Parminder P. Singh, MD, FACC

Dr. Singh is board certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He earned his medical degree from the Government Medical College in Amritsar, India. He completed his internal medicine residency at Wayne State University – Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Singh completed a fellowship in Geriatrics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He then attended Wayne State University-Detroit Medical Center for his fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases. After several years in private practice in Bangor, Maine he completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at the Albany Medical Center and Heart Institute. Dr. Singh is board certified in echocardiography by the American Board of Echocardiography and certified in nuclear cardiology by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology.

• DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, SINGH P, KAUR J, SOWERS JR, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THERPEUTICS 2002: NOV-DEC; 9(6) 510-5 – This was an extensive review article on the impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Cardiovascular diseases. Due to increasing obesity in the US, the incidence of Diabetes Mellitus continues to increase leading on to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Both in Men and women, the leading cause of mortality is cardiovascular diseases and its implications discussed in this review article.
• CYTOMEGALOVIRUS –INDUCED GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA, KAUR J, SINGH P, LEVINE D, CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2003 AUG 15; 37(4): e 44-6
• MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN THE LIVER, KAUR J, TURNER J, SINGH P, AL-KATIB, AYAD, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, VOL 65 ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2000
• COCAINE INDUCED TORSADES DE POINTES IN IDIOPATHIC LONG QT SYNDROME, SINGH N, SINGH P, KHAN IA, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THERAPEUTICS  JUL-AUG 2001; 8(4) 299-302
• TUBERCULAR LIVER ABCESS, SINGH P, ARORA R, MAHAJAN DS, BATRA KS, SHARMA OP, INDIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, FEB1995, VOL 5
• DRUG INDUCED PANCYTOPENIA, KAUR J, SINGH P, LaCHANT N, AMERICAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, MICHIGAN CHAPTER, 1999
• PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO S.MALTOPHILIA, SINGH P, BROWN PATRICIA, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, MICHIGAN CHAPTER, 1997
• PERSISTENTLY NORMAL GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN IN POORLY, CONTROLLED TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS, KAUR J, KLEEREKOPER M, SINGH P, MAHAKALA A, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, 2002, ABSTRACT AND POSTER PRESENTATION
• A SIX MONTH COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AMLODIPINE  WHICH IS (NORVASC- TOP 10 SELLING DRUG IN THE WORLD) VERSUS ENALAPRIL IN MILD TO MODERATE HYPERTENSION – ACCEPTED AND PUBLISHED AS A THESIS IN THE MD DEGREE). Parminder Singh, OP Sharma.-1994 – This was a 6 months study conducted in 1994 to compare the effect of Amlodipine well known as NORVASC from Pfizer (Among the top 5 selling medication in the World –US Sales 2.2 Billion dollars in 2003 as per IMS, a healthcare information firm—Forbes.com) comparing it with Enalapril, another drug given for hypertension (high Blood Pressure).This study revealed that Amlodipine was better than Enalapril in mild to moderate Hypertension in Indian ethnic population.
• BRIDGING STUDY : Principal Cardiology fellow Investigator for Phase 2 Multicenter-Randomized Trail Comparing outpatient Tinzaprin versus inpatient Intravenous Heparin who are getting long term warfarin therapy for invasive or surgical procedure at Harper University Hospital ( 3rd largest center out of 28 in the US).