Dr. Sunil Singhal’s clinical practice involves all aspects of General Thoracic Surgery. He focuses on lung cancer, Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal cancer, minimally invasive surgery (VATS lobectomy), mediastinal disease (including diseases of the thymus in patients with myasthenia gravis), pleural disease (including mesothelioma) and microinvasive hyperhidrosis surgery.
Dr. Singhal is the Director of the Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory. His interests include translational research in lung cancer, esophageal cancer and thymoma. He is spearheading efforts to conduct clinical trials with novel therapies for patients with advanced lung cancer, and esophageal cancer.
In addition, Dr. Singhal is the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center. He will be developing their minimally invasive surgery for the care of Veterans in the Delaware Valley.
Special Interests:
Lung cancer
Barrett’s esophagus
Esophageal cancer
Minimally invasive surgery(VATS lobectomy)
Mediastinal disease
Thymoma
Myasthenia gravis
Microinvasive hyperhidrosis surgery
