Dr. Sanjay K. Nigam, MD

Expert Publications

• Toward an etiological classification of developmental disorders of the kidney and upper urinary tract.
• Impaired organic anion transport in kidney and choroid plexus of organic anion transporter 3 (Oat3 (Slc22a8)) knockout mice.
• Novel human cDNAs homologous to Drosophila Orct and mammalian carnitine transporters.
• A strategy for in vitro propagation of rat nephrons.
• Organic anion and cation transporters occur in pairs of similar and similarly expressed genes.
• Debt91, a putative zinc finger protein differentially expressed during epithelial
• Biochemical processing of E-cadherin under cellular stress.
• Novel aspects of renal organic anion transporters.
• Changes in gene expression patterns in the ureteric bud and metanephric mesenchyme in models of kidney development.
• From the ureteric bud to the penome.
• Developmental approaches to kidney tissue engineering.
• TGF-beta superfamily members modulate growth, branching, shaping, and patterning of the ureteric bud.
• The molecular pharmacology of organic anion transporters: from DNA to FDA?
• Branching morphogenesis and kidney disease.
• Novel slc22 transporter homologs in fly, worm, and human clarify the phylogeny of organic anion and cation transporters.

Media Releases

Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Sanjay K. Nigam, who serves patients in Illinois.

Having been practicing psychiatry since 2002, Dr. Nigam founded Southern Illinois Associates, LLC in 2004, serving as CEO.

Southern Illinois Associates, LLC emphasizes assessment, treatment, and management of physiological health. The psychiatric staff offer quality and convenient psychiatric, psychological, and counseling services to families, all under one roof. The team has also been providing behavioral health care for several southern Illinois counties, including several nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes.

With special training in providing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Dr. Nigam is a REMS certified provider for Esketamine/SPRAVATO treatment.

“Our mission is to offer superior quality behavioral healthcare that patients recommend to their family and friends, physicians prefer for their patients. Helping our community one person at a time” he stated. 

Educated in India, Dr. Nigam graduated with his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1990. He then relocated to the United States, performing his residency within the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Missouri, after which he moved to St. Louis University for his last year of residency.

Following his training, the doctor attained board certification in psychiatry through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.

Prior to his current endeavors, Dr. Nigam served in the role of psychiatric director within the Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit at Greenville Regional Hospital, consulting psychiatrist at Anderson Hospital, attending psychiatrist at Gateway Regional Hospital, consultant psychiatrist at St. Anthony’s Hospital, and as medical director at the Community Counseling Center of Alton.

On a professional level, he is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Clinical TMS Society.

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatrists evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.

Outside of practicing medicine, Dr. Nigam enjoys playing cricket.

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