Dr Cynthia Lim

MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin)

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Renal Medicine

Clinical Interest: Glomerulonephritis

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Glomerulonephritis.

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Senior Consultant Renal Medicine Singapore General Hospital

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Dr Cynthia Lim completed her postgraduate MMED (Singapore) and MRCP (Edinburgh) in 2009 and received specialty training in Renal Medicine at Singapore General Hospital. She is an accredited… View More +

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Core Faculty member of the Singhealth Senior Residency Program for Renal Medicine
Clinical Lecturer (Clinical Faculty) with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Adjunct Instructor in the Singhealth-Duke NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Program.

Awards

Service with a Heart Award April 2015. Awarded by Singhealth, Singapore General Hospital
Faculty Appreciation Award, Residency in Singhealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2016. Awarded by Singhealth residency
Long Service Award (10 years) 2016. Awarded by Singhealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center

Research Interests

Chronic kidney disease
Glomerulonephritis

Publications

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated necrotizing glomerulonephritis: Not always pauci-immune
Cynthia C Lim, Suhooi Teo, Jason CJ Choo
Nephrology (Carlton) 2013 Aug;18(8):579
A Positive Anti-Nuclear Antibody Result Does Not Contraindicate Living Kidney Donation
Cynthia C Lim, Angeline Goh
Transplant Proc 2013 May;45(4):1339-42
Intravenous Iron Dose and Frequency determine Infection Risks
Cynthia C Lim, Lina Choong
Am J Kidney Dis 2014;63(3):540-1
End stage renal disease in tuberous sclerosis complex-polycystic kidney disease contiguous gene syndrome: epidemiology, clinical manifestations and implications in transplantation
Cynthia C Lim, Huizhuan Tan, Sobhana Thangaraju, Angeline Lai, Marjorie Foo
Int Urol Nephrol 2014 Sep;46(9):1869-70
Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort study in a Multi-ethnic Asian population
Cynthia C Lim, BW Teo, PG Ong, Carol Y Cheung, SC Lim, KY Chow, CM Chan, J Lee, ES Tai, TY Wong and Charumathi Sabanayagam
Eur J Prevent Cardiol 2014; doi: 10.1177/2047487314536873
Asymptomatic Proteinuria, Renal Cysts and Dorsal Pancreas Agenesis
Cynthia C Lim, Angeline HM Lai, Jason Choo
Clin Kidney J 2014;7(4):411-412.
Initiating Acute Dialysis at earlier Acute Kidney Injury Network stage in critically ill patients without traditional indications does not improve outcome: a prospective cohort study
Cynthia C Lim, Chieh Suai Tan, Manish Kaushik, Han Khim Tan
Nephrology (Carlton) 2014; 20(3):148-54.
Long term risk of progressive Chronic Kidney Disease in severe Acute Kidney Injury requiring dialysis after coronary artery bypass surgery
Cynthia C Lim, Chieh Suai Tan, Cynthia ML Chia, Ann Kheng Tan, Jason CJ Choo, Manish Kaushik, Han Khim Tan
CardioRenal Med 2015;5:157-163.
Elevated serum leptin, adiponectin and leptin to adiponectin ratio is associated with chronic kidney disease in Asian adults
Cynthia C Lim, Boon Wee Teo, E Shyong Tai, Su Chi Lim, Choong Meng Chan, Sunil Sethi, Tien Y Wong, Charumathi Sabanayagam
PLoS One 2015;10(3):e0122009
Severe infections in patients with lupus nephritis treated with immunosuppressants: a retrospective cohort study
Cynthia C Lim, Pei Yun Liu, Hui Zhuan Tan, Peishan Lee, Yok Mooi Chin, Irene YJ Mok, Choong Meng Chan, Jason CJ Choo
Nephrology 2016; 22(6):478-484
Thirty Year Follow up Study of IgA Nephritis in a Southeast Asian population: an evaluation of the Oxford Histological Classification
Woo KT, Lim Cynthia C, Foo MW, Loh HL, Jin AZ, Chin YM, Choo JC, Tan PH, Chow KY, Choong LH, Tan HK, Wong KS, Chan CM.
Clin Nephrol. 2016 Nov;86 (2016)(11):270-278
Hypophosphatemia in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury treated with hemodialysis is associated with adverse events
Cynthia C Lim, Han Khim Tan, Manish Kaushik
Clinical Kidney Journal 2017; doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw120
Epidemiology and risk factors for cytomegalovirus infection in glomerular diseases treated with immunosuppressive therapy
Lim Cynthia C, Tung YT, Tan BH, Lee PH, Mok IY, Oon L, Chan KP, Choo JC
Nephrology (Carlton). 2017 May 8. doi: 10.1111/nep.13071.