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Credentials MBBS(Sydney) M.Med(Surg) MRCSED, MRCSGlasgow FAMS(Urology)
Language English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Dialect, Hokkien Dialect
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Dr Lim obtained his Bachelor of Computing from the National University of Singapore in 2005. He
completed his graduate medical degree from the University of Sydney in 2009. After housemanship
in Sydney, Australia, he returned to Singapore to serve in the local medical system. He completed
his Urology Surgical Training in 2017 and did his fellowship in robotic surgery and reconstruction
surgery at Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia, under Prof David Gillatt in 2021.
A keen innovator at heart, he was awarded the Singapore-MIT innovation fellowship in 2017 and is
actively involved in the medical device innovation scene. Dr Lim was the first medical doctor
appointed Principal Medical Investigator by Artificial Intelligence Singapore (AISG) for his
pioneering grant in Natural Language Processing.
Dr Lim’s research interest is ureteral stents, and he has been invited to speak on the topic at the
World Congress of Endourology. His clinical interest is in the field of Robotic Surgery, Endourology
and minimally invasive surgery.

Special Treatments

Supine PCNL

Publications

1. Lim KS, Sim, A. S. P., Mohd Zam, N. A. B., & Ho, H. S. S. (2015). A Novel Method for Retrograde
Ureteral Stent Insertion During Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy Without Radiological Guidance. Journal of
Endourology Part B, Videourology, 29(5).
2. Lim, K. S., Tay, S., Gostelow, M., Fook-Chong, S. M., & Ng, L. G. (2016). Does size really matter? A
retrospective analysis of donor renal volume and its effects on renal function in donors after donation. J
Biomed Graphics Comput, 6, 14-21.
3. Lim, K. S., Lim, Y. W., Yong, D. Z. P., Hao, Y., Ho, H. S. S., Ng, L. G., & Sim, A. (2019). Two weeks
too long: Optimal duration for ureteral pre-stenting and its physiological effects on the ureter in a
Yorkshire-Landrace pig model. Journal of endourology, (ja)
4. Khor, V., Aslim, E. J., Ng, L. G., & Lim, J. K. S. (2019). ‘Pop goes the whistle’-Noisy micturition as the
main presentation of pneumaturia. Urology Case Reports, 23, 106.
5. K.S. Lim, Z.W Law, M.W.L.Chow, A.S.P. Sim, HSS Ho, Peak stent discomfort occurs in the first 72
hours and ureteral stent with distal loop design improves stent discomfort and QoL. A pilot
prospective randomised single-blinded trial over 2 weeks. Asian Journal of Urology Jul 2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajur.2019.09.004
6. Aslim, E.J., Balamurali, B.T., Ng, Y.S.L., Kuo, T.L.C., Lim, K.S., Chen, J.S., Chen, J.M. and Ng, L.G.,
2020. Pilot study for the comparison of machine-learning augmented audio-uroflowmetry with
standard uroflowmetry in healthy men. BMJ Innovations, pp.bmjinnov-2019
7. Chia, M.L., Him Chau, D.H., Yang Liu, C.W., Tan, H.K.,Tan, Y.R. and Lim, K.S. Managing COVID19 in a novel, rapidly deployable, community isolation quarantine facility, Annals of Internal Medicine,
2020 Sep 17 : M20-4746. Published online 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.7326/M20-4746
8. Seneviratne, C.J., Balan, P., Ko, K.K.K., Udawatte, N.S., Lai, D., Ng, DHL, Venkatachalam, I., Lim,
K.S., Ling, M.L., Oon, L. and Goh, B.T., 2020. Efficacy of commercial mouth-rinses on SARS-CoV-2
viral load in saliva: Randomized Control Trial in Singapore. Infection, pp.1-7.
9. Ng, D. H. L., Sim, M. Y., Huang, H. H., Sim, J. X. Y., Low, J. G. H., & Lim, J. K. S. (2021). Feasibility
and utility of facemask sampling in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 during an ongoing pandemic.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 1-8.
10. Tan, Y. G., Fang, A. H., Lim, J. K., Khalid, F., Chen, K., Ho, H. S., … & Tay, K. J. (2022).
Incorporating artificial intelligence in urology: Supervised machine learning algorithms demonstrate
comparative advantage over nomograms in predicting biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy.
The Prostate, 82(3), 298-305.

Achievements

2006
● Summer Research Scholarships, “Identifying viruses important in the onset of multiple
sclerosis using computer simulations”, University of Sydney.
2009
● Travelling Fellowship award, University of Sydney.
2015
● 2nd Prize, Best Poster. Urofair 2015, Singapore: “Does Size Really Matter? A
retrospective analysis of donor renal volume and its effect on renal function posttransplant.”
2016
● 1st Prize Best Poster. Taiwan Urological Association, Taiwan: “A prospective
randomised single-blinded comparison of Ureteral Stent with distal loop design and its
effect on early stent discomfort and QoL.”
2017
● 1st Prize Best Poster: Urofair 2017, Singapore: “Optimal duration required and effects
of ureteric pre-stenting have on ureteral dilatation in an animal model.” Urofair 2017,
Singapore
● Best Submitted Abstract (Surgery ACP) “Optimal duration required and effects of
ureteric pre-stenting have on ureteral dilatation in an animal model.” –SinghealthDuke-NUS Surgical Anaesthesia Congress 2017, Singapore
● SMART Innovation Fellowship Award,” NAIL IT – Discovering the Market and Your
Technology Opportunity”, Singapore
2018
● Best Abstract Award: “Novel Panel of Urinary Biomarker for Urothelial Cancer” -16th
Urological Association of Asia Congress 2018, Kyoto, Japan

2020
● SingHealth RiSE Award – Urology Outstanding Faculty