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Dr Lim won medical school prizes in Biochemistry, Pathology & Microbiology, and Surgery. He graduated with honors in Surgery and Medicine in 1994. In 2002, Dr Lim won the Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award at the combined meeting of the Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Associations for his research into the use of mesenchymal stem cells in ACL reconstruction. He also won the National University Hospital Singapore Young Doctor award that same year.

In addition to local scientific meetings, Dr Lim’s research has been presented at the meetings of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the Asian Shoulder Association and the World Spine Association. He has been on the guest editorial board of the Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore. He serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Sports Medicine.  He has served as the surgical training faculty for ISAKOS mandated surgical workshops in Singapore, as well as the Indian Arthroscopy Society.

Dr Lim’s research has focused on sports injuries, knee and shoulder problems. These include:-

  1. Pre-season neurologic testing for local high school rugby players. A prospective validation of the IMPACT test. Research in progress.
  2. Progression of early post-operative side-to-side KT measurements after autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction. Research in progress.
  3. Editorial. Sports Medicine. B Tan, J Chia, JK Lim. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2008 Apr;37(4).
  4. Frequency of Various Tear Patterns in Full-Thickness Tears of the Rotator Cuff. PI Sallay, PJ Hunker, JK Lim. Arthroscopy 2007 Oct;23(10):1052-9.
  5. Surgical repair of an acute latissimus dorsi tendon avulsion using suture anchors through a single incision. JK Lim, ME Tilford, SF Hamersly, PI Sallay. Am J Sports Med. 2006 Aug;34(8):1351-5.
  6. Rhabdomyolysis following shoulder arthroscopy. JK Lim, KC Ang, SC Wang, VP Kumar. Arthroscopy 2006 Dec;22(12):1366.e1-5.
  7. Enhancement of tendon graft osteointegration using mesenchymal stem cells in a rabbit model of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. JK Lim, J Hui, L Li, A Thambyah, J Goh, EH Lee. Arthroscopy. 2004 Nov; 20(9):899-910.
  8. Variation of the cervical spinal Torg ratio with gender and ethnicity. JK Lim & HK Wong. Spine J 2004;4(4):396-401.
  9. Physeal injury in a lightning strike survivor. JK Lim & EH Lee. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2001;21:608-12.


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Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery
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