Introduction

• MBBS (Malaysia)
• MS ORTHO (Malaysia)
• Consultant Orthopaedic, Spine Surgeon

‍Expertise & Language Spoken

Languages‍

English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese

Gender 

Male

Expertise 

• Endoscopic spine surgery
• General orthopaedic surgery 
• Orthopaedic trauma surgery
• Spine deformity / Corrective scoliosis surgery
• Endoscopic assisted TLIF
• Minimally invasive spine surgery 
• Endoscopic decompression / Discectomy of spine 

Qualification 

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - University of Malaya, 2004
• Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg (MRCS) part I examination - 2006
• Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg (MRCS) part II examination - 2007
• Basic Surgical Sciences Examination of College of Surgeons Malaysia - 2006
• Master of Orthopaedic Surgery - University of Malaya, 2012
• Fellowship in Spine Surgery - University of Malaya, 2015
• Fellowship in Spine Surgery - Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea, 2016

Membership

• Asian Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA)
• AO Trauma Teaching Faculty
• AO Spine Member 
• Life member of Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), Malaysia
• Life member of Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA), Malaysia
• Life member of Malaysian Spine Society (MSS), Malaysia

Publications

Published numerous peer-reviewed journals including:

• Chang, C. W., Chan, H. Z., Lim, S. W., Khoo, E. H., &Zulkiflee, O. (2014)

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in infected wound following Posterior Spinal Instrumentation using simple self-assembled system: A case report.

• Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 8(2), 49.

Lim, S. W., Lim, H. Y., Kannaiah, T., & Zuki, Z. (2017). Streptococcus Constellatus Spondylodiscitis in a teenager: A case report. Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 11(3), 50.

Recognitions 

• “Excellent Service Award 2014”, Penang General Hospital 
• Invited speaker and presenter at major national and international meetings
• Clinical and surgical attachment with world-renowned specialists from Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey, Switzerland and South Korea.

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