J. Robinson Singleton, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
J. Robinson Singleton, M.D. is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Utah, and Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratory at the Salt Lake City Veterans’ Administration Hospital. He received his MD with Honors from the University of Colorado, then completed a Neurology residency, Neuromuscular Fellowship and a year of basic science research at the University of Michigan before joining the University of Utah faculty in 1996. Dr. Singleton is a clinical neuroscientist who has research expertise in the following areas: diabetic and prediabetic neuropathy, small fiber and autonomic function, growth factor trophism in nerve and muscle, clinical, electrodiagnostic and histological measures of neuropathy and its progression, and to a lesser degree, animal models of neuropathy and diabetes. He teaches neuromuscular disease diagnosis and electrodiagnostic techniques to Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents at both the Veterans Administration hospital and the University of Utah, and has helped to train 18 Neuromuscular Fellows. He has published 23 first- or senior- author papers in peer reviewed journals and 9 book chapters and reviews. He serves on the Centers for Translational and Clinical Science Advisory Board, and is a grant review panelist for NINDS and the American Diabetes Association.
