Dr Lim Yeong Phang studied medicine at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He completed his BA(Hons) in Medical Sciences Tripos in 1989 and graduated with MB BChir(Camb) in 1992. He did his housemanship at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and Peterborough District Hospital, United Kingdom. Dr Lim chose to train in Surgery and in 1998, successfully obtained both the FRCS(Edinburgh) and FRCS(Glasgow) diplomas.
With a keen interest in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, Dr Lim started and promoted several initiatives such as introducing the Endo Radial harvesting procedure using harmonic scalpel technology at the National Heart Centre (NHC). He performs Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) via the chest wall without cutting through any bone and performs Hybrid Coronary Revascularisation (a combination of surgical bypass and percutaneous stenting) with Interventional Cardiologists. Dr Lim is also a member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS).
Dr Lim was a member of the surgical team that performed Singapore’s first lung transplant in 2000. He was also part of the surgical team that carried out Singapore’s first combined heart and liver transplant in 2011.
Training the future generation is also one of Dr Lim’s passions. He has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor on the teaching faculty of Duke – NUS Graduate Medical School and lectures at Nanyang Polytechnic for the Advanced Diploma Nursing Course since 2009. During his tenure at NHC, he has also trained junior staff in Endo Vein harvest procedures.
Dr Lim is also a member of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Singapore Cardiac Society and Chapter of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore and received the Gold Service Quality Award from NHC in 2010.
Dr Lim accepts referrals for thoracic conditions including cancer.