Lim Swee Han
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Prof Lim Swee Han

Prof Lim Swee Han

​MBBS, FRCSEd (A&E), FRCP Edin, FAMS

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Emergency Medicine Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

​Prof Lim completed his medical undergraduate studies in 1986 from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He went on to complete his Accident & Emergency training in 1992. He was the former Head of Emergency Department, and has stepped down since 2009.

Education

  • ​1998 Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
  • 1992 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh in Accident & Emergency Medicine
  • 1986 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), National University of Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
  • Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Adjunct Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore
  • Chairman, MOH Committee on Emergency Care
  • SAF Visiting Consultant Singapore Armed Forces – Jul 2004 to Jun 2010
  • Member, Medical Specialist Panel for Emergency Medicine in SGH of Workmen’s Compensation Medical Board (Aug 2005 – to-date)
  • Chairman, Basic Cardiac Life Support Sub-Committee. National Resuscitation Council.
  • International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation ALS Task Force
  • Vice President, Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore (2006 – to-date)
  • Chairman, SMA-SNA CPR Training Programme Committee

Awards

  • ​First Prize, Young Investigators AwardSingapore Cardiac Society, 11th Annual Scientific Meeting Mar 98.
  • Third Prize, Clinical Photography Competition, Society of Academic Imagery Medicine Annual Meeting, May 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
  • The Courage Awards for SARS Warriors, Nov 03
  • SGH Excellent Publication Award 2003 (Merit)
  • Best SGH Oral Paper (Ambulatory) AwardCombined Scientific Meeting, Nov 2005

Research Interests

Publications

Research Trials