Nilika Singhal, MD
Associate Professor; School of Medicine Coach
Nilika Singhal, MD is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She specializes in the treatment of pediatric epilepsies, including early-life genetic epilepsies, surgical epilepsies, and focal epilepsies. She also specializes in the use of implantable medical devices in the treatment of epilepsy, use of dietary therapies, and treatment of status epilepticus. She is medical director for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Clinical Documentation Integrity Program. She is a UCSF School of Medicine Bridges coach, and she is course director for the Inquiry Immersion course. She is a member of the Haile T Debas / UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. She is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion champion. She ran the longitudinal neurology clerkship for medical students from 2016-2019. She has a passion for medical education, from direct teaching to education leadership.
