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Dr Llewellyn Sim

Dr Sim Shao-Jen Llewellyn

​MBBS, FRCR, FAMS

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology

Sub-specialties: Breast Imaging

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Diagnostic Radiology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Sim is currently the Director of Breast Imaging in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. He was trained under Dr Jan Hendriks and Professor Roland Holland at the National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening, Netherlands as well as under Professor Christiane Kuhl at the University of Bonn Medical Centre.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore as well as a member of the Singapore Radiological Society, Dr Sim is also a Visiting Consultant to the National Cancer Centre, Changi General Hospital & Thomson Medical Centre. His other appointments include Clinical Lecturer at the National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor at Duke NUS Medical School and a member of the National Breast Cancer Screening Programme Workgroup on Digital Mammography.

He won the SGH Service with a Heart Award in a 2004 and 2006 and his more recent awards include a Gold Award for Scientific Poster Presentation at the 13th ASEAN Congress of Radiology 2006, a Best Scientific Poster Award for Combined Asian Breast Disease Association and Breast Screen Singapore Breast Cancer Conference 2007 and a RSNA 2008 Merit Award for Educational Exhibit.

Dr Sim’s current interest is in Breast Imaging with special interests in digital mammography with computer-aided detection, breast elastography, breast MRI screening of high risk women and image-guided breast biopsy.

Education

  • ​Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), National University of Singapore (1992)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom (FRCR) (1999)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (FAMS) (2003)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Director of Breast Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, SGH
  • Director of Research, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, SGH
  • Visiting Consultant to National Cancer Centre, Changi General Hospital & Thomson Medical Centre
  • BreastScreen Singapore Designated Radiologist for SingHealth mammographic screening centres
  • Clinical lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke NUS Medical School

Awards

  • ​SARS Courage Award 2003
  • SGH Service Quality Award – Service with a Heart Award 2004, 2006
  • Gold Award for Scientific Poster Presentation at the 13th ASEAN Congress of Radiology 2006
  • Best Scientific Poster Award for Combined Asian Breast Disease Association and Breast Screen Singapore Breast Cancer Conference 2007
  • Radiological Society of North America Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 Merit Award for Educational Exhibit 

Research Interests

Publications

  • ​Supplementary breast ultrasound screening in Asian women with negative but dense mammograms – A pilot study.
    Leong LCH, Gogna A, Pant R, Ng FC, Sim LSJ
    Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2012;41:432-9.
      
  • Upright Stereotactic Vacuum-assisted Needle Biopsy of Suspicious Breast Microcalcifications.
    Sim LSJ, Kei PL
    Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 2008;52(4):358 -364
  • Numerical Modelling of Biopotential Field for Detection of Breast Tumor.
    Ng WK, Ang WT, Sim LSJ, Acharya RU.
    Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2007;37:1121-1132
  • Ultrasound Correlation for MRI-detected Breast Lesions in Women with Familial Risk of Breast Cancer.
    Sim LSJ, Hendriks JHCL, Bult P, Fook-Chong MC.
    Clinical Radiology. 2005;60:801-806
  • The Value of Breast Ultrasound in Women with Familial Risk of Breast Cancer.
    Sim LSJ, Hendriks JHCL, Fook-Chong MC.
    Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2004;33:600-6 
  • Single Centre Review of Radiologically Guided Percutaneous Nephrostomies: A Report of 273 Procedures.
    Sim LSJ, Tan BS, Yip SKH, Ng CK, Lo RHG, Yeong KY, Htoo HH, Cheng CWS.
    Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2002;31:76-80 
  • Statistical Analysis of Healthy and Malignant Breast Thermography.
    Ng EYK, Ung LN, Ng FC, Sim LSJ.
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 2001;25(6):253-263

Research Trials