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Dr Lim Yaozong Benji
Cardiologist
Experience
Dr Benji Lim is an interventional cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.
He has extensive experience in coronary angiography and angioplasty, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or stenting. He also incorporates intravascular imaging and pressure wire assessment. He has a keen interest in the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease and its risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. He also has a special interest in sports cardiology.
Before joining private practice, he was a senior consultant cardiologist at Changi General Hospital and a visiting consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore.
Dr Lim graduated from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and completed his postgraduate membership of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He finished his advanced specialist training in cardiology and underwent a 1-year fellowship in interventional cardiology at Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
He has more than 15 years of experience. He has performed more than 2,000 PCI procedures, including complex cases such as left main bifurcations, calcified lesions and total occlusions.
His research has been published in international journals such as Circulation and the Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology. He is regularly invited to speak at regional and international scientific meetings.
Dr Lim has been involved in medical education. He served as the associate programme director of the SingHealth cardiology senior residency programme, and held teaching positions as a clinical assistant professor at SingHealth Duke-NUS and a senior clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
He has been recognised with multiple awards, including the Singapore Health Quality Service awards, Eastern Health Alliance Award, Changi General Hospital OneCGHCares Award, and Changi General Hospital WOW! Great Job Award.
Associated treatments
- Echocardiography
- Coronary atherectomy / rotablation
- Coronary angiography
- Treadmill stress ECG
- Coronary balloon angioplasty including coronary stenting
Awards and honours
- 2025
Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver) - 2025
Changi General Hospital OneCGHCares Award - 2022
Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Gold) - 2019
Changi General Hospital WOW! Great Job Award - 2014
Eastern Health Alliance Star Award (Silver)
Research & publications
Bulluck, H., Chong, J. H., Bryant, J., Annathurai, A., Chai, P., Chan, M., Chawla, A., Chin, C. Y., Chung, Y., Gao, F., Ho, H. H., Ho, A. F. W., Hoe, J., Imran, S. S., Lee, C., Lim, B., Lim, S. T., Lim, S. H., Liew, B. W., . . . Hui, S. C. (2024). Effect of Cangrelor on infarct size in ST-Segment–Elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomized controlled trial (The PITRI Trial). Circulation, 150(2), 91–101.
Tern, P. J. W., Keh, Y. S., Lau, Y. H., Wong, J. J., Ho, W. H. H., Jion, M. B. I., Chin, C. Y., Lim, B., Ho, K. W., Liew, B. W., Tan, J. W. C., Koh, T. H., & Yeo, K. K. (2024). RotaTripsy Risk and Rewards: Findings from a Registry of Patients Undergoing Combined Rotational Atherectomy and Intravascular Lithotripsy. Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology, 3.
Lim, B., Lim, B., Hamzah, F., Lim, A. T., Ng, C. S., Tan, B., & Tong, K. L. (2023). Comparison of four electrocardiographic criteria for the detection of cardiac abnormalities in Singapore athletes. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 52(5), 230–238.
Benji Yaozong Lim, Xinzhe James Cai, Thuan Ngee Tan, Siang Chew Chai, Charlene Jin Yee Liew, Boon Wah Matthew Liew (2020). “Catch me if you can” – Recurrent ST-Segment elevation myocardial infarction due to aortic thrombus. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case Report.2020 Oct 21;2(12):1974-1978.
