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Danforn Lim

MBBS MD PhD EDBA LLD DMin BSc(Med) BHltSc DCH ClinDipPallMed GradDipAcup DipCoachNLP MMed MAppSc MAppMgt MPM MExcMgt&DT MMin RCMP FRACGP FASLM FIML FGIA CMgr(Aust&UK) AFCHSM CHM MCMI(UK)

Adjunct Professor, NICM Health Research Institute
Advisory Board Member, NICM Health Research Institute

Adjunct Professor Danforn Lim graduated from UNSW with an MBBS and PhD in Medicine. He is a medical practitioner (with general and specialist registrations), registered Chinese medicine practitioner, university clinical research academician and a well-known media personality in the Chinese community in Sydney, NSW. Adjunct Professor Lim founded the Specialist Medical Services Group and is currently the company's Executive Vice President, which leads and manages several primary and secondary care medical services/centres in Sydney. Prof Lim has acted as the spokesperson for many community health projects since 2009. Prof Lim is also frequently sought by different media to speak on various health topics. In 2021, Australian Doctors Magazine awarded Prof Lim as one of the country's four COVID pandemic Heroes of General Practice for his outstanding work for the local community during the COVID pandemic. In 2022, he was also awarded the NSW Health Manager Leadership Recognition Award by the ACHSM.

Awards and recognition

  • NSW Health Manager Leadership Award (2022)
    Australasian College of Health Service Management
  • Runner up, COVID Hero of General Practice (2021)
    Australian Doctors Oct 2021
  • Priory Vote of Thanks, Order of St John
    St John Ambulance Australia - Awarded by the Governor General Ms Quentin Bryce AC
  • Life Sustaining Award
    St John Ambulance Australia State Council
  • Honorary Life Membership St John Ambulance Australia
  • Individual Volunteer Achievement Award (2016 & 2018) St George Community Award
  • Greg Monaghan Award of Junior Medical Officer of the Year (2005) South Western Sydney Area Health Service - Liverpool Hospital
  • Melvin Jones Fellow
    Lions Club International Foundation
  • Business Person of the Year (2016)
    Local Business Award for Canterbury / Bankstown Region
  • Certificate of Recognition for Voluntary Service Rendered in NSW NSW Government

Education

  • MBBS MD PhD EDBA LLD BSc(Med) BHltSc DCH ClinDipPallMed GradDipAcup DipCoachNLP MMed MAppSc MAppMgt MPM MExcMgt&DT MMin
  • Fellow, RACGP
  • Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia
  • Fellow, Institute of Managers and Leaders, ANZ
  • Chartered Manager, Australia and UK
  • Associate Fellow and Certified Health Manager, Australasian College of Health Services Management
  • Fellow, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Business Sustainability Management - Certificate of Completion from CISL, Cambridge University, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
  • Stanford WellMD Physician Well-Being Director Course - World Inaugural Cohort - Certificate of Completion from the Stanford University School of Medicine

Publications

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