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Specialties
Anatomical
Arm, Elbow, Foot and Ankle, Hip, Knee, Shoulder
Treatment
Arthritis, Arthroscopic Surgery, Deformity, Disability, Joint Replacement, Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis, Pain, Sports Medicine, Trauma/Fractures
My approach to treating patients
Dr J. K. Lim is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon practising in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. His special interests are arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery for disorders of the knee and shoulder. He also specializes in general sports injuries, as well as sporting injuries to the elbow and ankle joints.
Dr Lim is a native of Singapore. He graduated from medical school at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland in 1994, where he was a Trinity College Foundation Scholar. Upon his return to Singapore, he served his two-year mandatory Military Service as an Infantry Battalion Medical Officer. He is currently a Surgical Platoon Commander in one of the Singapore Armed Forces Reserve Field Hospitals. His orthopaedic residency training was at the National University Hospital, Singapore. He completed a one- year fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery at Methodist Sports Medicine Center, Indianapolis in 2005. During his fellowship he was Team Physician at a local high school, Assistant Team Physician at Indiana State University, and observed sports medical coverage for the Indianapolis Colts. His fellowship is accredited by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He holds a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Dr Lim won medical school prizes in Biochemistry, Pathology & Microbiology, and Surgery. He graduated with honors in Surgery and Medicine in 1994. In 2002, Dr Lim won the Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award at the combined meeting of the Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Associations for his research into the use of mesenchymal stem cells in ACL reconstruction. He also won the National University Hospital Singapore Young Doctor award that same year. In addition to local scientific meetings, his research has been presented at the meetings of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the Asian Shoulder Association and the World Spine Association. He has published 9 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
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