Asst Prof Rebecca Lim

Dr Rebecca Lim was the first to graduate from the Singapore Singhealth Hand Surgery Residency Program and received the Outstanding Resident Prize for three consecutive years. She now serves as a Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery consultant at the Singapore General Hospital. She completed her Advanced Robotics/Arthroscopy Hand & Wrist fellowship at the Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital in 2023 and was the HKSSH Asia-Pacific Scholar and APWA Travelling Fellow in 2024. Dr Lim is one of three international recipients of the 2026 David Chuang Peripheral Nerve Fellowship, and the only one from the Asia-Pacific region. She is well published in peer reviewed journals and holds multiple grants in medical innovations research.

She received the distinguished Wong Hock Boon Society- Singapore Medical Association Charity Fund Outstanding Mentor Award in 2019 for developing medical students’ research and is now both Clinical Assistant Professor of Duke-NUS Medical School and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Imperial College London- NTU LKC School of Medicine. In 2020, 2022 and 2025 she received the Singhealth Service with a Heart Award for her efforts in quality clinical service and the 2021 Singapore Health Quality Service Hero Award and 2023 Ministry of Health Holdings COVID-19 Resilience Medal for frontline pandemic contributions. She has a strong passion for humanitarian work and has served in numerous overseas missions since 2006.

• Fellow (Hand Surgery) of Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2019)
• Member of The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2014)
• MBBS, Singapore (2012)

• Medical Board Member, Hand Surgery Lead, Eastern General Hospital 
• Ministry of Health, Orthopaedic Surgery Workgroup, National Outcomes Framework Review Committee
• Chairman of Membership Committee, Asia Pacific Wrist Association
• Deputy Fellowship Director, Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
• Physician Faculty, Singhealth Hand Surgery Residency Program

1. Lim R, Lam WL, Chen SL, Liu B. Congenital Muscular Pseudohypertrophy of the Upper Limb: Morphology, Anatomy and Surgical Guidelines of an Unique Entity. PRS 2026 Mar 13. doi: 10.1097/PRS.00000000000013206 (Online, ahead of print)
2. Lim R, Thomas L, Chen WY, Lu CY, Chuang CC, Chang NJ. Upper Extremities Peripheral Nerve Injuries and Reconstruction. Semin Plast Surg. 2026 Mar 12;40(1):19-29.
3. S Huan, Chuang XL, Teng SL, Wong YR, Lim R. Dimensional Radiographic Analysis of Distal Interphalangeal Joint Morphometry for Implant Suitability – A Singapore Population Study. POSH 2026
4. Wang Q, Lim R, Lam WL, Chung SR, Chin A. Trapeziometacarpal joint Arthroplasty with Touch Prosthesis in the Asian Population: A Retrospective Study. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2026 Feb 24:17531934261422566.
5. Lim R, Chim Harvey. Proximal Row Carpectomy: Open vs Arthroscopic. Hand Clinics 2026
6. Zhang CM, Lim R, Marcovici LL, Liu B. A New Arthroscopic One Needle One Suture Repair Technique for Scapholunate Instability. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2026 Feb;31(1):113-117.
7. Yi Z, Chen W, Huang J, Zhu L, Pei Y, Lim R, Lim LJR, He J, Feng Y, Wang S, Zhang A, Wang W, Yang G, Liu B. Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Quantitative 3D Analysis of Distal Radioulnar Ligament Insertion Footprints of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex with Interactive Validation. Orthop Surg. 2026 Feb;18(2):229-239
8. Tie J, Chung SR, Tang H, Lim R. An Algorithm to Complex Fracture Dislocations of the Carpometacarpal Joints Requiring Open Reduction and Internal Fixation. J Hand Microsurg. 2025 Dec 25;18(2):100401.
9. Liu B, Lim R. TFCC Foveal Reconstruction for Chronic DRUJ Instability using a Single Limb Tendon Graft Technique: a Minimum 32-month Follow up Study. J Wrist Surg. 2025 Jul 8;15(2):147-153.
10. Lu M, Zhang A, Wang Y, Lim R, Chen W, Yi Z, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Qian Z, Wang G, Liu B. An Artificial Intelligence Model for Vascularity Monitoring of Postoperative Flap. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 36(5):1527-1532
11. Lim R, Liverneaux PA, Chen S, Liu B. Robotic hand surgery: current insights and future directions. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2025 Jun; 50(6):721-727
12. Zhe Y, Qi WY, Lim R, Chen W, Chen SL, Liu B. Robot-assisted percutaneous scaphoid fixation: patient-reported outcomes and learning curve at two centres. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2025 Apr; 50(4): 500-507
13. Long HQ, Wu D, Yan ZJ, Jia SL, Chen JR, Lim R. Complex Hand Reconstruction using A Novel Two Staged Temporary Ectopic Implantation of the Contralateral Upper Limb. Orthop Surg. 2024 Aug;16(8): 2093-2099
14. T Teunis, D Ring Re: Lim RQR, Lim LJR, Atzei A, Liu B. Current concepts and new trends in management of isolated triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries. J Hand Surg Eur. 2024. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 50 (1), 132-134
15. Gao XS, Lim R, Liu B. A Novel Technique of Arthroscopic- Assisted Four- Corner Fusion and Robot- Assisted Fixation for Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse Wrist: A Single Case Study. Orthop Surg. 2024 Feb;16 (2):490-496
16. Chen W, Zhe Y, Lim L, Lim R, Zhang AJ, Qian Z, Huang JX, He J, Liu B. Deep Learning and Remote Photoplethysmography Powered Advancements in Contactless Physiological Measurement. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2024 Jul 17:12:1420100
17. Chen W, Lim L, Lim R, Huang JX, Yi Z, Yang G, Liu B. Artificial intelligence powered advancements in upper extremity joint MRI: A review. Heliyon Mar 2024 Mar 25;10(7): e28731
18. Lim R, Lim L, A Atzei, Liu B. Current Concepts and New Trends in Management of Isolated Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injuries. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2024 Oct;49(9):1067-1077
19. YB Yin, Wang ZX, Zhe Y, Lim R, Chen SL, Liu B. A Comparative Cadaveric Study for Percutaneous Scaphoid Fixation: Robotic vs Freehand. Int Orthop. 2024 Feb;48(2):521-527
20. Lim R, Gao XS, Liu B. Locally Invasive Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Wrist Treated by Arthroscopic Resection and Bone Grafting. Orthop Surg. 2024 Jan;16(1): 282-286
21. Zhe Y, Lim R, Zhu J, Chen SL, Liu B. Arthroscopic Bone Grafting and Robot-Assisted Fixation for Scaphoid Nonunion. Orthop Surg. 2024 Jan;16(1):254-262
22. Heng SY, Lim R, Yap R, Tie J, Tan J, McGrouther DA. Surgical Management of Peripheral Vein Thrombophlebitis in the Upper Extremity. Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online 2022 Oct 27;5(1):26-32
23. Chuang XL, Lim R, Wong YR. Biomechanical Study of Asymmetric Flexor Tendon Repair Using a 6-Strand 4-0 Supramid Suture Versus a 4-Strand 2-0 Tenoflex SutureJ Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2022 Oct;27(5):792-800
24. S Huan, Lim R, Wong YR. A Biomechanical Comparison of Gliding Resistance between Modified Lim Tsai and Asymmetric Tendon Repair Techniques in Zone II Flexor Tendon Repairs. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2022 Jun;27(3):499-505
25. Teo SL, S Rajragavan, Lim R, Wong YR. Biomechanical Study of Asymmetric Flexor Tendon Repair Using 3 Different Suture Materials. J Hand Surg Asian-Pacific J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2021 Dec;26(4):611-617
26. Kang GH, Lim R, Yong FC. Elbow flexion reconstruction in brachial plexus avulsion injuries – Results with intercostal nerve and distal nerve transfers. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2020 Sep; 25(3): 307-314
27. Lim R, Lee E, Lim J Jr, Chong AKS, Sebastin SJ, Foo A. External bleeding versus dermal pocketing for distal replantation without venous anastomosis. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Feb;44(2):181-186
28. Lim R, Wong YR, Loke AM, Tay SC. A Cyclic Testing Comparison of Two Flexor Tendon Repairs – Asymmetric and Modified Lim-Tsai technique. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018 Jun;43(5):494-498
29. Kang GH, Wong YR, Lim R, Loke AM, Tay SC. Cyclic Testing of the 6-Strand Tang and Modified Lim-Tsai Flexor Tendon Repair Techniques. J Hand Surg Am. 2018 Mar;43(3):285
30. Leow M, Lim R, Tay SC. Clinical assessment and diagnostics of patients with hand disorders – a case study approach. Orthop Nurs. 2017 May/Jun;36(3):186-191
31. Lim R, Sreedharan S. Lateral band subluxation: an unusual case of pseudotrigger. J Hand Microsurg. 2015 Jun;7(1):208-11
32. Lim R, Tay SC, Yam A. Radial nerve injury during double plating of a displaced supracondylar/intercondylar humerus fracture. J Hand Surgery Am. 2012 Apr; 37(4): 669-672
33. See A, Teo B, Kwan R, Lim R, Lee J, Tang MB, Verkooijen HM. Use of complementary and alternative medicine among dermatology outpatients in Singapore. Australas J Dermatol. 2011 Feb 52(1): 7-13
34. Lim R, Tay SC, Yam A. Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia (Masson’s tumour) of the finger presenting as a digital nerve schwannoma. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2011 Sep 36(7): 612-13
35. Lim R, Tan PH, Cheng C, Agasthian T, Tan HL, Teh BT, Tan MH. A unique case of spontaneous regression of metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma. Cases J. 2009 Aug 11;2: 7769