Nimi Singh, MA, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Nimi Singh

Contact Info

singh031@umn.edu

Office Phone 612-625-5497

Fax 612-626-2134

Office Address:
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Room 389
717 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Mailing Address:
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Room 353 717 Del
1932K (Campus Delivery Code)
717 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Director, Youth and AIDS Projects; Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program Director; and Faculty Member, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health


Adolescent Medicine Physician


MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY

Residency in Pediatrics and International Child Health, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

MA, Medical Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA

Summary

Nimi Singh, M.D., M.P.H. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship in the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Singh is also the Director for the Youth and Aids Projects. She received her undergraduate degree at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and her medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In conjunction with her residency in Pediatrics and International Child Health at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland Ohio, she pursued a Masters in Medical Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. Following this, she did a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she also received a Masters in Public Health. She then completed her training with a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Singh is currently pursuing the Clinical Scholars academic track. Her clinical and research interests have focused on disenfranchised youth including homeless and incarcerated youth, and on the mental health needs of youth in varying socioeconomic and cultural contexts. Currently she is focused on exploring, teaching and evaluating means by which to promote mental health and resilience in youth, as well as in medical students, residents and medical faculty. In June 2003, she was the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Educator Award by the Dept. of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Awards & Recognition

  • Castle Connolly "Top Doctor"
  • Best Doctors in America® (2007-2010, 2011-2012, 2013)
  • Minneapolis - St.Paul Magazine "Top Doctors" (2005-2014)
  • Outstanding Faculty Educator Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota (2003, 2007)
  • Hertz Faculty Teaching Development Award (2004)

Clinical

Specialties

  • Adolescent medicine
  • Adolescent anxiety
  • Adolescent depression
  • Adolescent eating disorders

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine

Clinical Interests

Adolescent medicine; Adolescent anxiety; Adolescent depression; Adolescent eating disorders