Nirupama Singh, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine, and medical director for the Stem Cell Collection Laboratory, has been named associate departmental value officer, effective October 1. Singh will serve in this role alongside Isam-Eldin Eltoum, M.D., MBA, Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety, Departmental Value Officer.
As associate departmental value officer, Singh will play a pivotal role in advancing UAB Medicine’s vision of an integrated quality, patient safety, and clinical operations structure that drives exceptional patient outcomes, experience, and employee engagement. Supporting the departmental value officer and department chair, Singh will champion strategic and operational priorities, lead clinical re-design initiatives within your designated unit, service, and/or clinic-based areas, and promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Singh joined the UAB Department of Pathology in 2018 as a molecular/genetic pathology fellow before completing a second fellowship in transfusion medicine. She joined the faculty as assistant professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine in 2020 and was promoted to associate professor in 2025. Singh is board certified in blood banking/transfusion medicine, apheresis, and molecular genetic pathology.