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Assoc Prof Lim Eng Hoe Winston

MBBS (NUS); FRCR (UK); FAMS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology, Neurointerventional Radiology

Clinical Interest: Neuroradiology, Neurointerventional Radiology, Vascular Anomalies

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acute Management of Ischaemic Stroke, Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Shunts, Brain Aneurysm, Carotid Stenosis.

Clinical Appointments

Visiting Consultant Department of Cardiac Radiology National Heart Centre Singapore
Deputy Head (Academic) Diagnostic Radiology
Senior Consultant Neuroradiology Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant Neuroradiology National Neuroscience Institute
Senior Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Vascular Centre

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor Duke/NUS
Associate Professor YLL SOM
Programme Director, SingHealth Diagnostic Radiology Programme

Profile

Dr Lim studied locally at the National University of Singapore, graduating in 1985. After obtaining his fellowship in Radiology (FRCR UK) he went on to sub-specialise in Neuroradiology and Neurointervention in Oxford UK in 1996, returning to establish the Neurointerventional service at the Singapore General Hospital. Together with the Neurointerventional Team, @ SGH, he introduced many treatments in the field into Singapore and has mentored a generation of Neurointerventional radiologists. While running the interventional service, Dr Lim was also section Chief of the Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Section at SGH from 1998 -2005 and 2006 to 2020.

At Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, he co-ordinated the Clinical Radiology programme when he was the programme lead and is the immediate past Programme Director for the SingHealth Diagnostic Radiology Residency. He currently is the Director of the Post Graduate Medical Institute, Singapore General Hospital, co-ordinating post graduate fellowships and overseeing the Education resource Centre.

He was recently awarded the College of Radiologists Singapore and Singapore Radiological Society “Life Time Achievement Medal 2023”.

His interests include all facets of neurointervention and neuro-vascular imaging.

For treatments performed by Dr Lim please visit SGH's Neuroradiology webpage.

Education

Royal College of Radiologists
NUS Medical School, Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Honorary Treasurer, Singapore Radiological Society Trust Fund
Past President, Singapore Radiological Society 2006-2010
Executive Council Member Asian Australasian Federation of Therapeutic and Interventional Neuroradiology 2016 – current
JCST Singapore : Site Auditor
MOH committees:
Member MOH Stroke Services Committee 2018 - current
Member MOH SIPS Advisory Committee 2018- current

Awards

Singapore General Hospital – SQ Award 2003, 2010,
Courage Award Silver - 2003
Singapore General Hospital Long Service Award – 10 years 2004 25 Years 2015
Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Award 2012-13
National Day Awards – Long Service Medal 2014
SGH Service Award Silver 2015
Singapore Chief Residency Programme Mentoring Excellence 2016
Singhealth Long Service Award 30yrs 2017
SGH Long Service Awards 30 yrs 2017
SGH Service with a Heart 2023
College of Radiologists Singapore and Singapore Radiological Society “Life Time Achievement Medal 2023”

Research Interests

Neurointervention NS Neuro-Vascular Brain imaging

Publications

A Novel, Self-Expanding, Nitinol Stent in Medically Refractory intracranial Atherosclerotic stenoses. The Wingspan study A Bose, M Hartmann, H Henkes, Hon ML, M Teng, A Szikora, A Berlis, J Ruel, SCH Yu, M Frosting, M Liu, WEH Lim, Sit SP. Stroke May 2007 Vol 38 1531-1537
Nipah viral encaphalitis or Japanese encephalitis? MR finding in a new zoonotic disease – CC Tcoyoson Lim, YY Sitoh, F Hui, Lee KE, BSP Ang, E Lim, WEH Lim, HML Oh, PA Tambayah, JSL Wong, CB Tan, TSG Chee – American Journal of Neuroradiology 21: 455-461 March 2000.
Correlation of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and the Creatine Level in Early Ischaemic stroke: A comparison of the different patterns by Magnetic Resonance. H Rumpel, J B K Khoo, H M Chang, W E H Lim, C Chen, M C Wong, K P Tan. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 13:335-343 2001
-Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms – The Oxford experience: Winston Lim, James V Byrne. Neurointerventional Radiology: A multidisciplinary approach. Springer ISBN185233620X
Spinal Epidural Haemangiomas associated with Extensive Gastrointestinal Haemangiomas Lionel Cheng W E H LIM– Interventional Neuroradiology Vol 11, No 2 2005
Phonological processing in Chinese-English bilingual biscriptals: An fMRI study. Wendy Wp Tham, S J Rickard Liow, Jagath C Rajapaske, Tan Choong Leong, Samuel E S Ng, Winston E H Lim, Lynn G Ho. NeuroImage 28 (2005) 579-587

Research Trials

fMRI in bilingual tasks – NMRC Grant
Mapping Neuronal networks utilizing fMRI
CSF flow in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus- BMRC Grant

Tags: Diagnostic Radiology, Neurointerventional Radiology, Neuroradiology, Neurointerventional Radiology, Vascular Anomalies, Acute Management of Ischaemic Stroke, Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Shunts, Brain Aneurysm, Carotid Stenosis