Dhruv Singhal, MD is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and serves as the co-Director of the Boston Lymphatic Center and Director of the BIDMC Lymphatic Center. 

Dr. Singhal completed all of his formal surgical training in Boston.  He is Board Certified in General Surgery having completed his general surgery training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA).  Dr. Singhal is also Board Certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery having completed further training in plastic surgery in the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Program.  He then pursued a fellowship in adult craniofacial surgery at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan) and microsurgery at the China Medical University Hospital (Taichung, Taiwan). 

Dr. Singhal’s clinical focus is cancer reconstruction.   Dr. Singhal is a pioneer in immediate lymphatic reconstruction for the prevention of lymphedema in high-risk patients and performs liposuction, lymphovenous bypass, and lymph node transplantation for the treatment of chronic lymphedema.  Dr. Singhal also performs the entire gambit of breast reconstruction from oncoplastic procedures to perforator flap operations (e.g. DIEP flaps). 

Dr. Singhal’s research focus is on lymphatic reconstruction.  In 2021, Dr. Singhal was awarded an RO1 from the NIH to further delineate the functional lymphatic anatomy of the upper extremity.