DR SUSAN LIM | DR KUM CHENG KIONG | DR LAM FOONG LIAN

Following her surgical degree, Dr Susan Lim received the Winston Churchill Scholarship to undertake a PhD in transplantation immunology at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom from 1985 to 1988. During her time in Cambridge, she was awarded a string of awards and prizes, which include an Ethicon Travelling Scholarship to Minneapolis, USA to understudy islet cell transplantation and participate in the human pancreas transplant program.

After having spent 6 years in Australia, and 4 years in UK and USA, she returned to Singapore in 1990 to assume the position of Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Surgery at the National University Hospital. At the age of 36, she rose to the position of Associate Professor in Surgery the following year.

In 1990, Dr Susan Lim made local medical history for performing successfully the first Liver Transplant in Asia. She was also the Director of the Liver Transplant Programme at the National University Hospital.

Between 1990 - 1995, Associate Professor Susan Lim was the Principal Investigator of the National Science and Technology Board funded pioneering research project on islet cell transplantation from tissue derived from human fetal pancreases. In 2003, she founded Stem Cell Technologies (i) to research into adult stem cells for cell therapy. The Company has since entered into collaboration with the National University of Singapore to research a cure for diabetes using adult stem cells. This reflects Dr Susan Lim’s continued interest in islet cell research. Most recently, Adj Prof Susan Lim and her team at the NUS, in collaboration with Professor Larry Stanton's Lab at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have commenced research in the field of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, using adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a starting cell source.

Read the press releases:
Trinity's first Singaporean and youngest, Fellow
Visionary Singapore Surgeon Honoured In Australia | Photos from the Installation Ceremony

Dr Susan Lim was recently conferred upon the position of Fellow of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Lim is the youngest ever to be elected Fellow of the College. This is the highest honour the College can bestow and is awarded only to individuals of truly outstanding achievement.

Outside of medical practice, Dr Lim is actively involved in charity and jointly established with her husband the Indiapore Trust to raise money to fund E-learning and children’s education in the field of information technology. She has held positions on the school advisory board of the Raffles Junior College, and as a volunteer captain in the Singapore Armed Forces. Currently Dr Lim serves on the board of the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research 2009/10

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