About Dr Yik Lim

Biography:

Dr Yik Lim graduated from University of Melbourne and completed his obstetrics and gynaecology specialty training at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Victoria. Following a senior registrar year in the United Kingdom, he spent a further four years of subspecialty training in urogynaecology in Queensland and Victoria. During his training, he received multiple awards which included Brown Craig Travelling Scholarship (to learn urogenital fistulae repair in India), Bill Boyd Black Bottle Award and Christopher Kohlenberg medal (for best research presentations) as well as AMS Travelling Scholarship to attend ICS meeting in Netherlands (for top scoring urogynaecology subspecialty examination in Australia). He was awarded his fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FRANZCOG) in 2004 and his subspecialty Certificate in Urogynaecology (CU) in 2007.

Employment & Professional Membership:

Senior Consultant, Department of Urogynaecology , Mercy Hospital for Women

Visiting Medical Officer of North East Health Wangaratta

Member of Urogynaecological Society of Australasia (UGSA) [served as Secretary, Education Subcommittee Chair, Scientific Committee Chairs of multiple UGSA Annual Scientific Meeting]’, International Urogynecologic Association (IUGA) [served as Oceania Representative on International Advisory board], International Continence Society(ICS), Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA)

Examiner in Urogynaecology Subspecialty of Royal Australian & New Zealand college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)

He has also authored/co-authored in several manuscripts in both national & international journals, and regularly facilitates various anatomy, surgical and hands on workshops in the field of urogynaecology.

Conditions Treated

Simple or Complex Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Simple or Complex Female Urinary Control or Incontinence Issues

Bladder Pain Syndrome/ Interstitial Cystitis

Recurrent Cystitis / Urinary Tract Infection

Urogenital Fistulae

Various General Gynaecological Conditions

Services Offered

Investigations such as urodynamic studies, cystoscopy & laparoscopy;

Non-surgical management of Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence with Pessaries, Medical Therapies, Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)

Sacral Neuromodulation

Botox Therapy to Bladder

Simple and advanced vaginal / laparoscopic/abdominal surgeries