A/Prof Lim Yean Teng
MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMED (Int Med), FAMS (Cardiology), FRCP (Edin), FACC, FSCAI
- Cardiologist, Cardiology Associates, Mount Elizabeth
Medical Centre
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Y T Lim graduated
from Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 1983.
After completing his training in Internal Medicine, he underwent
cardiology training at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia and Cardiac Department at the National University Hospital in
Singapore. He then spent 18 months at the Division of Cardiovascular
Disease, Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama in
Birmingham, USA as concurrent nuclear and interventional cardiology
fellow. In year 2000, A/Prof Lim returned to the States for 4 months of
peripheral intervention fellowship at the Prairie Heart Institute in
Springfield, Illinois.
He is regularly invited as speaker,
chairperson and moderator for major coronary interventional meetings in
the Asia-Pacific region, and has also served as international faculty to
both Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) and EuroPCR
meetings. A/Prof Lim is recognised as a key opinion leader in Singapore
and the region having introduced several new cardiac intervention
technologies, namely, thrombectomy devices and Radi pressure wire. He
has authored/co-authored book chapters, over eighty scientific papers
and a hundred and thirty abstracts.
A/Prof Lim was Head, Division of
Cardiology, Department of Medicine National University of Singapore, as
well as the Chief, Cardiac Department, National University Hospital
before relinquishing the position to become Chairman, Medical Board of
the hospital. In the 24 years with public service, he served in various
capacities – as senior cardiologist, university academic, administrator
and medical leadership, promoting innovation in cardiology as well as
improving the quality of health care and services in Singapore. He
continues to serve on a number of national committees and has received
many awards including Courage Star Award and Commendation Medal during
the 2003 National Day Award for his leadership role in combating SARS.
