Susan Lim
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Susan Lim is a Singaporean
surgeon who performed the first successful liver transplant in Singapore
in 1990.
She was born in Singapore, where she was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and the Raffles Institution. In 1974, she was awarded a scholarship under the Colombo Plan
to study medicine at Monash University
in Australia
.
In 2003, she started a biotechnology company, Stem Cell Technologies.
In 2004, she became a Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the youngest fellow and first Singaporean to be conferred this honour.
She established together with her husband, Deepak Sharma, and friend, Satpal Khattar, the Indiapore Trust with the aim of providing assistance to underprivileged children from countries in the region. The first Singapore charity to be supported by the Indiapore Trust, through a donation of $50,000, was the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, which assists struggling parents to meet their children's school expenses. To date, the Trust has donated a science laboratory to the Raffles Junior College, and provided scholarships to underprivileged children in Singapore and India.
She sits on the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2011.
Susan Lim was a speaker at The INK Conference
in Lavasa in December 2010 along with James Cameron and Deepak Chopra.
In February 2011 the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) was presenting a case to investigate an accusation from the Ministry of Health
regarding complaints of overcharging a patient.
In April 2011, Dr Susan Lim gave a presentation at TED
on the topic of "Transplanting cells, not organs".
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
surgeon who performed the first successful liver transplant in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in 1990.
She was born in Singapore, where she was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and the Raffles Institution. In 1974, she was awarded a scholarship under the Colombo Plan
Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region...
to study medicine at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
In 2003, she started a biotechnology company, Stem Cell Technologies.
In 2004, she became a Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the youngest fellow and first Singaporean to be conferred this honour.
She established together with her husband, Deepak Sharma, and friend, Satpal Khattar, the Indiapore Trust with the aim of providing assistance to underprivileged children from countries in the region. The first Singapore charity to be supported by the Indiapore Trust, through a donation of $50,000, was the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, which assists struggling parents to meet their children's school expenses. To date, the Trust has donated a science laboratory to the Raffles Junior College, and provided scholarships to underprivileged children in Singapore and India.
She sits on the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2011.
Susan Lim was a speaker at The INK Conference
The INK Conference
INK is an annual conference held in association with TED. It brings together influential thinkers and doers from around the world and in a variety of disciplines, including art, architecture, dance, design, music, science, social entrepreneurship, sports, and technology...
in Lavasa in December 2010 along with James Cameron and Deepak Chopra.
In February 2011 the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) was presenting a case to investigate an accusation from the Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health (Singapore)
The Ministry of Health is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, ensuring the accessibility of health services, and monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the Republic of...
regarding complaints of overcharging a patient.
In April 2011, Dr Susan Lim gave a presentation at TED
TED (conference)
TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
on the topic of "Transplanting cells, not organs".