Susan Lim

Susan Lim
Alma mater	Monash University University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Surgeon Scientist Entrepreneur
Website	Susan Lim Surgery

Susan Lim FRCS (Edin, Gold Medal); FRCS (Glasg), M.Med Surg (S'pore), Hon MD (NewC), FACS, FAMS is a Singaporean surgeon and medical researcher. She is a pioneer of robotic technology, a philanthropist, and an acclaimed surgeon. She performed the first successful liver transplant in Asia.

Early life

Susan Lim was born in Singapore, where she was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and the Raffles Institution. In 1974, she was awarded a scholarship under the Colombo Plan to study medicine at Monash University in Australia. While there, she won the David Rosenthal Memorial Prize for the highest aggregate marks in the first three pre-clinical years of study. She graduated in 1979 with first class honours.

Professional career

In 2003, Dr Lim launched her own biotechnology company, Stem Cell Technologies. [1]

In 2004, Dr Lim was installed as Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the youngest fellow and first Singaporean to be conferred this honour. [2] She joins the ranks of Trinity’s Women of Note which include Lilian Alexander, Valentine Leeper, Margot Foster and Dame Margaret Blackwood. [3]

Dr Lim is a volunteer captain in the Singapore Armed Forces and established together with her husband, Deepak Sharma, and friend, Satpal Khattar, the Indiapore Trust with the aim of providing assistance to underprivileged children from countries in the region. The first Singapore charity to be supported by the Indiapore Trust, through a donation of $50,000, was the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, which assists struggling parents to meet their children's school expenses. To date, the Trust has donated a science laboratory to the Raffles Junior College, and provided scholarships to underprivileged children in Singapore and India. [4]

Dr Susan Lim was mentioned in the Australian Parliament House of Representatives, Official Hansard for having rendered care to the victims of the Bali bomb blast in 2005. [5] In 2006, Dr Susan Lim was conferred the Monash University Distinguished Alumnus Award. [6] In 2007, Dr Susan Lim was conferred the Honorary Degree in Medicine by The University of New Castle, Australia. [7] In 2006, Dr Susan Lim and her Team travelled to the United Arab Emirates to provide free breast screening to Arab women in a Conference organised under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak together with the Susan G Komen Foundation. [8] In 2007, Dr Susan Lim was the guest lecturer at the Australian High Commission and the National Committee for UNIFEM Singapore in celebration of International Women’s Day. [9] In 2008, Dr Susan Lim and her Team provided free breast screening for domestic workers in Singapore in celebration of International Women’s Day. [10] In 2008, the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education honoured Dr Lim's work by naming its 28th award the 'Dr Susan Lim' award. [11]

Wax figures of Dr Lim's hands are part of the display at Madame Tussaud's Exhibition in Singapore.[5]

Dr Susan Lim sits on the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2011. [12]