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Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit,
Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre,
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

  • World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Education, Research and Training in Pediatric Immunology (2022-2026)
  • Centre of Advanced Research in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Department of Health Research, Government of India
  • Regional Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies by the Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (FPID), USA
  • Angioedema Centre of Reference and Excellence (GA2 LEN/HAEi ACARE)
Advantages of doing APSID Fellowship at our centre:
  1. Clinical: Exposure to wide spectrum of patients (n ≈ 400) with inborn errors of immunity (IEI) (SCID / XLA / CVID / WAS / CGD / LAD / CID / hereditary angioedema / Immune regulatory disorders / autoinflammatory disorders); inpatient, outpatient, BMT, and daycare facilities available for patients with IEI.
  2. Laboratory: Exposure to flow cytometry, ELISA, nephelometry, indirect immunofluorescence, nitroblue tetrazolium test, Next-Generation Sequencing, cell culture facilities, Sanger sequencing
Contact details:
  1. Prof. Surjit Singh MD; DCH (Lon.); FRCP (Lon.); FRCPCH (Lon.); FAMS, Professor and Head – Department of Pediatrics, Incharge – Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh, India; Dean (Research), PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
    Tel No: +91-172-2755301; +91-172-5302 (Work); Cell phone: +91-98722-83832
    Email address: surjitsinghpgi@rediffmail.com; surjitsinghapc@gmail.com
  2. Dr. Amit Rawat MD (Pathology); PDCC (Laboratory Immunology); PDCC (Nephropathology); MAMS, Professor of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh, India
    Tel No: +91-172-2755682 (Off)
    Email address:rawatamit@yahoo.com, amitrawat2002@rediffmail.com