P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Amandeep Singh is director of bariatric endoscopy and a gastroenterologist at Attleboro Gastroenterology Associates. He completed a short-track residency and fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania

Amandeep completed a joint M.D. and Ph.D. at the Tri-Institutional Medical Scientist Training Program at Cornell, Rockefeller University and Sloan Kettering Institute. Amandeep earned a B.A. in Biology, summa cum laude, from Cornell in 2002. He was elected Vice-President of the Cornell Student Assembly and was the Co-Founder and President of the Cornell Bhangra Club, devoted to traditional Indian dance.

As a professional choreographer, Amandeep has staged dances for the Bollywood Music Awards, NYC Summer Stage, and for many music videos and concerts of world-renowned artists, which have aired on BBC and MTV Desi. Amandeep founded and directs the Surat Sikh Conference, a federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization in its fourth year. He has also published two scientific papers and a chapter of a medical licensing exam review guide.

Amandeep plans to use his training as a physician and a scientist to bridge the gap between the scientific, clinical, and social aspects of obesity.