Ranjit Singh, MB BChir Medicine, MBA ’04

Ranjit Singh, MB BChir, MBA ’04, is a recognized leader in the field of patient safety in primary care. He has served on numerous patient safety committees, nationally and internationally, including those at the Centers for Disease Control, National Quality Forum, and World Health Organization. His work has been funded through federal grants, with partners across diverse disciplines.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Singh has worked to make patient safety an integral part of medical education and practice. His research applies systems engineering and information technology to prevent errors and improve safety. He is especially dedicated to preventing avoidable harm from medications among older adults. His current research focuses on deprescribing—identifying and discontinuing medications that pose significant risk without commensurate benefit.

Currently, Dr. Singh is co-director of a National Institute of Health’s Research Career Development Program (K12) in Implementation Science, training the next generation of clinician-researchers in scientific methods that help translate research findings into real-world settings. This includes implementing patient-care guidelines as well as de-implementing unsafe or ineffective treatments that are still being used.

Dr. Singh earned both a master’s degree in management sciences and a medical degree from the University of Cambridge, England, after which he came to UB for residency training in family medicine. In 2004, he earned an MBA from UB. Dr. Singh has served on faculty in the UB Department of Family Medicine since 2000 and holds secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and in the School of Management’s Department of Management Science and Systems.