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Urology Intranet

Jennifer Sandra Singer, MD
a Curriculum Vitae

Jennifer Sandra Singer, MD
Assistant Professor in Urology specializing in renal transplantation and pediatric urology

Location: 63-276 CHS
 
Phone: 310-794-7152
Educational Background
Undergraduate: BS - University of California at Los Angeles,Major: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
Medical School: MD - UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Resident, Dept. of Urology. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Board
Certifications
& Fellowships:		 2003-2004: Fellow, Pediatric Urology. Dept. of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas.

2002-2003: Fellow, Renal Transplantation. Dept. of Urology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Specialties
renal transplantation and pediatric urology

Professional Memberships
American Medical Association
American Urological Association
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (Candidate Member)
American Academy of Pediatrics (Post-residency Training
Fellow)
Society of Pediatric Urology
Society of Fetal Urology
Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery
Society of Women in Urology
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Delta Chapter
Co-president and Junior Member, 1995-1996

Academic & Medical Staff Appointments
Assistant Professor - UCLA Department of Urology - Los Angeles Ca

Awards & Honors
-Pfizer Scholar Award in Urology, 2003
-Young Investigator Award, Transplant 2000 at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and American Society of Transplantation (AST).
-Resident of the Year Award (1997), Dept. of General Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
-Intern of the Year Award (1996), Dept. of General Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
-Alpha Omega Alpha Delta Chapter, National Medical Honor Society, 1994-1996.
-Stafford L. Warren Medal: Awarded to senior graduating first in medical school class of 1996
-Janet M. Glascow Memorial Achievement Citation (awarded by the American Medical Women’s Assoc.)
-McGraw-Hill Book Award, 1993
-Undergraduate Suma Cum Laude, 1990
-Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
-Golden Key National Honor Society, 1988
-Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society, 1987


  Additional Information


  1. Markmann JF, Markmann JW, Desai NM, Baquerizo A, Singer J, Holt C, Ghobrial RM, Farmer DG, Busuttil, RW.  Operative parameters that predict the outcomes of hepatic transplantation.  J Am Coll Surg.  2003 Apr;196(4):566-72.
  2. Perry KT Jr., Zisman A, Singer J, Schulam P.  Splenosis presenting as a right suprarenal retroperitoneal mass.  J. Urol. 2002 Aug;168(2):644-5.
  3. Singer JS, Mhoyan A, Fishbein MC, Shen X, Feng G, Zhao D, Coito AJ, Reemtsen BL, Amersi F, Busuttil RW,  Kupiec-Weglinski JW, Ghobrial RM.  Allochimeric Class I MHC Molecules Inhibit Chronic Rejection and Attenuate Alloantibody Responses.  Transplantation. 2001 Oct;72(8):1408-16.
  4. Singer JS, Shen X, Fishbein M, Mhoyan A, Zhao D, Reemtsen B, Gao F, Amersi F, Coito AJ, Busuttil RW, Weglinski JK, Ghobrial RM.  Allochimeric class I MHC inhibits chronic rejection in cardiac allografts.  Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):179.
  5. Ghobrial R, Amersi F, Stecker K, Kato H, Melinek J, Singer J, Mhoyan A, Busuttil RW,  Kupiec-Weglinski JW, Stepkowski SM.  Amelioration of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury with intercellular adhesion molecule-1 antisense  oligodeoxynucleotides.  Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):538. 
  6. Markmann JF, Markmann JW, Markmann DA, Bacquerizo A, Singer J, Holt CD, Gornbein J, Yersiz H, Morrissey M, Lerner SM, McDiarmid SV, Busuttil RW.  Preoperative factors associated with outcome and their impact on resource use in 1148 consecutive primary liver transplants.  Transplantation. 2001 Sep;72(6):1113-22.
  7. Ghobrial RM, Colquhoun S, Rosen H, Hollis P, Ponthieux S, Pakrasi A, Farmer DG, Markmann JF, Markowitz J, Drazan K, Yersiz H, Singer J, Stribling R, Arnout W, Holt CD, Goss J, Imagawa D, Seu P, Goldstein LI, Shackleton CR, Martin P, Busuttil RW.   Retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C following tacrolimus or cyclosporine immunosuppression.  Transplant Proc. 1998 Jun;30(4):1470-1                         
  8. Singer, JS and Rajfer, J.  Effects of Transplant Immunosuppression on Male Sexuality.  Transplantation and Immunology Letter. 2001 Sept. issue. 
  9. Shoskes, DA and Singer, JS.  More than one renal transplant:  the assessment of candidates for renal retransplantation.  International Yearbook of Nephrology 1996, Oxford University Press 1996.  160-163.
  10. Quinn J, Li HH, Singer J, Morimoto B, Mets L, Kindle K, Merchant S.  The plastocyanin-deficient phenotype of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ac-208 results from a frame-shift mutation in the nuclear gene encoding preapoplastocyanin.  J Biol Chem.  1993; 268, 7832-7841.
  11. Hill KL, Li HH, Singer J, Merchant S.   Isolation and structural characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gene for cytochrome c6.  Analysis of the kinetics and metal specificity of its copper-responsive expression.  J Biol Chem. 1991 Aug;266(23):15060-7.