Dr A.K.Singal, MBBS, DNB, MNAMS, M.Ch, is working as Consultant Pediatric Urologist. Dr Singal did his MBBS from Delhi University and subsequently received his Pediatric Surgery training at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He received the Mridula Rohtagi Gold Medal for Pediatric Surgery in the year 2004. Dr Singal also presented his Urology research work at Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons annual meeting in 2004 and received U.C.Chakravorty award for the “Best Research paper”. Subsequently, Dr Singal recieved International Scholarship for Pediatric Urology at Columbus Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, USA. There he worked under the guidance of Dr Steven Koff and Dr V R Jayanthi who are world renowned in the field of Pediatric Urology.
Dr Singal has more published than 25 international papers and book chapters and has presented his work and studies at American Academy, British Association and also Asian Congress.
At present, Dr Singal is involved in creating awareness regarding Pediatric Urology as a Specialty and devoting his time and energy to setting up Hypospadias foundation. He contends that Healthy Children lead to a healthy future.
In the past 3 years that Dr Singal has been in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai, he has offered Laparoscopic Surgery and Endourological surgical expertise to the young kids. Dr Singal has experience in Endoscopic injections for vesico-ureteral reflux disease and Laparoscopic surgery for undescended testis, hernia and other urological conditions in children. Laparoscopic surgery helps in faster recovery and less pain.
He also takes a great interest in Antenatally Diagnosed Kidney abnormalities and does counseling for the prospective parents. With the advances in technology, most of the kidney structural abnormalities like obstruction, hydronephrosis, reflux, absent kidney, double kidney can be picked up on Antenatal USG. This has important repercussions for the developing baby as well as the parents. Parents need to be properly counseled regarding the outcome and things required after birth. Most of these problems are easily treatable after birth. He also takes in a keen interest in Reconstructive Surgery for the children born with abnormal looking penis (Hypospadias, Epispadias) and genitalia.
He has developed a new non-surgical treatment algorithm for patients having tight foreskin- phimosis. More than 80% success rates have been achieved and a lot of unnecessary circumcisions have been avoided.
The common problems which Dr Singal has seen in Navi Mumbai in past few months are Hypospadias, Undescended testis, Hernias,Urinary Infections, Phimosis- tight foreskin, Urinary Obstruction, Urinary Reflux, Kidney and Penile Injuries, Bedwetting, Daytime Urine Leakage and Antenatally Diagnosed Kidney Problems.
Dr Singal feels that the children with any renal problems need to be diagnosed and treated early as kidneys are vital for growth and development. Most of the cases in India where we see renal failure in young adults are probably due to Pediatric Nephro-Urological conditions not recognised and well managed in pediatric age group. It is the need of the hour to have a specialised Nephro-Urology unit in Mumbai & Navi Mumbai.
