Dr. Gurpreet Singh

Associate Director - Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care

Profile Summary

Dr. Gurpreet Singh started his medical education in 1992. He did his MBBS and MD (TB & Respiratory diseases) from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar. He was associated with Christian Medical College  & Hospital, Ludhiana as Assistant Professor in the department of Pulmonary Medicine. He got his initial training in Critical Care Medicine from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute (SGPGI), Lucknow. Afterward he pursued his fellowship in Critical care medicine from Sundram Medical Foundation, Chennai under the able guidance of renowned Intensivist Dr. Ram. E. Rajagopalan. He joined SPS Hospital in 2010 and Started IDCCM and DNB Critical Care Medicine courses.

Job Experiences

  • Senior Consultant & HOD – SPS Hospital, Ludhiana
  • Fellow National Board – Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai
  • Senior Resident(HS) – SGPGI, Lucknow
  • Assistant Professor – CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana
  • Senior Resident – CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana

Area of Expertise

  • Endotracheal Intubation
  • Disease-Specific Mechanical Ventilation
  • Central Venous line placement (Subclavian, Internal Jugular, Femoral)
  • Dialyses Catheter Placement
  • Arterial line placement ( Radial, Ulnar, Femoral, Dorsalis Pedis )
  • Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
  • Intercoastal Chest Tube Drainage
  • Flexible Optic Bronchoscopy & related diagnostic procedures like BAL, TBNA, TBLB
  • Medical Thoracoscopy
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided TBNA(EBUS)
  • Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Pleural Tap
  • Pleural Biopsies
  • Polysomnography (Sleep Study)
  • Bed Side Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomies
  • Managing patients on dialysis & initiating Dialysis ( HD/ CRRT )
  • Temporary Pace Maker insertion
  • Managing Patients on IABP
  • Management of Critically sick patients with Bedside Transthoracic ECHO / Ultrasonography /Doppler

Conferences & Courses Organized

  • Workshop on MECHANICAL VENTILATION in collaboration with ISCCM
    Jalandhar branch, also at Bathinda & Ludhiana
  • Workshop on Hemodynamic monitoring at SPS Apollo Hospital , Ludhiana, Jalandhar
  • Workshop on Bedside utility of Ultrasonography in ICU at SPS Apollo Hospital.
  • Conference on SEPSIS Management

Memberships 

  • Indian Medical Association
  • Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
  • Chairman – Ludhiana branch of ISCCM
  • European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
  • National College of Chest Physicians