Tajinder (TP) Singh, MD, MSc
Chair, Scientific Review Committee; Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Tajinder (TP) Singh, MD, MSc
Chair, Scientific Review Committee; Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
MBBS
Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi
1984
New Delhi
India
Medical School
MD
Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi
1989
New Delhi
India
Residency
Pediatrics
Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated LNJP Hospital
1990
New Delhi
India
Residency
Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Michigan
1993
Detroit
MI
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Michigan
1996
Detroit
MI
Fellowship
Cardiac PET, Cardiac Transplant
Children's Hospital of Michigan
1997
Detroit
MI
Graduate School
MSc, Clinical Research Design & Statistical Analysis
University of Michigan
2005
Ann Arbor
MI
Media
Cardiac Conversations
Our team of experts discuss and answers questions about the partial heart transplant
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Professional History
Dr. Singh joined the Cardiovascular and Heart Transplant Program in 2005. He was previously Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Children's Hospital of Michigan from 1998-2005. He is a physician-scientist-teacher with an area of excellence in Clinical Expertise and Innovation. He is passionate about improving survival and quality of life in children with heart failure and heart transplantation.
During the fourth year of his Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of MI, Dr. Singh spent several months as a visiting fellow at three pediatric heart transplant programs to learn their best clinical practices. Immediately after completing his fellowship, Dr. Singh helped Children’s Hospital of MI start its heart transplant program and was the Medical Director of the program for 7 years. Dr. Singh also directed the Exercise Physiology Laboratory and performed echocardiograms in Michigan. He was recruited to join the heart failure and transplant team at Boston Children's Hospital in 2005.
In addition to taking care of children at BCH, Dr. Singh am currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Chair of the Pediatric Council of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2015-17).
Approach to Care
I went to medical school in New Delhi and was introduced to the field of Pediatric Cardiology when Drs. Lock and Keane from Boston Children’s Hospital visited to perform cardiac interventions in children. I knew then that I wanted to become a pediatric cardiologist. My clinical expertise is in taking care of children with reduced heart function, those who are awaiting heart transplant and children who have received heart transplant. I am also a clinical researcher with an interest in advancing knowledge in my field, specifically in improving outcomes in children with heart failure and after transplant, and in improving understanding of cardiovascular physiology in children in health and disease.
Finally, I am a teacher and enjoy sharing the current state of knowledge with medical students, pediatric residents and cardiology fellows as it applies to clinical practice. Even as I teach what I know, I have always considered myself a life-long student first. My personal philosophy while learning or teaching has always been to understand as deeply as is possible; to get to the bottom of things and then take the larger view of what it all really means.
Finally, I am a teacher and enjoy sharing the current state of knowledge with medical students, pediatric residents and cardiology fellows as it applies to clinical practice. Even as I teach what I know, I have always considered myself a life-long student first. My personal philosophy while learning or teaching has always been to understand as deeply as is possible; to get to the bottom of things and then take the larger view of what it all really means.
Publications
International experience of donation after circulatory death for lung transplantation. A special report from the International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. View Abstract
International experience of donation after circulatory death for heart transplantation: A special report from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 2025 Annual Report of Heart and Lung Transplantation. View Abstract
Donor History of Drug Use and Graft Survival in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
Mid-Term Outcomes of Patients With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Left Ventricle-Coronary Artery Fistula. View Abstract
Early renal failure after primary thoracic organ transplantation. View Abstract
Socioeconomic Status and Major Adverse Transplant Events in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
Sacubitril/Valsartan in Pediatric Heart Failure (PANORAMA-HF): A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind Trial. View Abstract
Exercise testing in clinical context: Reference ranges for interpreting anaerobic threshold as an outcome for congenital heart disease patients. View Abstract
Impact of a positive crossmatch on pediatric heart transplant outcomes. View Abstract
Mortality and Heart Transplantation After Hybrid Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. View Abstract
Corrigendum to 'The role of sensitization in post-transplant outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease sensitization in adults with congenital heart disease', Int. J. Cardiol. Congenit. Heart Dis., 8, June 2022, 100384. View Abstract
Medium-term Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Managed Using a Steroid Avoidance Immune Suppression Protocol. View Abstract
Impact of donor-specific anti-HLA antibody on cardiac hemodynamics and graft function 3 years after pediatric heart transplantation: First results from the CTOTC-09 multi-institutional study. View Abstract
Graft survival in primary thoracic organ transplant recipients: A special report from the International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. View Abstract
Propensity Score Methods for Analyzing Registry Data in Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric heart transplant outcomes in the era of anti-thymocyte globulin induction. View Abstract
Pediatric heart transplant using hearts from oversized donors. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-ninth adult lung transplantation report-2022; focus on lung transplant recipients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-fifth pediatric lung transplantation report - 2022; focus on pulmonary vascular diseases. View Abstract
The International thoracic organ transplant registry of the international society for heart and lung transplantation: Twenty-fifth pediatric heart transplantation report-2022; focus on infant heart transplantation. View Abstract
The International thoracic organ transplant registry of the international society for heart and lung transplantation: Thirty-ninth adult heart transplantation report-2022; focus on transplant for restrictive heart disease. View Abstract
Prognostic Value of Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
The role of sensitization in post-transplant outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease sensitization in adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Presentation and outcomes of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder at a single institution pediatric transplant center. View Abstract
Matching Donor and Recipient Size in Pediatric Heart Transplantation. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-fourth pediatric heart transplantation report - 2021; focus on recipient characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-eighth adult lung transplantation report - 2021; Focus on recipient characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-eighth adult heart transplantation report - 2021; Focus on recipient characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-fourth pediatric lung transplantation report - 2021; Focus on recipient characteristics. View Abstract
Risk Factors for Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction in Infants Following Heart Transplant. View Abstract
Characteristics Associated With High-Performing Pediatric Heart Transplant Centers in the United States From 2006 to 2015. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 37th adult lung transplantation report - 2020; focus on deceased donor characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 23rd pediatric heart transplantation report-2020; focus on deceased donor characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 37th adult heart transplantation report-2020; focus on deceased donor characteristics. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-third pediatric lung transplantation report - 2020; focus on deceased donor characteristics. View Abstract
Comparison of tissue Doppler imaging and conventional echocardiography to discriminate rejection from non-rejection after pediatric heart transplantation. View Abstract
The re-occurrence of cardiomyopathy in propionic acidemia after liver transplantation. View Abstract
Association of Clinical Rejection Versus Rejection on Protocol Biopsy With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
Long-Term Survival After Heart Transplantation at Centers Stratified by Short-Term Performance. View Abstract
Black race and outcomes in children with a heart transplant. View Abstract
Hospital readmission following pediatric heart transplantation. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-second pediatric heart transplantation report - 2019; Focus theme: Donor and recipient size match. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-sixth adult heart transplantation report - 2019; focus theme: Donor and recipient size match. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-sixth adult lung and heart-lung transplantation Report-2019; Focus theme: Donor and recipient size match. View Abstract
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-second pediatric lung and heart-lung transplantation report-2019; Focus theme: Donor and recipient size match. View Abstract
Is Doppler echocardiography useful for estimating left ventricular filling pressures in pediatric heart transplant recipients? View Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in the first 24 hours following pediatric heart transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes. View Abstract
Risk factors for death or heart transplantation in single-ventricle physiology (tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, and heterotaxy): A systematic review and meta-analysis. View Abstract
Incidence, predictors, and outcomes after severe primary graft dysfunction in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Reply to the letter: "Center effect on posttransplant survival among currently active United States pediatric heart transplant centers". View Abstract
Center effect on posttransplant survival among currently active United States pediatric heart transplant centers. View Abstract
Are we any nearer to clinically useful pretransplant prediction of post-transplant outcomes? View Abstract
Liver abnormalities and post-transplant survival in pediatric Fontan patients. View Abstract
Is Myocarditis an Independent Risk Factor for Post-Transplant Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients? View Abstract
Predicting graft loss by 1 year in pediatric heart transplantation candidates: an analysis of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study database. View Abstract
Risk stratification for in-hospital mortality after heart transplantation using the modification of diet in renal disease and the chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate. View Abstract
Association of hemodynamic profiles with wait-list mortality in children listed for heart transplantation with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. View Abstract
Does the UNOS heart transplant allocation system favor men over women? View Abstract
Risk factors and outcome of Fontan-associated plastic bronchitis: a case-control study. View Abstract
Survival benefit from transplantation in patients listed for heart transplantation in the United States. View Abstract
Survival in patients removed from the heart transplant waiting list before receiving a transplant. View Abstract
Letter by Singh Regarding Article, "Berlin Heart EXCOR pediatric ventricular assist device for bridge to heart transplantation in US children". View Abstract
Tissue Doppler imaging for rejection surveillance in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Antibody depletion for the treatment of crossmatch-positive pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Impact of medication non-adherence on survival after pediatric heart transplantation in the U.S.A. View Abstract
Risk stratification and transplant benefit in children listed for heart transplant in the United States. View Abstract
Prognostic value of exercise testing during heart transplant evaluation in children. View Abstract
Prospective trial of a pediatric ventricular assist device. View Abstract
Cardiac allograft function during the first year after transplantation in rejection-free children and young adults. View Abstract
Current outcomes in US children with cardiomyopathy listed for heart transplantation. View Abstract
Racial and ethnic differences in wait-list outcomes in patients listed for heart transplantation in the United States. View Abstract
Letter by Singh regarding article, "Peak oxygen uptake correlates with survival without clinical deterioration in ambulatory children with dilated cardiomyopathy". View Abstract
Risk prediction for early in-hospital mortality following heart transplantation in the United States. View Abstract
A risk-prediction model for in-hospital mortality after heart transplantation in US children. View Abstract
Decline in heart transplant wait list mortality in the United States following broader regional sharing of donor hearts. View Abstract
Pediatric heart failure and worsening renal function: association with outcomes after heart transplantation. View Abstract
Trends in wait-list mortality in children listed for heart transplantation in the United States: era effect across racial/ethnic groups. View Abstract
Association of graft ischemic time with survival after heart transplant among children in the United States. View Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart transplantation among children in the United States: analysis of data from the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. View Abstract
Recovery of oxygen consumption after maximal exercise in children. View Abstract
Letter by Singh regarding article, "Enalapril in infants with single ventricle: results of a multicenter randomized trial". View Abstract
Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in infants undergoing heart transplantation in the United States. View Abstract
Improved survival in heart transplant recipients in the United States: racial differences in era effect. View Abstract
Improved survival in pediatric heart transplant recipients: have white, black and Hispanic children benefited equally? View Abstract
Association of race and socioeconomic position with outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Are Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers ineffective in children with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure? View Abstract
Outcomes of heart transplantation using donor hearts from infants with sudden infant death syndrome. View Abstract
Coronary diameter and vasodilator function in children following arterial switch operation for complete transposition of the great arteries. View Abstract
Socioeconomic position and heart rate recovery after maximal exercise in children. View Abstract
Impact of ABO-incompatible listing on wait-list outcomes among infants listed for heart transplantation in the United States: a propensity analysis. View Abstract
Socioeconomic position, ethnicity, and outcomes in heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Safety and early outcomes using a corticosteroid-avoidance immunosuppression protocol in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Racial and ethnic differences in mortality in children awaiting heart transplant in the United States. View Abstract
Association of left ventricular dilation at listing for heart transplant with postlisting and early posttransplant mortality in children with dilated cardiomyopathy. View Abstract
Incidence and risk factors for mortality in infants awaiting heart transplantation in the USA. View Abstract
Era effect on post-transplant survival adjusted for baseline risk factors in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Association of socioeconomic position and medical insurance with fetal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Socioeconomic position and graft failure in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Waiting list mortality among children listed for heart transplantation in the United States. View Abstract
Determinants of heart rate recovery following exercise in children. View Abstract
Longitudinal changes in heart rate recovery after maximal exercise in pediatric heart transplant recipients: evidence of autonomic re-innervation? View Abstract
Longitudinal changes in heart rate-corrected measures of exercise performance in children. View Abstract
Cardiac rehabilitation improves heart rate recovery following peak exercise in children with repaired congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Clinical trials of newly developed anti-cancer agents in children with acute leukemia. View Abstract
Hyperlipidemia in children after heart transplantation. View Abstract
Association of parental pretransplant psychosocial assessment with post-transplant morbidity in pediatric heart transplant recipients. View Abstract
Neonatal heart transplantation to a physiologic single lung. View Abstract
Severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia following cardiac transplantation in a child. View Abstract
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Practice guidelines for management of heart failure in children. View Abstract
Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation. View Abstract
Transthoracic echocardiography for precardioversion screening during atrial flutter/fibrillation in young patients. View Abstract
Total lymphoid irradiation: new therapeutic option for refractory giant cell myocarditis. View Abstract
Risk factors for recurrent rejection in pediatric heart transplantation: a multicenter experience. View Abstract
Vascular function and carotid intimal-medial thickness in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Timing of heart transplantation after a recent pulmonary embolism. View Abstract
Positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in children with suspected coronary abnormalities. View Abstract
Carvedilol reverses elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy. View Abstract
Myocardial flow reserve in patients with a systemic right ventricle after atrial switch repair. View Abstract
Assessment of progressive changes in exercise performance in patients with a systemic right ventricle following the atrial switch repair. View Abstract
Assessment of skeletal muscle ventricle tissue blood flow using positron emission tomography. View Abstract
Myocardial blood flow, function, and metabolism in repetitive stunning. View Abstract
Safety and efficacy of intravenous adenosine for pharmacologic stress testing in children with aortic valve disease or Kawasaki disease. View Abstract
Myocardial flow reserve in long-term survivors of repair of anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. View Abstract
Coil occlusion versus conventional surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus. View Abstract
Quantification of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve in children with a history of Kawasaki disease and normal coronary arteries using positron emission tomography. View Abstract
Pediatric hypertension: clinical profile and etiology. View Abstract
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