Dr. Lim Yon Kuei Bernard

Dr Lim Yon Kuei Bernard is a Senior Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Bernard Lim Specialist Surgery , in Novena. Dr Lim specialises in minimally invasive colorectal surgery and is an accredited console surgeon for the Da Vinci robotic surgical system. His expertise covers endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy), surgical treatment of colorectal cancer, and the management of common benign conditions such as appendicitis, hernias, diverticular disease, and perianal conditions like abscesses, haemorrhoids, fistula-in-ano, and fissures. Dr Lim graduated from the National University of Singapore and trained in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), where he served as a consultant surgeon until 2011. In 2009, he received the SingHealth Health Manpower Development Programme fellowship to train at Queen Mary Hospital in advanced minimally invasive surgery. Prior to private practice, Dr Lim was a consultant at SGH and a visiting consultant to the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre. He has conducted numerous workshops and courses in laparoscopic colorectal surgery, training specialists and trainees locally at SGH and Changi General Hospital (CGH) as well as regionally. He continues to be an active visiting consultant at the Department of Surgery at CGH. Dr Lim has held various esteemed positions including President of the College of Surgeons, Singapore, and Chairman of the Chapter of General Surgeons, College of