- MBBS (Singapore)
- GDFM (Singapore)
Awards and Achievements
- Service with a Heart Award
- National Healthcare Group Teaching Award (Outstanding)
After graduating from the National University of Singapore, Dr Lim obtained a certification from the Exercise is Medicine Singapore (EIMS). On top of that, he is also a certified practitioner in the endorsement of Lasting Power of Attorney, accredited by the Office of Public Guardian.
Dr Lim spent his early clinical years practicing in Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is interested in research and frequents local and international conferences to share his clinical experience and knowledge in plastic and reconstructive surgery as well as dermatology.
Dr Lim’s current interests lie in Lifestyle Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, Sexual health, Men’s Health as well as Sports and Nutritional medicine. He is in support of using evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches to prevent, treat and reverse lifestyle-related chronic diseases. He believes that this approach will help patients achieve an optimal lifestyle.
In relation to that, Dr Lim has a special interest in the role of iron to improve exercise capacity, physical endurance and overall energy levels of patients.
Phone: 6702 1929
I wouldn't be too worried if you do not have any cuts in your skin while you were in physical contact with your hands. 1) Human Immunodeficiency Virus - HIV can only survive in bodily fluids. It does not survive very long in open air. Unless you had contact with the vaginal or seminal fluid from the genitalia of the affected individual, it's unlikely were exposed to the virus in the first place. 2) Your skin has strong natural barrier against viruses and bacterial and HIV (virus) cannot penetrate through the layers of your skin to reach the vulnerable tissue which HIV thrives on.
You’re probably concerned about purine from what you’ve heard about gout. Consuming food containing a high level of purine should not affect you if you have no medical problems, such as gout or renal failure (non exhaustive list so please check with your doctor). Studies on multiple populations have found that diet is at best estimated to be a very minor contributor as risk for gout development, as compared to something like genetic factor.
There are many health screening tests that can be advisable for a healthy male in his 40s, and I don’t think there can be a comprehensive way to include every single test here. Here’s why: For example, someone with family history of colorectal cancer at an early age may require screening at an earlier age despite being healthy his whole life, versus some other male with no genetic history.