Asst Prof LIM Chin Tat

Academic Appointment:

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  National University of Singapore

Clinical Appointment:

• Consultant
  Division of Hip and Knee Surgery
  University Orthopaedics, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Cluster
  National University Health System, Singapore

Qualifications

• M.B.B.S., National University of Singapore, Singapore
• M.R.C.S. Edinburgh
• M.Med. (Orthopaedic Surgery), National University of Singapore, Singapore
• FRCS (Edinburgh)
• FAMS (Orth, Singapore)
• FACS (US)
• Fellowship Accreditation (Sports Surgery) Oxford, United Kingdom
• Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospital Trust, NHS
• Fellowship Accreditation (Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgery) Stanford, California, United States
• Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford University

Awards and Prizes

• Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Young Orthopaedic Investigator’s Award 2012
• NUS Leadership in Acaedemic Medicine (NLAM) Mentoring Program Award 2012
• Ministry of Health Training Scholarship 2013

Research Areas of Interests

• Clinical outcomes in Joint Replacement surgery

Selected Publications

• Weight Gain After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With Accelerated Time to Revision for Aseptic Loosening
  J Arthroplasty. 2017 Jul;32(7):2167-2170. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.02.026. Epub 2017 Feb 20
  Lim CT, Goodman SB, Huddleston JI 3rd, Harris AHS, Bhowmick S, Maloney WJ, Amanatullah DF
• Reconstruction of Disrupted Extensor Mechanism After Total Knee Arthroplasty
  J Arthroplasty. 2017 May 11. pii: S0883-5403(17)30408-4. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.05.005. [Epub ahead of print]
  Lim CT, Amanatullah DF, Huddleston JI 3rd, Harris AHS, Hwang KL, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB
• Cortical Strut Allograft Support of Modular Femoral Junctions During Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
  J Arthroplasty. 2017 May;32(5):1586-1592. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.12.011. Epub 2016 Dec 21
  Lim CT, Amanatullah DF, Huddleston JI 3rd, Hwang KL, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB
• Use of Cortical Strut Allograft After Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
  J Arthroplasty. 2017 May;32(5):1599-1605. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.12.002. Epub 2016 Dec 14
  Lim CT, Amanatullah DF, Huddleston JI 3rd, Hwang KL, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB
• Revision Hip Arthroplasty Using a Modular, Cementless Femoral Stem: Intermediate-Term Follow-Up
  J Arthroplasty. 2017 Apr;32(4):1245-1249. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.10.033. Epub 2016 Nov 2
  Sivananthan S, Lim CT, Narkbunnam R, Sox-Harris A, Huddleston JI 3rd, Goodman SB
• A biomechanical study of proximal tibia bone grafting through the lateral approach
  Injury. 2016 Nov;47(11):2407-2414. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.09.017. Epub 2016 Sep 13
  Lim CT, Ng DQ, Tan KJ, Ramruttun AK, Wang W, Chong DY
• Mediolateral subchondral tibial bone mineral density difference does not predict osteoarthritis progression
  Orthopedics (2014)
  Lim CT, Singh G, Jonathan SB, Leng LS, Liang S, Awiszus F, Lohmann CH, Das De S
• Repair of osteochondral defects with rehydrated freeze-dried oligo[poly(ethylene glycol) fumurate] hydrogels seeded with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in a porcine model
  Tissue End Part A (2013)
  Lim CT, Ren X, Afizah MH, Tarigan-Panjaitan S, Yang Z, Wu Y, Chian KS, Mikos AG, Hui JH