NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEART CENTRE, SINGAPORE
Clinic Address: 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road NUH Main Building Zone F Singapore 119074
Clinic Number: 6779 2777
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri: 8:30am to 5:30pm Sat, Sun & PH: Closed
Dr Lim Yinghao is presently a Consultant with the Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
Dr Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine and was conferred the Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the National University of Singapore, and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom). Thereafter, he completed Cardiology Senior Residency in National University Heart Centre, Singapore, during which he was selected for the Singapore Chief Resident Programme. He has also been awarded a Master of Clinical Investigation by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. As testament to his specialty expertise, he was recognised as a Diplomate of the National Board of Echocardiography, United States of America, in 2020.
His subspecialty interests are in structural heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and cardiac imaging. He performs structural and congenital heart interventions, as well as structural echocardiography in support of the above. Additionally, he also performs transoesophageal echocardiography.
Beside his clinical interests, he is also an established medical educator and is presently course co-director for the Chia Boon Lock Cardiology Review Course as well as the Cardiology PACES Course. He is a core faculty member of the Cardiology Senior Residency Programme. He has been a Clinician-Educator with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore since 2019.
His research interests are in the fields of pulmonary hypertension, structural heart disease as well as medical and device innovation. He has been awarded over $250,000 of competitive grants and was selected for the National Medical Research Council Clinician Innovator Development Award in 2021.
As part of the nation’s response for COVID-19, he was appointed medical co-lead for the operationalisation and running of Tuas South Community Care Facility in 2020.
MBBS, MMed (Internal Medicine), MRCP (UK), MCI, Diplomate (NBE)
