Dr. Lim Lee Guan

Dr Lim has more than 25 years of clinical experience. He obtained MBBS (National University of Singapore) and MRCP (UK) and subsequently underwent advanced specialist training in Gastroenterology in National University Hospital, Singapore. He was accredited as a specialist in Gastroenterology by the Specialist Accreditation Board, after which he obtained the Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the Fellowship of Academy of Medicine for Gastroenterology.

Dr Lim’s area of special interest is advanced endoscopic imaging in the early detection, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal cancer and pre-cancer. He received the Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) award conferred by Ministry of Health for one year of specialized training in advanced endoscopic imaging including endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound guided- fine-needle aspiration and biopsy/injection in Germany at Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Technical University of Munich (TUM) University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar. In addition, Dr Lim received a scholarship for a clinical attachment at Kyushu University Hospital, Japan, which focused on advanced endoscopic imaging for cancer detection and endoscopic management of gastrointestinal pre-cancer and cancer.

Dr Lim has vast experience in the management of a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal and liver conditions, including GERD, H. pylori infection, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis and other liver conditions, as well as cancers of digestive organs. He is proficient in endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy (to diagnose and manage conditions such as cancer or diseases of the pancreas, unexplained lymph node enlargement and submucosal tumours of the digestive tract), endoscopic ultrasound guided injection (eg celiac plexus block- injection of drugs into intra-abdominal nerves to relieve pain), capsule endoscopy, balloon enteroscopy (to check the small intestines), gastroscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids/piles, amongst other procedures.

Clinical Service Awards

1. Service Star Winner, Raffles Hospital (2018)
2. Five Years Long Service Award (Raffles Hospital) (2019)
3. Ten Years Long Service Award (National University Hospital, Singapore) (2012)
4. National University Hospital Sunny-Side-Up Wow! Award for most compliments from patients (2011)
5. Excellent Service Star Award (EXSA Star) awarded by SPRING Singapore (Singapore Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board) (2009)
6. Excellent Service Star Award (EXSA Star) awarded by SPRING Singapore (Singapore Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board) (2008)
7. Excellent Service Gold Award (EXSA Gold) awarded by SPRING Singapore (Singapore Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board) (2007)
8. National University Hospital Sunny-Side-Up Wow! Award for 20 or more compliments from patients for the quarter (2007)
9. Five Years Long Service Award (National University Hospital, Singapore) (2007)

Research Grants won as Principal Investigator

1.  $200,000 Grant awarded by NMRC for “Feasibility study of polarimetry imaging for the diagnosis of gastric pathologies including pre-neoplasia and neoplasia”

Research Awards

1. Second runner-up for GIHep 2012 Best oral presentation competition.
2. Young Investigator Award at Asia Pacific Digestive Week 2011.
3. Travel Grant to GASTRO 2010 United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)/World Congress of Gastroenterology (WCOG), Barcelona, awarded by the United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) and World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) (2010)
4. Poster of Distinction at Digestive Disease Week 2010 (New Orleans). Citation: Lim LG et al. Endomicroscopy can readily identify in vivo dysfunctional cell shedding and local barrier dysfunction in the upper GI-tract of patients with Crohn’s disease. Gastroenterology 2010; 138(5) Suppl 1: S-513, Abstract T 1217.
5. Poster of Distinction at Digestive Disease Week 2010 (New Orleans). Citation: Lim LG et al. Glasgow Blatchford score as an effective triage tool for identifying patients with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding with high mortality risk. Gastroenterology 2010; 138(5) Suppl 1: S-178, Abstract S 1096
6. Travel Grant to GASTRO 2009 United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)/World Congress of Gastroenterology (WCOG), London, awarded by the United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) and World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) (2009)
7. Travel Award for Shanghai-Hong Kong International Liver Congress (Shanghai) (2006)
8. Travel Award for Asia Pacific Digestive Week (Seoul) (2005)
9. Travel Award for Young Asian Gastroenterologists for 2003 Asian-Pacific Postgraduate Course on Gastrointestinal Motility (APPGM, Seoul) (2003)
10. Merit Award for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme, National University of Singapore (2000)
11. Undergraduate Research Award finalist, National University of Singapore (2000)

Teaching Awards

1. National Healthcare Group Excellence Award for Teaching (2008)