Translation of a Choline-targeted NIR dye to guide lung cancer resectionUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2025–2030
- Intraoperative Near Infrared Molecular Imaging of Lung CancerUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
- Intraoperative Near Infrared Molecular Imaging of Lung CancerUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
- Translating phospholipase activatable fluorophores for the sensitive detection of non-small cell lung cancerUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
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