Dr Joel Lim Kian Boon

About Doctor

Dr Joel Lim Kian Boon completed his undergraduate training at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He then underwent training in paediatrics with the SingHealth Paediatric Residency Program. He has special interests in paediatric cardiac intensive care.

Languages Spoken

• English

Education and Training

• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), 2016
• Master of Medicine (Paediatrics), 2014
• Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2014
• MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2010
  

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Adjunct Research Fellow, SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme, 2018
  
• Instructor, Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course, 2016 - Present
• Chief Resident, Paediatric Residency, SingHealth, July 2016 - June 2017
• PGY1 Program Physician Faculty, 2016 - Present
• Clinical tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2015 - Present

Committee Memberships

• Procedural Pain Workgroup - Member, 2016 - Present
• Paediatric Residency Affairs Committee - Member - 2012
  

Awards

• Outstanding Resident Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels Awards), 2017/2018
  
• Gold Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, 2018
  
• Outstanding Resident Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels Awards), 2016/2017
  
• Inspiring Resident-Educator Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels Awards), 2016/2017
  
• Service from the Heart Award, Jan - June 2016
  
• Outstanding Resident Award (Residency in SingHealth Excels Awards), 2012/2013
  
• Best House Officer Award, Jan - May 2011
  

Publications

• Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review
  Esther Huimin Leow, Yoke Hwee Chan, Yong Hong Ng, Joel Kian Boon Lim, Masakazu Nakao, Jan Hau Lee.
  World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Jan 2018; 9(1): 79-90
• The impact of time to rate control of junctional ectopic tachycardia after congenital heart surgery.
  Joel Kian Boon Lim, Yee Hui Mok, Yee Jim Loh, Teng Hong Tan, Jan Hau Lee
  World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Nov 2017; 8(6): 685-690
• Intramyocardial hematoma after Ebstein anomaly repair: a case of unexpected diagnosis and its management.
  Joel Kian Boon Lim, Jan Hau Lee, Yee Hui Mok, Ching Kit Chen, Yee Jim Loh
  World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Jan 2017; 8(1): 117-120
• Special considerations for the management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  Joel Lim Kian Boon, Jan Hau Lee, Ira M. Cheifetz
  Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. Oct 2016; 10(10): 1133-1145
• Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a neonate with arterial pH less than 6.6.
  Lim Kian Boon Joel, Lee Jan Hau, Mok Yee Hui, Chan Yoke Hwee
  World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. July 2015; 6(3): 466-469