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Clin Assoc Prof Lim Geok Hoon

Clin Assoc Prof Lim Geok Hoon

FRCSEd (Gen), MMed (Spore), MRCS (UK), MBBS (Spore)

Head & Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Breast Surgery

Sub-specialties: Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer Genetics

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Atypical Hyperplasia, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer - Early Detection and Screening, Breast Cancer (Breast Health), Breast Cancer (Diagnosis to Treatment), Breast Screening – Self-Exam and Mammogram, Duct Ectasia, Fibroadenoma, Fibrocystic Change, Gynaecomastia, Intraductal Papillomas, Lobular Carcinoma in Situ, Malignant and Benign Breast Conditions, Mastitis.

Clinical Appointments

  • Head & Senior Consultant KK Breast Centre KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital
  • Service Chief SingHealth Duke-NUS Breast Centre

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor SingHealth Duke-NUS Oncology Academic Clinical Programme

Profile

Dr Lim Geok Hoon Head and Senior Consultant at Breast Department, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor with Duke-NUS Medical School. She is trained in oncoplastic breast surgery and believes that a good cosmetic breast result is as paramount as a safe oncological outcome. She has several publications with most of her works focusing specifically on the surgical oncoplastic techniques most applicable to Asian women. She also has a special interest in genetic breast cancer, which is why she pursued a year- long fellowship in the United Kingdom on breast cancer genetics and oncoplastic surgery. She founded the Singapore Breast Oncoplastic Surgery Symposium (SBOSS) in 2015 and developed the world first virtual simulator for teaching oncoplastic surgery. She also pioneered the minimal scar mastectomy technique.

Education

  • FRCSEd (Gen) 2010
  • MMED, Singapore, 2006
  • MRCS, Edinburgh UK, 2006
  • MBBS, National University of Singapore, 2002

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Oncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke- NUS Medical School
  • Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Organising Chairman, Singapore Breast Oncoplastic Surgery Symposium (SBOSS), 2015 - present
  • Member, Breast Surgery International (BSI) 2018 - present
  • Member, Cancer Service Line Development Workgroup, SingHealth, 2017 - present
  • Member, Research Committee, KKH, 2013 - present
  • Member, Alpine blossoms (KKH breast cancer support group), 2011 - present
  • Convenor, NUH-NUS MBBS Clinical exams, 2008
  • Member, Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia, 2007 - present
  • Clinical Tutor and Examiner, Clinical Skills Foundation Course, NUH, 2007 - 2008

Awards

  • Best Educational poster award (Breast imaging in therapeutic mammoplasty: A pictorial review) at Radiology Asia 2017
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2017 (Star)
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2016 (Gold)
  • Service from the heart award 2014
  • Singapore Medical Journal Best Research Paper Awards 2014 – 3rd Prize
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2014 (Silver)
  • Long service award 2013
  • HMDP award for breast cancer genetics and oncoplastic surgery 2012
  • Best oral presentation for NUH Pitch for Fund round (Evaluation of Syndecan-1 and 2 as Potential Biomarkers and Prognostic Factors for Breast Carcinoma in Asian Women) in 2009.
  • Merit award for basic medical sciences (Chemistry of cell and genetics) in 1997.

Research Interests

  • Oncoplastic breast surgery
  • Breast cancer genetics

Publications

  • Preoperative predictors of high and low axillary nodal burden in Z0011 eligible breast cancer patients with a positive lymph node needle biopsy result. Lim GH, Upadhyaya VS, Acosta HA, Lim JMA, Allen JC, Leong LCH. Accepted by EJSO 2018
  • Natural history of Luminal A breast invasive ductal carcinoma in an elderly. Lim GH, Tay SPX, Gudi M. Accepted by BMJ Case Rep. 2018.
  • Novel approach for risk-reducing mastectomy - first stage implant placement and subsequent second stage mastectomy. Lim GH, A Baildam. Accepted by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018
  • Milk fistula following puerperal breast abscess. Lim GH, Ng RP. Clin Case Rep. 2018 Feb 13;6(4):773-774.
  • Risk management adherence following genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes: a Singaporean experience. Courtney E, Chin XW, Yuen J, Li ST, Chen Y, Allen JC Jr., Tan V, Lim GH, Ngeow J. Fam Cancer. 2018 Jan 24.
  • Factors influencing the decision to share cancer genetic results among family members: an in-depth interview study of women in an Asian setting. Li ST, Sun S, Lie D, Met-Domestici M, Courtney E, Menon S, Lim GH, Ngeow J. Psychooncology. 2018 Jan 3.
  • Invasive papillary breast cancer with Paget’s disease: First reported association and literature review. Lim GH, Chinthala JP, Gudi MA. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 4;2018. pii: bcr-2017-222817.
  • Discordant correlation of breast adenoid cystic carcinoma on imaging and pathology: A case report and literature review on surgical management. Yan Z, Leong MY, Lim GH. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Dec 8;42:196-199.
  • Development of a surgical algorithm by using pre-operative imaging to predict mammoplasty cosmetic outcomes for large non-malignant tumours. Lim GH, Ng RP, Leong LCH. Gland Surg. 2017; 6: 649-653.
  • Oncoplastic round block technique has comparable operative parameters as standard wide local excision: A matched case-control study. Lim GH, Allen JC Jr, Ng RP. Gland Surg. 2017 Aug; 6(4):343-349.
  • Incidence and Prognosis of Non-Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Among Different Races in Southeast Asia. Alcantara VS, Lim GH, Lim SH, Sultana R, Lee JA. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Apr;115(5):523-537.
  • Evaluating the performance of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) breast and ovarian genetic/familial high risk assessment referral criteria for breast cancer women in an Asian surgical breast clinic. Lim GH, Borje E, Allen JC Jr. Gland Surg. 2017 Feb;6(1):35-42.
  • Natural history of metaplastic squamous cell breast cancer: A Case Report and literature review on surgical management. Lim GH, Acosta HA, Gudi MA. Gland Surg. 2017; 6:738-741.
  • Clinical presentation of nipple duct ectasia: A rare glimpse. Lim GH, G Mihir. Breast J. 2017 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12873.
  • Outcome after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in Asian breast cancer patients. Lim LY, Miao H, Lim JS, Lee SC, Bhoo-Pathy N, Yip CH, Taib NA, Chan P, Tan EY, Lim SH, Lim GH, Woo E, Tan YS, Lee JA, Wong M, Tan PH, Ong KW, Wong FY, Yap YS, Hartman M. Cancer Med. 2017 Jan;6(1):173-185.
  • Applicability of Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Surgery in Asian Breast Cancer Patients. Lim G, Pineda LA. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016; 17:3325-8.
  • Surgical techniques to avoid lateral dog ear of the mastectomy scar: A systematic review. Lim GH, Tan HF. Int J Surg. 2016 Feb;26:73-8. Review.
  • Syndecan-1 is a Potential Biomarker for triple positive Breast Carcinomas in Asian Women with correlation to survival. Lim GH, Puay-Hoon Tan, Ana Richelia Jara- Lazaro, Aye Aye Thike, Wey-Cheng Sim, Von-Bing Yap, George Wai-Cheong Yip. SMJ 2014 Sep;55(9):468-72.
  • Breast ductal carcinoma in situ presenting as recurrent non-puerperal mastitis: case report and literature review. Liong YV, Hong GS, Teo JG, Lim GH. World J Surg Oncol. 2013 Aug 7;11(1):179.
  • Natural History of Small ‘Indeterminate’ Hepatic lesions in patients with Colorectal Cancer. Lim GH, Dean CS Koh, WK Cheong, Wong KS, Charles Tsang. Dis Colon Rectum 2009 Aug; 52(8):1487-91.
  • Cholesterol atheroembolism of the colon can mimic the endoscopic features of pseudomembranous colitis. Lim GH, April Roslani, B. Pang, Charles Tsang. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2008 Dec; 18(6):616-8.
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy in the evaluation of right lower abdominal pain- A one year audit. Lim GH, Asim Shabbir, Jimmy So. Singapore Med J 2008; 49(6):451- 453.

Research Trials

  • Development of Novel 3D Customised Implants for Partial Mastectomy Following Cancer Surgery: A Feasibility Study. 1st April 2018- 1st Oct 2018.
  • AMEI education grant 2017- Evaluating the feasibility of a novel breast oncoplastic surgery simulation (BOSS) mark-up model as a training tool to teach pre-operative incision marking- 1st July 2018-30th June 2020.
  • KKH Health Fund Research Grant-Feasibility of a novel method of axilla staging by using ultrasound visible clips (UVCs) to mark the involved axillary lymph nodes before neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in breast cancer patients- Oct 2017- 30th Sept 2019.
  • Development of a novel Breast Oncoplastic Surgery Stimulation (BOSS) Markup 3D model as a surgical training tool- 1st Aug 2017- 30th Nov 2017.
  • NUH Pitch for Fund (Evaluation of Syndecan-1 and 2 as Potential Biomarkers and Prognostic Factors for Breast Carcinoma in Asian Women) in 2009-2010.