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Dr Lim Zhen Wei

Dr Lim Zhen Wei

MBBS (HONS) (Monash), M Med (Anaesthesiology), FAMS (Anaesthesiology)

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Pain Medicine, Anaesthesiology

Clinical Interest: Pain Medicine

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Degenerative Disc Disease, Facet/Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction, Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis, Lumbar/Cervical Spondylosis, Postherpetic Neuralgia, Shoulder Rotator Cuff Injury, Spinal Stenosis, Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Clinical Appointments

  • Director, Acute Pain Services Pain Medicine Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Consultant Pain Management Centre Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Consultant Anaesthesiology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Consultant Pain Management Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Consultant Department of Anaesthesiology Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Consultant Women's Pain Centre KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  • Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Tutor, Division of Graduate Medical Studies NUS
  • Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) Part B course

Profile

Dr Lim graduated from Monash School of Medicine, Australia and subsequently completed his Anaesthesiology training at Singhealth group of healthcare institutions. He later went on to subspecialise inView More +

Education

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Member, Blood Transfusion Committee SKH

Awards

  • ​Service with a heart award 2023
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2024

Research Interests

Publications

  • Lim ZW, Liu CW, Chan DX. Interventional therapies for management of hip fracture pain peri-operatively: A review article. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2022;31. doi:10.1177/20101058221106282
  • Teng ASW, Boo AYY, Lim ZW. Management of chronic non-cancer pain in primary care. Singapore Med J. 2023 Feb;64(2):115-120. doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-126. PMID: 36814175; PMCID: PMC10071848.
  • Lin X, Liu CW, Goh QY, Sim EY, Chan SKT, Lim ZW, Chan DXH. Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for early pain management of elderly patients with hip fracture: a single-center double-blind randomized controlled trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2023 Apr 13:rapm-2022-104117. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2022-104117. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37055189.
  • Leong XYA, Lim ZW, Li LW, et al. A blended learning program focusing on comprehensive opioid management in pain (COMP): A pilot program. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2023;32. doi:10.1177/20101058231224494
  • Goh JCH, Gn YM, Tan DJA, Lim ZW. High spinal anaesthesia during local anaesthetic skin infiltration at the cervical facet joint. Anaesth Rep. 2024 Nov 18;12(2):e12334.

Research Trials