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Clin Assoc Prof Steven Lim Hoon Chin

MBBS, MRCSEd (A&E), FCDMS, FAMS

Senior Consultant

Changi General Hospital Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Emergency Medicine

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian Medical School

Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

About

Dr Steven Lim Hoon Chin is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Programme Director of the GPFirst Programme at Changi General Hospital (CGH).

Dr Lim is also the Deputy Academic Chair of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Emergency Medicine Academic Clinical Programme and the Clinical Lead for Ambulatory and Community Care at the upcoming Eastern General Hospital. He serves as the Chair of the Membership Group (International Federation of Emergency Medicine, IFEM) and Board Member of Asian Society for Emergency Medicine, ASEM. He is the immediate-past President of the Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore (SEMS).

Dr Lim is a member of the Editorial Board of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. He is the Vice-President and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Singapore Anglican Community Services, an institution of a Public Character.

 

 

 

Education and Training

  • Harvard Business School
  • Fellow of The Center for Disaster Medical Sciences (UC Irvine)
  • MRCSEd (A&E) (Edinburgh)
  • MBBS (Singapore)

 

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

 
  • Chair of the Membership Group, International Federation of Emergency Medicine
  • Board Member, Asian Society for Emergency Medicine
  • Immediate-past President, The Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore
  • Deputy Academic Chair, SingHealth Duke-NUS Emergency Medicine Academic Clinical Programme
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  • Programme Director, GPFirst (CGH)
  • Editorial Board Member, The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Reviewer, The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee, SCDF
  • Vice-President, Singapore Anglican Community Services
  • Chairman of Management Committee,  Singapore Anglican Community Services

Awards

 
  • Gold Award, CGH Improvement Festival, 2025
  • Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Recognition Award, 2024
  • Long Service Award - National Day Awards, 2023
  • The Commendation Medal (COVID-19) - National Awards (COVID-19), 2023
  • Golden Quill Award (SingHealth EM ACP), 2022
  • National Clinical Excellence Team Award for GPFirst Programme, National Medical Excellence Awards (NMEA), 2021
  • Diamond Achievement Award, CGH Uplift Awards, 2019, 2017, 2016
  • Healthcare Humanity Award, 2012

Publications

  • Lim HCS, Salandanan EA, Phillips R, et al. Inter-rater reliability of J-point location and measurement of the magnitude of ST segment elevation at the J-point on ECGs of STEMI patients by emergency department doctors. Emerg Med J 2015;32:809-812.
  • Lim HC, Cutter J, Lim WK, et al. The influenza A (H1N1-2009) experience at the inaugural Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009: mass gathering during a developing pandemic. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010;44:528-532.