2 September 2002

Professor Lim Yean Leng, the former Director of National Heart Centre, has joined Raffles Hospital as Director of Raffles Heart Centre and Consultant Interventional Cardiologist.

An eminent cardiologist, academic and administrator, Prof Lim was the first Director of National Heart Centre. He held concurrent positions as Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Australia's Monash University as well as Clinical Professor at National University of Singapore's Faculty of Medicine.

Prof Lim is the Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology and Permanent Secretary of the Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology. He has also authored an impressive body of books and scientific papers that are published internationally.

He is a highly respected cardiologist in Singapore and the region. An Honorary Visiting Cardiologist to Alfred Hospital's Heart Centre in Melbourne, Australia, Prof Lim is also visiting professor to many Chinese universities. These include Peking University's Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Shanghai Second Medical University, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning Medical University and the 4th Military Medical University in Xian.

"We are honoured to have someone of Prof Lim's stature join Raffles Hospital," said Raffles Hospital's Medical Director, Prof Walter Tan. "Prof Lim brings to Raffles Hospital a wealth of experience. More importantly, he shares our vision of a group practice where doctors work as a team for a peer reviewed approach for the most appropriate care for our patients."

Raffles Hospital is a tertiary hospital with two centres of excellence - Raffles Cancer Centre, which is affiliated with New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, and Raffles Heart Centre. Prof Lim, who heads Raffles Heart Centre, says his immediate plans include building up a team of people with a common vision of achieving clinical and academic excellence.

He says: "I am keen to build Raffles Heart Centre up to be a medical practice with a strong reputation for clinical and academic excellence."

Good service and research will be a priority, as is on-going training of both medical and paramedical staff. When we work in concert as a team, we achieve real excellence." Raffles Heart Centre provides one-stop specialist care for patients concerned with maintaining a healthy heart. Its services include a wide range of diagnostic and treatment strategies for heart diseases.

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