Practitioner Profile

Coronary artery disease

DegenerativeHeart  Valve disease

Congenital heart disease

Dr Lim Yeong Phang studied medicine at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He graduated with MB BChir(Camb) in 1992.  Dr Lim obtained both the FRCS(Edinburgh) and FRCS(Glasgow) diplomas in 1998. He joined the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital in 1998. He was awarded the Higher Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) fellowship in 2005 to the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. He was appointed Senior Consultant in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre(NHC) and subsequently Visiting Consultant when he left for private practice in 2012. He was also appointed Visiting Consultant to KK Women and Children's Hospital. He was appointed Director, Cardiac Surgery Operating Theatres, NHC in 2012.

Dr Lim has a keen interest in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and introduced the Endo Radial harvesting procedure using harmonic technology. He also trained staff in Endo Vein harvest procedures. He performs Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB). He performs Hybrid Coronary Revascularisation (a combination of surgical bypass and percutaneous stenting) with Interventional Cardiologists. Dr Lim is a member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS).

He established the National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank in 2008 at the National Heart Centre(NHC) with his colleagues. He is a member of the American Association of Tissue Banks(AATB). He promoted the use of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Singapore and was co-director of the ECMO programme at NHC.

Dr Lim has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor on the teaching faculty of Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School. He is a member of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Singapore Cardiac Society, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Vice Chairman, Chapter of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

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