Nakul Singh, MD

Medical School:Case Western Reserve University

Ophthalmology Residency:Mass Eye and Ear

Retinal Fellowship:Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital

Nakul Singh was exposed to ophthalmology at an early age. He joined his mother for cataract surgeries and consultations, which was quite impressive considering he was not yet born! Despite the start of his training in utero, it did take Nakul another couple decades before he formally completed it and joined Retina Consultants Medical Group.

Nakul grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and left to study Biological Sciences at the University of Chicago. Upon graduating, he received a scholarship to pursue a Masters degree in Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. During that time he did research on the genomics of uveal melanoma, as well on the prevalence and causes of blindness in Tribal areas in India. It was also during this time that he decided to pursue a career in medicine, and he went on to earn his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University before returning to Boston for the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency at Mass Eye and Ear. In addition to his clinical training, he honed his interest in designing more efficient and innovative clinical trials to treat retinal diseases.
Nakul followed in the footsteps of many of the senior partners of RCMG and went on to complete his fellowship in Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Retina at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Nakul is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retinal Specialists, having published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters and presented at international meetings.

He is passionate about innovating the treatment of retinal diseases – he spent the summer after fellowship in France, where he learned innovative approaches to vitreoretinal surgery, and he co-founded an international society to further those approaches. He is also taking part in developing new treatments and protocols to prevent and manage retinal disease.

Nakul considers it one of the great privileges of his life to be able to help people with their vision:

“I try to take care of patients as if they are members of my own family – it is not so hard to imagine because two of my grandparents have been affected by retinal disease. My job is more than just treating a disease, but caring for the whole person. When people come to see me, I want them to feel heard and empowered.”

Outside of work, you can find Nakul “yes, and…”-ing his way through improv, spoiling his bernedoodle Kulfi, or trying to best his wife at tennis.