Dr Susan Lim

Dr Susan Lim is an accomplished surgeon, the first in Singapore and the second woman in the world to perform a successful liver transplant. Dr Lim was an early pioneer in robotic surgery, and held the positions of robotic medical director (Asia) for Computer Motion Inc 2003, and was Chairman of Parkway’s Center for Robotic Surgery for Training and Development (2005) Singapore. She holds several fellowships, including Fellow of Trinity College, University of Melbourne,and was awarded the GB Ong Gold Medal in General Surgery (Edinburgh)1984 (shared), a PhD in transplant immunology, University of Cambridge UK,  Distinguished Alumnus, Monash University (2006) and an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, University of Newcastle.  Dr Lim's TED talk entitled “ transplant cells not organs” is featured on the TED website. For her humanitarian work, she was recognized in the Australian House of Parliament for helping save the lives of Australian victims of the Bali bomb.