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38 Irrawaddy Rd,
#08-52 Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
@ Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital
Singapore 329563

Tel : +65 63347988
Fax : +65 63347966

Opening Hours:

Mondays - Fridays : 8:30 am - 5.30 pm
Saturdays : 8.30 am - 12.30 pm
Sundays & Public Holidays : Closed


About Us
Dr Bernard Lim is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and an accredited Console Surgeon for the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System Platform. He is currently the President, College of Surgeons, Singapore (2023-2025) and previously, the Past Chairman of Chapter of General Surgeons (2015-2019). Dr Lim is also a Life member of the prominent Endoscopic, Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia. (ELSA), and has also served in the Medical Advisory Board in Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital.

Dr Lim was trained in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital, where he was a Consultant Surgeon. He has performed hundreds of colon and rectal surgeries in both laparoscopic and open techniques. His area of specialty is in Colorectal Surgery and his subspecialty interest is in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery. These included conventional laparoscopic (“key-hole), single-port and robotic surgery.

Dr Lim received the prestigious Singhealth HMDP fellowship to train at Queen Mary Hospital in advanced minimally invasive surgery. Since then, he has conducted several workshops and courses in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. He has trained colorectal specialist and trainees in Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery both locally (in Singapore General Hospital and Changi General Hospital) and regionally, and is still an active visiting consultant at the Department of Surgery at Changi General Hospital. He was an adjunct asst professor in DUKE-NUS graduate medical school, as well as clinical lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Current Appointments/ Memberships
  • President, College of Surgeons, Singapore (2023-2025)
  • Visiting Consultant, Concord Cancer Hospital
  • Visiting Consultant, Dept of General Surgery, Changi General Hospital
  • Life Member, Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
  • Member, Asian Surgical Association
  • Member, Society for Continence (Singapore)
  • Member, Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Singapore
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support(ATLS) Instructor
  • Member of CME, Endoscopy and operating theatre committee, Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital 2015-2017
Singhealth HMDP (Minimally Invasive Advanced Colorectal Surgery) Fellowship
Honorary Clinical Surgical Associate
  • Division of Colorectal Surgery, Dept of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Medical Centre, Hong Kong
  • Dept. of Surgery, Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
    Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University
Past Appointments
  • Chairman of Chapter of General Surgeons (2015 - 2019)
  • Adj Asst Professor, Duke-Graduate Medical School (2011)
  • Consultant, Dept of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
  • Congress Chairman, Annual Combined Surgical Meeting, Grand Copthorne Hotel, 27th Aug 2016
  • Specialty Board Member, Chapter of General Surgeons, College of Surgeons Singapore (2013-2015)
  • Member of Medical Advisory Board ( Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital) Representive for General Surgery (2013-2015)
  • EXCO Committee Member, Society of Colorectal Surgeons (Singapore) (2010-2011, 2013-2014)
  • Supervisor, Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Dept of Surgery, CGH (June 2012-June 2013)
  • Clinical teacher, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (2003-2011)
  • Treasurer, Society of Colorectal Surgeons (Singapore) (2011-2012)
  • Visiting Consultant, Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre (2011)
Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Honorary Clinical Surgical Associate
  • Division of Colorectal Surgery, Dept of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Medical Centre, Hong Kong
  • Dept. of Surgery, Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
    Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University
Instructor/ Courses
26th Apr 2000 Seminar on Medical Ethics & responsibilities of Medical Practice
29th Apr 2002 Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course
15th Sep 2002 Minor Surgical Skills Instructional Course (TTSH)
17th - 19th Sep 2003 Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC)
May - July 2004 Introduction to colonoscopy programme (TTSH)
28th Sep 2004 Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) course
12th Dec 2004 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course
8th Jan 2005 Basic Suturing Workshop, course coordinator
6th May 2005 Clinical skills foundation course, NUS. Clinical tutor
24th Sep 2005 Laparoscopic colectomy workshop. Speaker, coordinator
17th - 19th Nov 2005 SPSS course for health researchers
3rd - 4th Nov 2006 Singhealth Emerging Clinical Leadership programme
2006 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructors Course
9 - 10th Jan 2007 Instructed at ATLS student course, SMM
29th - 30th Mar 2007 Instructor at ATLS course, SGH
16th - 17th Apr 2007 1st Asean Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCS) Laparoscopic Colectomy workshop, Shanghai
1 - 3rd Nov 2007 Medical ethics, Professionalism and Health law course
12, 19th Jan 2008 Division of Surgery, foundation surgical skills course, SGH. Teaching faculty
25th Mar 2008 Instructor, ATLS course
11th - 12th Apr 2008 Instructor, ATLS course
12th Sep 2008 Singhealth “Leading with yourself “workshop
4th Feb 2010 Instructor, ATLS course, SGH
20th Mar 2010 Organiser/ speaker, Robotic surgery training for Major OT Nursing staff
4th Aug 2010 Course Director, Precongress Laparoscopic colectomy workshop
13th Jan 2011 Course Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course
11th June 2011 Invited speaker, live colonoscopy demonstration. Hasan Sadikan Hospital, Bandung Indonesia
10th Aug 2011 Speaker and table instructor, Singapore General Hospital Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop (in conjunction with ELSA 2011)
30 - 31st Jan 2012 Course Instructor ATLS course, Nee Soon Camp
17th Oct 2012 Instructor ATLS, Nee Soon Camp
16th July 2014 Teaching Faculty, NUH, ASCS PreCongress workshop, Live animal Laparoscopic workshop
3 - 4th June 2015 Teaching Faculty, Asia Pacific Association for Gynecologic endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy(APAGE) Live Animal Laparoscopic Workshop
20th Jan 2016 ATLS instructor at Nee Sonn ATLS centre
19th Mar 2016 Instructor, Laparoscopic suturing course , Academia, SGH
Speeches /Presentations at Conferences (Local & International)

Singhealth Scientific Meeting, 2003, 2004, 2005. Participant

10th Congress of Asian Federation of Coloproctology, 24th - 26th Mar 2005. Participant

SGH Clinicopathological Conference: A case of PR bleeding, SGH proceedings. Case protocol presenter

EACP/ECCP 2nd joint meeting.15th-17th Sep 2005 Bologna, Italy. Poster presentation on audit of stapled haemorrhoidectomy

Combined Scientific Meeting Nov 2005. Participant

17th Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium. Cleveland Clinic Florida . Free paper presentation on analysis of Idiopathic protocolitis in Asian adults

10th Colorectal week, SGH. 23 - 24th Mar 2006. Participant

1st Scientific and Annual General Meeting, European Society of Coloprotology-ESCP. Lisbon, Portugal 13 - 16 Sep 2006. Poster presentation. Synchronous colon and pancreatic cancer

25th - 27th Feb 2007 International Colorectal Disease Symposium Hong Kong

29 - 31st Mar 2007 11th Colorectal week, SGH. Local Faculty

21st - 22nd Apr 2007 The Lancet, Asia Medical Forum. Participant

27th - 28th Apr 2007 Singapore General Hospital, Annual Scientific Meeting. Participant

20th - 22nd Sep 2007 11th AFCP (Asian Federation of Coloproctology) Poster presentation. Evaluation of post-operative migration of abdominal drain

19th - 23rd Nov 2007 3rd ASCS (Asean Society of Colorectal Surgeons) Free paper presentation. CEA screening – How far should we go?

23rd - 24th Feb 2008 1st Asia-pacific inflammatory bowel disease conference and post-graduate course. Delegate

12th July 2008 Gastroenterologist Society of Singapore and Singapore Colorectal Surgeon Society Combined Annual Scientific Meeting (GIHep Singapore)

12th - 16th May 2008 Speaker/ Local faculty. 12th Annual Colorectal Week, Singapore General Hospital
Jan 2009 Hong Kong Winter Surgical Forum
19th - 21st Feb 2009 International Colorectal Disease Symposium 2009 Hong Kong
19th - 21st Mar 2009 17th Asian Congress of Surgery. Taipei, Taiwan
28th Mar 2009 Minimally Invasive Hernia Surgery Workshop. Dept of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong. Table instructor for porcine hands-on model
17th - 20th Nov 2009 20th International Colorectal Scientific Congress, Singapore
9th Jan 2010 Hong Kong Surgical Forum – Winter
17th - 20th June 2010 GI HEP congress, Singapore. Public Speaker
4th - 6th Aug 2010 21st International Colorectal Scientific Congress, Singapore. Speaker
8th - 10th Oct 2010 Invited speaker, “Advances in Colorectal Surgery” Mandalay, Yangon, Myanmar
28th - 30th Jan 2011 Invited speaker (Progress in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery) 18th biennial Surgeon’s congress, Myanmar
10th - 13th Aug 2011 Speaker, 10th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Singapore
3 - 4th Mar 2012 Participant, MSD Musculoskeletal / Pain management Seminar. Mira, Hong Kong
4th Aug 2012 Invited faculty and speaker, Robotic and single-port surgery , Colorectal Symposium on Minimally Invasive Surgery, Annual Combined Surgical Meeting, Chapter of General Surgeon, College of Surgeons Singapore
6 - 9th Nov 2013 Faculty, 3rd Biennial ECTA Meeting, Singapore
1st May 2014 Invited Speaker, CME talk for General Practitioners on “FIA” at Jurong Country Club
5th Aug 2014 Invited Speaker, CME talk on “Complex FIA” at Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital
21st Mar 2015 Invited Speaker S’pore Cancer Society- S’pore Medical Association Cancer Education series for GPs “care of the Colorectal Cancer Patient: Recovery and Function”
28th June 2015 Invited Speaker, English talk on Faecal Incontinence, on behalf of Society for Continence, Singapore, Public forum at Suntec City Singapore
17th April 2016 Invited speaker, 1st Robotic Colorectal Workshop for Society of Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore (SCRS)
Public Education/ Community projects
10th Mar 2010 Radio interview on Colorectal Cancer on Body & Soul, LIVE 93.8 FM
13th Mar 2010 Singapore Cancer Society, Public forum, Kallang Community Club
保持健康生活 , 降低患病风险
(Live Life Healthily, What It Takes To Stay Risk-Free)
June 2010 Author: SingHealth - Reader's Digest book - The Asian Woman's Guide to Health and Wellness: Haemorrhoids / Piles
19th Jan 2011 Invited speaker, “Colorectal Cancer awareness talk”, Singapore Police Coast Guard
24th Sep 2011 Public speaker, “Mind your body” Public forum on “Cancer Management”
24th Oct 2011 Speaker: “How to lower your risk for Colorectal Cancer”, Paragon
10th Nov 2011 Speaker: “Colorectal Cancer Screening and awareness, for Singapore Cancer Society” at Tuas Power Station
16th Nov 2011 Speaker, “Colorectal Cancer Talk” at Manulife , Singapore Cancer Society, in conjunction with Movember Men’s Cancer Awareness month
1st Dec 2011 Speaker: “How to lower your risk for Colorectal Cancer”, Paragon
4th Jan 2012 Invited Speaker, Yishun Junior College. “Colorectal Cancer Screening and awareness”, Singapore Cancer Society
14th Jan 2012 Speaker, Continuing Medical Education talk for General Practitioners on “Piles and Colorectal Cancer”, Paragon
25th Feb 2012 Invited speaker, “Blood in your stools” Health Talk Series, Jurong Spring Community Club
Feb 2012 “NEXT” Magazine interview: “Top priority for problems at the bottom” Feb 2012 p 40-41
1st Mar 2012 LianHe WanBao Newspaper interview for “Colorectal Cancer and Screening”
3rd Mar 2012 Speaker, Public education talk on “Treatment and surgery for Colorectal Cancer”
Mar 2012 Expert interview, “How to Maintain your colorectal health” for Health No.1 Magazine, Mar 2012 issue
23rd Mar 2012 Invited Speaker, “Colorectal Cancer Screening and awareness, for Singapore Cancer Society” at Sysmex Asia Pacific
31st Mar 2012 Invited Speaker “Colorectal Cancer Surgery “Singapore Civil Service Club, Tessensohn Road
14th Apr 2012 Public speaker, Vivocity, “Colorectal Cancer treatment”
21st Apr 2012 Invited speaker. Public talk on Colorectal health at Pek Kio Community Club.
27th Apr 2012 Invited speaker. Public talk on Colorectal health at Teck Ghee Community Club
28th Apr 2012 Invited speaker. Public talk on Colorectal health at Henderson Community Club
29th Apr 2012 Lianhe Wanbao interview on laparoscopic colorectal surgery”
19th May 2012 Invited speaker. Public talk on Colorectal health at Whampoa Community Club
26th May 2012 Invited speaker. Public talk on Colorectal health at Tiong Bahru Community Club
18th Aug 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Health at Radin Mas Community Club
15th Sep 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Health at Buona Vista Community Club
15th Sep 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Health at Buona Vista Community Club
15th Sep 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Health at Yio Chu Kang Community Club
15th Sep 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at Paragon
13th Oct 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Cancer prevention at Singapore Civil Service Club
1st Oct 2012 Specialist Interview on “Colorectal Cancer and treatment” LianHe Wanbao Health Monthly feature
1st Nov 2012 “NEXT” Magazine interview: ‘Constipation: Let it out.’ Nov 2012 p 40-41
3rd Nov 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Cancer prevention at Bukit Merah RC
11th Nov 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Health at Buona Vista Community Club
1st Jan 2013 LianHe wanbao interview on “Hirschsprung’s Disease”
13th Jan 2012 Invited Speaker. Public talk on Colorectal Cancer prevention at Whampoa CC
10th Mar 2013 Invited Speaker: Colorectal Cancer Prevention. Keban Bahru CC
7th Mar 2013 Public speaker, Cancer Awareness talk, Paragon
13th Mar 2013 Invited Speaker, Public awareness talk on Colorectal Cancer. National Starch, Science Park
30th Mar 2013 Invited Speaker, Public awareness talk on Constipation and Colorectal Cancer, Buona Vista CC
11th Apr 2013 Invited Speaker, Colorectal Cancer awareness, ANZ bank
4th May 2013 Invited speaker: GP CME talk: Updates on haemorrhoids management, Sheraton Hotel
8th May 2013 Invited Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society talk on Colorectal Cancer at Keppel
18th July 2013 Public speaker, Cancer Awareness talk, Paragon
19th July 2013 Invited Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society talk on Colorectal Cancer at UniVac, Woodlands
21st July 2013 Invited Speaker. Public talk on “Constipation” at Whampoa CC
3rd Dec 2013 Invited Speaker, ANZ bank on Colorectal Health
23rd Jan 2014 Article on “The myths of Colorectal Surgery” in “Mind your Body”
24th Jan 2014 Invited Speaker on “Colorectal Cancer” for Singapore Cancer Society
23rd Mar 2014 Invited Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society (UBI), Colorectal Cancer
18th May 2014 Invited Speaker. Public Talk on “Blood in your stools” at Whampoa CC
15th June 2014 Invited Speaker on “Top 3 Cancers in Singapore” injunction with PCC and Eu Yang Sen at Conrad Centennial Hotel
21st July 2014 Invited Speaker, Whampoa CC Colorectal Health talk (Mandarin)
1st Aug 2014 Article on “Colorectal Cancer in Men” THIS Quarterly Magazine
7th Aug 2014 Invited Speaker, National Skin Centre, Colorectal Cancer prevention
26th Aug 2014 Invited Speaker on “Colorectal Cancer” for Singapore Cancer Society at Toa Payoh care Corner (mandarin)
14th Jan 2015 Invited speaker, Public talk on colorectal cancer at Woodlands CC
11th Apr 2015 Invited Speaker. Singapore Cancer Society talk on Colorectal Cancer at Kyani, Beach Road
28th June 2015 Invited Speaker. Singapore Cancer Society talk on Colorectal Cancer at Punggol walk
28th June 2015 Invited Speaker. Lecture on Faecal Incontinence at Suntec for Singapore Continence Society, Continence Week 2015
5th Sep 2015 Invited Speaker. Colorectal Cancer awareness talk. Keban Bahru
11th Nov 2015 Speaker, Public awareness talk on colorectal cancer for Singapore Cancer Society at Yong EN Care Centre
28th Feb 2016 Speaker, Colorectal Cancer talk in Mandarin at Canberra CC
26th Mar 2016 Speaker, Colorectal Cancer talk at Jurong Polyclinic
7th May 2016 Speaker, Colorectal Cancer talk at Sims Ave
29th June 2016 Speaker, Colorectal Cancer talk at Guthrie house
7th Sep 2016 Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society ,Colorectal Cancer talk @Westgate
27th Sep 2016 Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society ,Colorectal Cancer talk @Pasir Ris
3rd Oct 2016 Speaker. Updates on Management of Diverticulitis to Specialist Surgeons (CME) at Mt Elizabeth Orchard
4th Nov 2016 Speaker, Singapore Cancer Society ,Colorectal Cancer talk at AStar @Biopolis
Awards
  • Human Manpower Development Program (2008-2009) for Advanced Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
  • 1st prize for Video presentation category: Robotic-assisted Surgery for low rectal dissection – From better views to better outcome presented at the 2008 Gastroenterologist Society of Singapore and Singapore Colorectal Surgeon Society Combined Annual Scientific Meeting (GIHep Singapore 2008) on 12 July 2008
  • Silver award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2010
  • 10 year long service award, Singapore General Hospital. July 2011
Book Contribution
  • “Beautiful Inside Out” The Singhealth-Reader’s Digest guide to women’s health
Research projects
  1. CSF otorrhea complicating temporal bone osteoradionecrosis in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. YK Lim et al, published Ear Nose Throat J. 2005 Jan;84(1):39-40
  2. PPH03 stapled haemorrhoidectomy: Our experience. YK Lim et al Techniques of Coloproctology Vol 10 No.1 Mar 2006 p43-46
  3. Sub-investigator. A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Group, placebo controlled, double-blind study with in-house blinding to determine the effect of 156 weeks of treatment with vioxx on the recurrence of neoplastic polyps of the large bowel in patients with a history of colorectal adenomas
  4. Sub-investigator. A 1 year off study extension to a multicenter, randomized parallel group, placebo-controlled, double-blind study with in-house blinding to determine the effect of 156 weeks of treatment with vioxx on the recurrence of neoplastic polyps of the large bowel in patients with a history of colorectal adenomas
  5. Initial experience in Colorectal screening using immunochemical quantitative FOBT in Singapore. : YK Lim et al SGH proceedings Vol16, No1 2007(s)
  6. Evaluation of postoperative drain migration of abdominal drains IRB206/2006: YK Lim et al SGH proceedings Vol16, No1 2007(s)
  7. CEA screening- How far should we go? : YK Lim et al. Singapore Med J. 2009 Sep;50(9):862-5
  8. Sub-investigator: A phase III double-blinded randomized parallel-group placebo-controlled study of intravenous methylnaltrexone bromide in the treatment of postoperative ileus
  9. Robotic-assisted Surgery for low rectal dissection – From better views to better outcome. This paper was presented at the 2008 Gastroenterologist Society of Singapore and Singapore Colorectal Surgeon Society Combined Annual Scientific Meeting (GIHep Singapore 2008) on 12 July 2008, and won the first prize for Video presentation category. Ng KH, LimYK, Ooi BS, Ho KS, Eu KW.SMJ 2009;50(8):763-7
  10. Impact of multimodality treatment on total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery for ultra-low rectal cancers. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010 Mar 26; 8:23
  11. Single Site laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: an oncologically feasible option. YK Lim, KH Ng, KW Eu. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010, 8:79 (8 September 2010)
  12. Evaluation of current devices in Single Incision Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: a preliminary experience in 32 consecutive cases. MH Chew, Wong TCM, Lim YK. World Journal of Surgery, Jan 2011.35:873-880
  13. Toxic Haemorrhagic colitis: a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis. Yeo SA, Lim YK, Lim KH, Tang CL. Case Rep Gastrointest Med 2012:2012:279813. Epub 2012 Sep 10
Contact Information
38 Irrawaddy Rd,
#08-52 Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
@ Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital
Singapore 329563

Tel : +65 63347988
Fax : +65 63347966

Opening Hours:

Mondays - Fridays : 8:30 am - 5.30 pm
Saturdays : 8.30 am - 12.30 pm
Sundays & Public Holidays : Closed
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