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Dr Kieron Lim  

DR KIERON LIM

Place of Practice

KIERON LIM GASTROENTEROLOGY

Practice Address

3 Mount Elizabeth,
#10-02, Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre,
Singapore 228510

Tel: (65) 6836 0080

Practice Website

kieronlimgastro.sg

Specialty

Consultant Gastoenterologist
Subspecialty Interest: Hepatology (Liver Disease)

Qualifications

MBBS (London), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (Gastroenterology)

About Dr Lim

Dr Kieron Lim is a senior consultant specialising in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has extensive experience in caring for patients with conditions related to the esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. His special interests include assessment and treatment of liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and its complications, viral hepatitis B and C, fatty liver disease, liver cancer, and colon cancer. Dr Lim also has wide experience in endoscopic procedures. These include diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD), endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers, and treatment of esophageal and gastric varices, colonoscopy, and polypectomy. Dr Lim also performs capsule endoscopy and liver transient elastography (FibroScan).

Prior to setting up his specialist clinic at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Dr Lim was Head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital (NUH), and Medical Director for liver transplantation at the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation. He was assistant professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and honorary adjunct assistant professor at the Division of Liver Diseases, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, USA. Dr Lim is currently a visiting consultant at NUH where he continues to be involved in postgraduate education and training of future specialists.

Dr Lim graduated from St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London School of Medicine (UK), and worked at the liver unit at The Royal Free Hospital before returning to Singapore. He undertook his fellowship training in advanced liver disease and liver transplantation at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, USA.

Specialized Services

 

CONSULTATION:

We provide in-office medical consultation services from Monday—Saturday at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre.

Inpatient consultation services (general wards, high-dependency units, and intensive care units) and out-of-hours emergency consultations (accident and emergency departments) are available at the following hospitals:

  • Mount Elizabeth Orchard Hospital
  • Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital
  • Gleneagles Hospital
  • Parkway East Hospital
  • Mount Alvernia Hospital

ENDOSCOPY:

  • Diagnostic Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD)
  • Therapeutic Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD)
  • Treatment of esophageal and gastric varices
  • Treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers
  • Polypectomy
  • Diagnostic Colonoscopy
  • Therapeutic Colonoscopy
  • Polypectomy
  • Treatment of diverticular bleeding
  • Capsule Endoscopy

HEPATOLOGY:

Transient elastography (FibroScan): Liver stiffness/fibrosis measurement
The FibroScan is a non-invasive and pain-free method of measuring liver scarring (fibrosis) and quantifying the level of fat (steatosis) of the liver. It is a quick, safe, reliable and scientifically proven test which can be performed in our clinic.

The test typically takes about 15—20 minutes. A probe will placed on the surface of your abdomen. A mechanical pulse passes through the liver creating an “elastic wave”. This technology measures the velocity of the sound wave passing through the liver and converts it into a liver stiffness measurement. In addition, the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) quantifies the degree of ultrasound attenuation based on vibration controlled transient elastography. The results of your FibroScan will be available immediately after the scan.

Early detection of liver fibrosis provides an opportunity to arrest and potentially reverse ongoing damage to your liver.

HEALTH SCREENING:

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Cardiac exercise tolerance test
  • Echocardiogram
  • Blood pressure measurement
  • Blood and urine tests

Professional Associations

  • Member, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
  • Member, Society of Transplantation Singapore
  • Founding Member, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Association of Singapore
  • Scientific Committee Member, Asia Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert Association
  • Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  • Member, American Gastroenterological Association
  • Member, International Liver Transplantation Society
  • Member, Singapore Medical Association

Editorial Activities

  • Reviewer, Transplantation
  • Reviewer, Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Reviewer, World Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Reviewer, Clinical Transplantation
  • Reviewer, Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International
  • Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal
  • Reviewer, Annals of Medicine Singapore
  • Reviewer, Health & Medical Research Fund, Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)
  • Editorial Board Member, European Medical Journal (EMJ) Hepatology

Selected Publications

Predictors of Non-adherence to Immunosuppressive Therapy in Asian Liver Transplant Recipients
JL Hartono, TY Koh, GH Lee, PS Tan, M Muthiah, MM Aw, K Madhavan, A Kow, Kieron BL Lim. Transplantation Proc. 2017; 49(6):1419-24

Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the Asia-Pacific Region: An Update.
Lim SG, Aghemo A, Chen PJ, Dan YY, Gane E, Gani R, Gish RG, Guan R, Jia JD, Lim K, Piratvisuth T, Shah S, Shiffman ML, Tacke F, Tan SS, Tanwandee T, Win KM, Yurdaydin C. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jan;2(1):52-62.

Current role of selective internal radiation with yttrium-90 in liver tumors.
Lau WY, Teoh YL, Win KM, Lee RC, de Villa VH, Kim YH, Liang PC, Santos-Ocampo RS, Lo RH, Lim KB, Tai DW, Ng DC, Irani FG, Gogna A, Chow PK. Future Oncol 2016, Mar 23 May;12(9):1193-204.

Metabolic Syndrome after Liver Transplantation in an Asian Population
Tan HL, Lim KB, Iyer SG, Chang SK, Madhavan K, Kow AW. HPB 2015 Aug;17(8):713-22

Utility of the low-accelerating-dose regimen in 182 liver recipients with recurrent hepatitis C virus
Lim KB, Sima HR, Fiel MI et al. World J Gastroenterol 2015 May 28;21(20):6236-45

Liver disease progression and virological response: entecavir rescue still possible in the setting of rtM204I lamivudine-resistant mutation.
Tan PS, Aung MO, Dan YY, Lee YM, Lim KB, Low HC, Lee GH, Thwin MA, Soon C, Lim SG. Gut 2013 May;62(5):801-2

Do different lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B genotypes carry the same risk of entecavir resistance?
Lee GH, Aung MO, Dan YY, Lee YM, Mak B, Low HC, Lim KBL, Thwin MA, Tan PS, Lim SG. J Med Virol. 2013 Jan;85(1):26-33

Long-term outcome after Liver Transplantation
Lim KB, Schiano TD. Mt Sinai J Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;79(2):169-89

Still Disease and the Liver: An underappreciated association
Lim KB, Schiano TD. Gastroenterol & Hepatol (NY) 2011 Dec; 7(12): 844-846

A rare case of upper GI bleeding: esophageal rupture associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm
Ang TL, Lim K, Kwek A et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Jan;67(1):151-2.