THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER AT STURDY MEMORIAL WELCOMES NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR – DR. TARUN SINGHAL

ATTLEBORO, MA, July 25, 2014 – Sturdy Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Dr. Tarun Singhal, a Physician of Brigham and Women’s Department of Neurology, has assumed the role of Medical Director of Sturdy’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center. Dr. Singhal joins Dr. Ranbir Dhillon and the MS Center’s multidisciplinary team of Physical Therapists, certified Nurses, Social Workers, and others, to deliver specialized and coordinated care and services to people with MS.

Dr. Singhal is board certified in Neurology. He received his medical degree from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, completed his Advanced Neurology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, and fulfilled his residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Singhal was also recently appointed to Harvard Medical School as an Instructor.

The MS Center offers a wide range of services that help minimize the impact of the disease process and maximize physical and emotional well-being. These include: medical management of MS and related symptoms, management of Medtronic pump for pain and spasticity, BOTOX® for migraine headaches and spasticity, infusion therapy including intravenous steroids and TYSABRI®, Physician and Nursing services, Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy (OT), Social Services, Speech/Language assessments, and individual PT exercise programs and referrals for outpatient PT.

Dr. Singhal is accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment at the MS Center, or to learn about Sturdy’s MS treatments and services, please call 508-236-7170 or 508-236-7098.

Sturdy Memorial Hospital is a full-service, independent, financially stable, not-for-profit acute care community hospital in Attleboro, which serves southeastern Massachusetts and nearby Rhode Island. 

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