Dr Hoong Sern Lim MB ChB MD FRCP

Dr Hoong Sern Lim

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Consultant Cardiologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer

Contact details

Dr Lim is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences with interest in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He is the Standards and Guidelines Committee Associate Chair of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and a member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Heart Failure Task Force. Nationally, he is a member of UK Cardiogenic Shock Working Group, the Cardiothoracic Advisory Group and a Member of the Cardiology Medical Advisory Panel for the Department for Transport.

Dr Lim has research interest in heart transplantation, pulmonary circulatory physiology and mechanical circulatory support. He has presented at international conferences and published in this field.

Qualifications

  • Fellow of Royal College Physicians
  • MD 2005
  • MB ChB 1999

Teaching

Weekly medical student teaching (4th year clinical)

Postgraduate supervision

Currently co-supervising MD student

Research

  • Clinical studies in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
  • Physiological studies of the pulmonary circulation.

Research Groups and Centres

Other activities

Dr Lim is the Associate Chair of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). In this role, Dr Lim oversees the development of international consensus documents and guidelines in the Society. In addition, Dr Lim is a member of the ISHLT Membership Task Force to develop a new membership structure for the Society, with the aim of improving access of clinicians from low or middle income countries to ISHLT resources.

Dr Lim is an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Reviewer for European Journal of Heart Failure, Circulation Heart Failure, ASAIO Journal and Artificial Organs.

Publications