Vinita Singh, MD, MS
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RolePain Medicine
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Research Program
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Practicing Since2014

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 (376 ratings)
Board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine, Vinita Singh, MD, MS, specializes in treating chronic pain conditions, including peripheral neuropathy-related pain, low back and neck pain, sciatica, sacroiliac joint pain, and knee and shoulder pain. She has subspecialty expertise in managing cancer pain and collaborates with oncologists to provide state-of-the-art therapies for patients with cancer-related pain symptoms.
Dr. Singh is an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine, where she holds several leadership roles, including division chief of pain medicine, co-director of research for the pain division and director of cancer pain. She joined Emory in 2014 and focused early in her career on building a cancer pain service.
Dr. Singh earned her medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical College in India. She completed her anesthesia residency at Indiana University and a fellowship in pain medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. As a KL2 scholar in the NIH-funded Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, she earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research and led a clinical trial on the use of intranasal ketamine for cancer pain.
Dr. Singh has a national reputation in pain management and has authored more than 25 publications, including 10 original research articles. She has delivered dozens of invited talks and hands-on workshops.
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Title/Journal | Authors | Publication Date |
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Regional anesthesia and pain medicine |
RS D'Souza, Y Yu, V Singh, J Karri, S Javed, YF Her, N Chai, C Hoffmann, DO Warner, N Hussain | 07/13/2025 |
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management: A Survey of Clinical Practice Patterns. Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society |
J Karri, E Sivanesan, A Gulati, V Singh, S Sheen, B Yalamuru, EJ Wang, S Javed, M Chung, R Sohini, N Hussain, RS D'Souza | 02/01/2025 |
Integrative Approaches for Cancer Pain Management. Current oncology reports |
RS Martini, T Brown, V Singh, A Woodbury | 06/01/2024 |
Using Nerve Blocks for Addressing Radiation-Induced Pain During Pelvic Cancer Treatment. JAMA oncology |
JY Lin, JS Remick, V Singh | 06/01/2024 |
MR-conditionality failure modes: a comparison across various spinal cord stimulators. Pain management |
KA Fisher, TC Jenkins, V Singh, R Li, YJ Qadri | 01/01/2024 |
Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain |
JK Frediani, AA Lal, E Kim, SL Leslie, DW Boorman, V Singh | 01/01/2024 |
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Inpatient Interventional Pain Management for Lumbar Radiculopathy. Pain physician |
R Louis, DW Boorman, A Rogers, V Singh | 09/01/2023 |
Anesthesiology clinics |
TR Lii, V Singh | 06/01/2023 |
Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for Chronic Pain at a Single Institution: A Case Series. Journal of pain research |
AM McKenzie-Brown, DW Boorman, KR Ibanez, E Agwu, V Singh | 01/01/2023 |
Journal of pain research |
SG Pritzlaff, JH Goree, JM Hagedorn, DW Lee, KB Chapman, S Christiansen, A Dudas, A Escobar, CJ Gilligan, M Guirguis, A Gulati, J Jameson, CJ Mallard, MZ Murphy, KV Patel, RG Patel, SJ Sheth, S Vanterpool, V Singh, G Smith, NH Strand, CM Vu, T Suvar, K Chakravarthy, L Kapural, MS Leong, TR Lubenow, A Abd-Elsayed, JE Pope, D Sayed, TR Deer | 01/01/2023 |
Federal and Statewide Coverage for Opioid-Sparing Chronic Pain Treatments. Pain physician |
M McKay, MM Gorvine, N Zaller, V Singh, J Goree | 12/01/2022 |
Low-Dose Naltrexone in Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) |
AM McKenzie-Brown, N Khanna, V Singh | 04/08/2022 |
A dose-escalation clinical trial of intranasal ketamine for uncontrolled cancer-related pain. Pharmacotherapy |
V Singh, TW Gillespie, O Lane, B Spektor, AJ Zarrabi, K Egan, K Curseen, M Tsvetkova, JH Beumer, R Sniecinski, JW Shteamer, J Switchenko, RD Harvey | 04/01/2022 |
Prolonging Sympathetic Blockade for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Is Botulinum Toxin the Answer? Anesthesiology |
V Singh, SP Cohen | 02/01/2022 |
Pain management in hidradenitis suppurativa and a proposed treatment algorithm. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |
KT Savage, V Singh, ZS Patel, CA Yannuzzi, AM McKenzie-Brown, MA Lowes, LAV Orenstein | 07/01/2021 |
Journal of pain research |
MM Aman, A Mahmoud, T Deer, D Sayed, JM Hagedorn, SE Brogan, V Singh, A Gulati, N Strand, J Weisbein, JH Goree, F Xing, A Valimahomed, DJ Pak, A El Helou, P Ghosh, K Shah, V Patel, A Escobar, K Schmidt, J Shah, V Varshney, W Rosenberg, S Narang | 01/01/2021 |
Celiac plexus neurolysis for abdominal cancers: going beyond pancreatic cancer pain. Pain reports |
VT Ambai, V Singh, DW Boorman, NJ Neufeld | 01/01/2021 |
Pain reports |
JS Mascaro, V Singh, K Wehrmeyer, B Scott, J Juan, AM McKenzie-Brown, OP Lane, C Haack | 01/01/2021 |
Techniques for Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation of the Upper Extremity. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) |
V Singh, D Sandhu, N Xiang | 08/01/2020 |
Journal of palliative medicine |
AJ Zarrabi, JW Welsh, R Sniecinski, K Curseen, T Gillespie, W Baer, AM McKenzie-Brown, V Singh | 04/01/2020 |
Universal Properties of Concentration Sensing in Large Ligand-Receptor Networks. Physical review letters |
V Singh, I Nemenman | 01/17/2020 |
How effective is ketamine in the management of chronic neuropathic pain? Pain management |
JW Shteamer, MA Callaway, P Patel, V Singh | 11/01/2019 |
Journal of oncology practice |
V Singh, AJ Zarrabi, KA Curseen, R Sniecinski, JW Welsh, AM McKenzie-Brown, W Baer, TW Gillespie | 10/01/2019 |
JMIR research protocols |
JW Shteamer, RD Harvey, B Spektor, K Curseen, K Egan, Z Chen, TW Gillespie, RM Sniecinski, V Singh | 04/30/2019 |
Intranasal Ketamine and Its Potential Role in Cancer-Related Pain. Pharmacotherapy |
V Singh, TW Gillespie, RD Harvey | 03/01/2018 |
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists |
S Samarasinghe, F Meah, V Singh, A Basit, N Emanuele, MA Emanuele, A Mazhari, EW Holmes | 08/01/2017 |
Meta gene |
D Gupta, V Gupta, V Singh, S Prakash, S Agrawal, S Chawla, SR Phadke | 09/01/2016 |
Journal of diabetes and its complications |
N Mishra, S Saxena, S Ruia, S Prasad, V Singh, V Khanna, R Staffa, L Gaspar, P Kruzliak | 07/01/2016 |
Association of serum N(ε)-Carboxy methyl lysine with severity of diabetic retinopathy. Journal of diabetes and its complications |
N Mishra, S Saxena, RK Shukla, V Singh, CH Meyer, P Kruzliak, VK Khanna | 04/01/2016 |
Trials |
BJ Elmunzer, J Serrano, A Chak, SA Edmundowicz, GI Papachristou, JM Scheiman, VK Singh, S Varadarajulu, JJ Vargo, FF Willingham, TH Baron, GA Coté, J Romagnuolo, A Wood-Williams, EK Depue, RL Spitzer, C Spino, LD Foster, V Durkalski | 03/03/2016 |
Dr. Singh is a fellow of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. She has received multiple research awards, including the Robert C. Coddington Award for best research presentation during her transitional year internship, the Harold Jerry Levy Award for excellence in research from Emory’s Department of Anesthesiology and the Lisa Stearns Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society for clinical and scientific work in cancer pain interventional therapies and neuromodulation. She received the inaugural Emory Anesthesiology Faculty Diversity Grant in 2019 and has also been featured in Emory University School of Medicine's Researcher Appreciation Day Recognition and Doctor's Day Recognition.
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| Provider explained things clearly |
4.7 |
| Provider discussed treatment options |
4.7 |
| Provider included you in decisions |
4.7 |
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09/04/2025 |
Good |
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08/30/2025 |
Very good experience |
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08/23/2025 |
First doctor I saw since my condition started that I felt like really cared and really wanted to figure out what's wrong. Though I still haven't a specified cause on what is causing my pain I feel I may be getting closer and I'm hopeful |
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07/17/2025 |
I really like Dr. Singh but she seems too busy to see her patients in a timely manner. She says follow up two weeks but no appointments for months. |
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07/15/2025 |
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!GREAT SERVICE AND DOCTOR, I APPRECIATE DR. V. SINGH |
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07/03/2025 |
All good |
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07/01/2025 |
Good |
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06/23/2025 |
As I mentioned Emory is second to none |
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06/04/2025 |
Good |
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05/15/2025 |
Factoring talk through the pros and cons of the surgical option. She was recommending and took time to address our concerns. She also propose some non-surgical options to try in the meantime it's Cleere. She really cares about her patience well-being. |
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04/30/2025 |
Good |
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04/26/2025 |
Knowledgeable of my Care |
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03/28/2025 |
Love Dr Singh and Dr. Patterson! |
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03/07/2025 |
Doctor and staff was very attentive to my concerns and needs during my visit |
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02/11/2025 |
Good |
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02/04/2025 |
Good |
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02/01/2025 |
Good |
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01/17/2025 |
Loved my experience |
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01/03/2025 |
Dr.V.Singh is absolutely Great!!! |
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12/06/2024 |
Both Dr Singh and Dr Baker (resident physician) were very thorough and informative. |
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09/30/2024 |
Dr. Singh was wonderful. I am hoping she will be able to help me through this journey. |
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09/24/2024 |
No problem |
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09/23/2024 |
I felt complete concern for my condition by each of the doctors. |
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09/21/2024 |
The assistant was from intervention therapy so a bit different procedure than what I received. However he was okay. Dr. Singh coached him along. I would refer Dr Singh only because she is competent. If you are looking for warm and fuzzy, she would not be a good choice. |
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09/11/2024 |
Very pleased |
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09/09/2024 |
Dr Singh is a wonderful Doctor!!! |
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08/29/2024 |
Good |
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08/22/2024 |
I was recommended to take a medication I am allergic to to control my pain and the doctor is refusing to write for any medication to control my pain. |
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08/16/2024 |
Good |
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07/18/2024 |
Good |
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06/15/2024 |
Good |
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06/15/2024 |
Dr Singh is Wonderful!!! |
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06/14/2024 |
Dr. Singh is always very thorough and really caring. I feel Dr. Singh's concern with my problems. |
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06/07/2024 |
Good |
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05/01/2024 |
Dr. Seemed unprepared with knowledge of my trial history with oncology. |
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04/24/2024 |
At the end of our meeting, the doctor just said "have a nice day". She didn't ask if I had any questions or concerns. When I did try to ask a question, her response was "can't you ask a nurse to do this? I have three patients waiting on me ". |
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04/24/2024 |
Doctor was in rush as usual due to her workload! |
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04/18/2024 |
The student doctor cared more than the actual doctor and when I asked for a compound lidocaine or something else that may help she proceeded to tell me narcotics don't work for that. I didn't ask for narcotics. I didn't even mention narcotics. Not once! How does compound lidocaine equate to narcotics? She also proceeded to say a lot has been tried already. Yes, that's why we were there. She did not seem to care much. *IF* I go back I will most likely request a different doctor. Hopefully someone like the student doctor who had and showed some empathy, asked questions, and talked to us. |
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02/29/2024 |
Doctor was friendly and personable listening to patient and working with him. |
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02/08/2024 |
Dr Singh is very thorough and seems genuinely interested in my problems. |
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01/24/2024 |
The doctors not only discussed the procedure, they asked for my input and listened all of my questions and concerns. |
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01/18/2024 |
All of the people above I saw that day. They all very professional and I could have asked any more from them in my medical care. |
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01/18/2024 |
Good bedside manner and answer all of my concerns. |
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01/04/2024 |
Good |
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12/17/2023 |
Good |
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11/30/2023 |
Dr. Vanita Singh is five stars all around. Very caring and steps in to make a patients life better. |
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11/29/2023 |
I always feel heard by Dr. Singh. She offers treatment options, discusses meds and therapies. It's a shared decision making process to find the best, most effective options. |
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11/28/2023 |
Great experience. I don't particularly like video calls but this was great b |
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11/15/2023 |
Good vibe |
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10/13/2023 |
Dr. Singh has changed my life for the better. |