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Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital, #10-21
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Dr Zena Lim is a USA fellowship trained Consultant Ophthalmologist and Adult & Pediatric Eye Surgeon. She is the Medical Director of the Focal Eye Centre and The Children's Eye & ENT Centre.
Besides being proficient in all aspects of general ophthalmology, including laser procedures, customized cataract surgery, glaucoma and diabetic/degenerative eye management, Dr Zena Lim has special interests in squint ("strabismus") surgery for adults and children and in paediatric opthalmology.
Dr Zena Lim is accredited to consult and perform surgeries at the Parkway Group of Hospitals (Mount Elizabeth Novena, Mount Elizabeth Orchard, Gleneagles Hospital), Mount Alvernia Hospital, Farrer Park Hospital and Thomson Medical Centre.
Her training & achievements
Dr Zena Lim embarked on her medical training with the National University of Singapore in 1995, followed by residency training in Ophthalmology at the Singapore National Eye Centre. This subsequently led to Fellowship accreditation in Ophthalmology by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. She graduated top of her cohort in 2004, with the "Gold Medal in Ophthalmology" award in the Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) examinations.
In 2004-2005, she trained under the tutelage of Prof Alex Levin, at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Upon completion of fellowship training in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus with the Singapore National Eye Centre, she was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship by the Ministry of Health to further hone her clinical skills at the Duke University Eye Centre, USA. There, she worked alongside Professors Edward Buckley and Sharon Freedman, international leaders in Ophthalmology.
Dr Zena Lim has presented and lectured at numerous international, regional and local conferences, and she is first author of many peer-reviewed indexed medical journals. In 2010, she was awarded "Best of the Anterior Segment Specialty Meetings" at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting in 2010 for her research in childhood cataract.
She was previously a consultant with the Cataract and Comprehensive Service and the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service at the Singapore National Eye Centre.
Mentoring the doctors of tomorrow
Besides her passion for clinical practice, Dr Zena Lim believes in the importance of training the next generation of ophthalmologists. As a Core Faculty member of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at the Singapore National Eye Centre, she was actively involved in curriculum planning, residency teaching and cataract surgery training. She also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and was part of the Clinical Faculty Scheme at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. She is currently Visiting Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre, KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital where her main role is imparting clinical and surgical skills to young aspiring ophthalmologists.
Dr Zena Lim embarked on her medical training with the National University of Singapore in 1995, followed by residency training in Ophthalmology at the Singapore National Eye Centre. This subsequently led to Fellowship accreditation in Ophthalmology by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. She graduated top of her cohort in 2004, with the "Gold Medal in Ophthalmology" award in the Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) examinations.
In 2004-2005, she trained under the tutelage of Prof Alex Levin, at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Upon completion of fellowship training in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus with the Singapore National Eye Centre, she was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship by the Ministry of Health to further hone her clinical skills at the Duke University Eye Centre, USA. There, she worked alongside Professors Edward Buckley and Sharon Freedman, international leaders in Ophthalmology.
Dr Zena Lim has presented and lectured at numerous international, regional and local conferences, and she is first author of many peer-reviewed indexed medical journals. In 2010, she was awarded "Best of the Anterior Segment Specialty Meetings" at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting in 2010 for her research in childhood cataract.
She was previously a consultant with the Cataract and Comprehensive Service and the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service at the Singapore National Eye Centre.
Besides her passion for clinical practice, Dr Zena Lim believes in the importance of training the next generation of ophthalmologists. As a Core Faculty member of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at the Singapore National Eye Centre, she was actively involved in curriculum planning, residency teaching and cataract surgery training. She also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and was part of the Clinical Faculty Scheme at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. She is currently Visiting Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre, KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital where her main role is imparting clinical and surgical skills to young aspiring ophthalmologists.
Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital
38 Irrawaddy Road, #10-21
Singapore 329563
Monday to Friday: 830am to 5pm
Saturday: 830am to 1230pm
