Materia Medica Malaysiana

New dean for IMU medical faculty

PROF Victor K. E. Lim (pic) has been appointed Dean of the International Medical University’s Faculty of Medicine, from Feb 1. He is also Professor of Pathology.

Prior to this appointment, Prof Lim was director of the Infectious Diseases Research Centre at the Institute for Medical Research, having been seconded to the Health Ministry from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

His impressive career in the field of medicine began in 1974 when he obtained his MBBS from Universiti Malaya, before getting an MSc in Medical Microbiology (with distinction) at the University of London in 1978. Three years later he was admitted to the Royal College of Pathologists in 1981.

Joining UKM’s Faculty of Medicine in 1976, Prof Lim was made an associate professor in 1982 and a full professor in 1989. During his tenure with the medical faculty, he was head of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and deputy dean for academic affairs.

He is at present president-elect of the Western Pacific Society of Chemotherapy and scribe of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia. Prof Lim has also been president of the Malaysian Society for Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1992 and a founding fellow of the Academy of Medicine in 1996.

IMU president Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman said that he is confident that Prof Lim will contribute to the growth of IMU. “His experience as Professor of Microbiology and as deputy dean in UKM coupled with his leadership at professional societies at the international level will bring strength to IMU. Prof Victor’s standing as an expert on infection control and anti-microbial chemotherapy in international circles will contribute to research in these fields,” he said.