Robert Singer (b. 1964, Omaha, Nebraska) is a neurosurgeon, artist, and designer based in Southampton, NY. He studied history and studio art at the University of Iowa, earned a Master’s in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from Azusa Pacific University, and completed advanced medical training at Vanderbilt, Stanford, and Harvard. He specializes in neurovascular and neuro-oncological surgery and also holds a Master of Healthcare Delivery Science from Dartmouth College.
His artwork is featured in permanent collections including Arya (Atlanta, GA), the Norton Neuroscience Center (Louisville, KY), and Neurosurgery of South Kansas City (Overland Park, KS). He has exhibited at The Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College and La La Land Gallery in Los Angeles, and remains active in the Hamptons art community.
Since 2002, Singer has also served as President and Director of Design for Waterstone Guitar Company, creating unique custom instruments, pickups, and effects.
Singer RJ, Abe T, Taylor WH, Marks MP, Norbash AM: Intracavernous anterior cerebral artery origin with associated arteriovenous malformation: a developmental analysis: Case report. Neurosurg 40(4): 829-31, 1997 Apr. PMID: 9092857
Abe T, Singer RJ, Marks MP, Norbash AM, Crowley R, Steinberg GK: Coexistence of occult vascular malformations and developmental venous anomalies in the central nervous system: MR evaluation. Amer J Neuroradiol 19(1): 51-7, 1998 Jan. PMID: 9432157
Abe T, Kojima K, Singer RJ, Marks MP, Watanabe M, Nishimura H, Hayabuchi N: Endovascular management of an aneurysm arising from posterior inferior cerebellar artery originated at the level of C2. Radiat Med 16(2): 141-3, 1998 Mar-Apr. PMID: 9650904
Singer RJ, Clough J, Johnson M, Copeland MJ: Pigmented schwannoma of the ventral spinal cord. South Med J 92(5): 545-47, 1999 May. PMID: 10342906
Norbash AM, Singer RJ: Videographic assessment of the embolic characteristics of three polymeric compounds: ethylene vinyl alcohol, cellulose acetate, and liquid urethane. AJNRAm J Neuroradiol 22(2): 334-40, 2001 Feb. PMID: 11156779
Ogilvy CS, Hoh BL, Singer RJ, Putman CM: Clinical and radiographic outcome in the management of posterior circulation aneurysms by use of direct surgical or endovascular techniques. Neurosurg 51(1): 14-21, 2002 Jul. PMID: 12182412
Alamanda VK, Tomycz L, Velez D, Singer RJ: Direct, high-flow bypass for a pediatric giant, fusiform aneurysm of the inferior division of M2: Case report and review of the literature. J Surg Tech Case Rep 4(1): 53-7, 2012 Jan. PMID:23066467
Jermakowicz WJ, Tomycz L, Ghiassi M, Singer RJ: Use of endovascular embolization to treat a ruptured arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: A case report. J Med Case Rep 6: 113, 2012 Apr. PMID: 22524895
Tomycz L, Maris AS, Ghiassi M, Singer RJ: Open surgical disconnection for congenital, multi-hole, pial arteriovenous fistulae in non-eloquent cortex. Neurol India 60(4): 415-8, 2012 Jul-Aug. PMID:22954978
Martin JA, Maris AS, Ehtesham M, Singer RJ: Rat model of blood-brain barrier disruption to allow targeted neurovascular therapeutics. J Vis Exp 69: e50019, 2012 Nov. PMID:23222697
Tomycz L, Bansal NK, Lockney T, Strothers M, Connors JJ, Shay S, Singer RJ: Primary balloon angioplasty for symptomatic, high-grade intracranial stenosis. Surg Neurol Int 4: 18, 2013. [Epub 2013 Feb 20] PMID: 23493431
Narayanan S, Singer RJ, Abruzzo TA, Hussain MS, Powers CJ, Prestigiacomo CJ, Heck DV, Sunshine JL, Kelly M, Jayaraman MV, Meyers PM [on behalf of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery]: Reporting standards for balloon test occlusion. J Neurointerv Surg 5(6): 503-5, 2013 Nov. [Epub 2013 June 22] PMID: 23794674
16. Donahue MJ, Ayad M, Moore R, van Osch M, Singer RJ, Clemmons P, Strother M: Relationships between hypercarbic reactivity, cerebral blood flow, and arterial circulation times in patients with moyamoya disease. J Magn Reson Imaging 38(5): 1129-39, 2013 Nov. [Epub 2013 Feb 25] PMID: 23440909
17. Ladner TR, Ehtesham M, Davis BJ, Khan IS, Ghiassi M, Ghiassi M, Singer RJ: Resolution of trigeminal neuralgia by coil embolization of a persistent primitive trigeminal artery aneurysm. BMJ Case Rep, bcr2013010703, 2013 Apr. PMID: 53625680
18. Grelli KN, Palubinsky AM, Kale AC, Lizama-Manibusan BN, Stankowski JN, Milne GL, Singer RJ, McLaughlin B: Alteration of isocitrate dehydrogenase following acute ischemic injury as a means to improve cellular energetic status in neuroadaptation. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 12(6): 849-60, 2013 Sept. PMID: 23469839.
19. Zaiss M, Xu J, Goerke S, Khan IS, Singer RJ, Gore JC, Gochberg DF, Bachert P: Inverse Z-spectrum analysis for spillover-, MT, and T1- corrected steady-state pulsed CEST-MRI-application to pH-weighted MRI of acute stroke. NMR Biomed 27(3): 240-52, 2014 Mar. [Epub 2014 Jan 3] PMID: 24395553
20. Khan IS, Ladner TR, Satti KF, Ehtesham M, Jordan LC, Singer RJ: Endovascular thrombolysis for pediatric cerebral sinus venous thrombosis with tissue plasminogen activator and abciximab. J Neurosurg Pediatr 13(1): 68-71, 2014 Jan. [Epub 2013 Nov 1] PMID: 24180679
21. Khan IS, Kelly PD, Singer RJ: Prototyping of cerebral vasculature physical models. Surg Neurol Int 5: 11, 2014 Jan 27. PMID: 24678427
22. Khan IS, Kiehna EN, Satti KF, Ehtesham M, Ghiassi M, Singer RJ: Surgical management of large scalp infantile hemangiomas. Surg Neurol Int 5: 41, 2014 Mar 27. PMID: 24818048
23. Arteaga D, Strother M, Faraco CC, Jordan L, Ladner TR, Dethrage LM, Singer RJ, Mocco J, Clemmons PF, Donahue MJ: The vascular steal phenomenon is an incomplete contributor to negative cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metabol 34(9):1453-62, 2014 Sep. [Epub 2014 Jun 11]
24. Ladner TR, Ehtesham M, Davis BJ, Khan IS, Ghiassi M, Ghiassi M, Singer RJ: Resolution of trigeminal neuralgia by coil embolization of a persistent primitive trigeminal artery aneurysm. J Neurointervent Surg 6(3): e22, 2014 Apr. [Epub 2013 May 3] PMID: 24610143
25. Strother MK, Anderson MD, Singer RJ, Du L, Moore RD, Shyr Y, Ladner TR, Arteaga D, Day MA, Clemmons PF, Donahue MJ: Cerebrovascular collaterals correlate with disease severity in adult North American patients with Moyamoya disease. AJNRAmer J Neuroradiol 35(7): 1318-24, 2014 Jul. [Epub 2014 Mar 20] PMID: 24651814
26. Donahue MJ, Jordan L, Clemmons PF, Singer RJ, Mocco J, Shyr Y, Desai AA, Oduffy AE, Riebau DA, Hermann L, Connors B, Kirshner H, Strother M: Routine clinical evaluation of cerebrovascular reserve capacity using carbogen in patients with intracranial stenosis. Stroke 45(8): 2335-41, 2014 Aug. [Epub 2014 Jun 17] PMID: 24938845
27. Ahn AK, Jordan L, Singer RJ, Honeybrook A: Stroke after Adenotonsillectomy in Patients with undiagnosed Moyamoya Syndrome. JAMAOtolaryngolHead Neck Surg 140(11): 1061-4, 2014 Nov. [Epub 2014 Sep 25] PMID: 25257069
