Biography
Assoc Prof LIM Wee Chian
Senior Consultant
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Dr Lim Wee Chian obtained his basic medical degree (MBBS) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1994. He graduated with a Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from NUS and was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom) in 1999 and obtained Specialist Accreditation in Gastroenterology in 2002. He was awarded the HMDP Fellowship Award in 2003, and completed fellowship programmes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA (2003-2004) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography at the Indiana University Medical Centre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (2004-2005).
Dr Lim has been a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) since 2005 and 2007 respectively and is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology Working Group on Inflammatory Bowel diseases and member of the Cochrane Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Bowel Disorders Review Group. He is currently the President of the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore and the Vice-Chairman of the Chapter of Gastroenterolologists, College of Physicians, Singapore
He currently holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Senior Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.