Curriculum Vitae

DR. LIM WEI KANG

Medical Lecturer
  • Department of Paediatrics
    Faculty of Medicine
  • 0379493903

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • PAEDIATRICS
    Paediatrics, Paediatric Neurology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MPaed, (Paediatric)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MBBCh, (Medicine and Surgery)
    Cardiff University, UK

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MEMBER, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (International)
  • COCHRANE COLLABORATION, MEMBER
    2021 to present (International)
  • COCHRANE COLLABORATION, MEMBER
    2021 to present (International)
  • ASSOCIATE MEMBER, MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (National)
  • NATIONAL SPECIALIST REGISTER OF MALAYSIA, MEMBER
    2018 to 2023 (National)
  • ASSOCIATE MEMBER, MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCES, MEMBER
    2022 to 2022 (National)
  • INTERNATIONAL PARKINSON AND MOVEMENT DISORDER SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2021 to 2022 (International)
  • INTERNATIONAL PARKINSON AND MOVEMENT DISORDER SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2021 to 2022 (International)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCE, MEMBER
    2021 to 2021 (National)
  • THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCES, MEMBER
    2021 to 2021 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCES, ASSOCIATE MEMBER
    2018 to 2019 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Paediatric Best Poster Presentation Award - Third Place
    Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, 2022 (National)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2021 (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Khalid, Farah; Voon, Swee Im Ng; Ong, Lai Choo; Lim, Wei Kang; Li, Limin; Adnan, Azirah; Ganesan, Vigneswari; Teh, Chee Ming; Fong, Choong Yi (2022). Advance care plan discussion among parents of children with cerebral palsy, DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY. . doi:10.1111/dmcn.15184
  2. Fong, C. Y., Lim, W. K., Li, L. M., & Lai, N. M. (2021). Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(8), 109.
  3. Fong, C. Y., Saw, M. T., Li, L. M., Lim, W. K., Ong, L. C., & Gan, C. S. (2021). Malaysian outcome of acute necrotising encephalopathy of childhood. Brain & Development, 43(4), 538-547. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.12.003
  4. Fong, C. Y., Hong, S. Y., Ong, L. C., Lim, W. K., Lua, P. L. (2019). Improving awareness, knowledge, and attitude among Malaysian parents of children with epilepsy using an Interactive Animated Epilepsy Education Programme (IAEEP). Epilepsy Behavior, 94, 52-58. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.02.008
  5. Lim, W. K., Fong, C. Y., Li, L. M., Foo, J. C., Yap, T. Y. (2019). Extensive intracranial haemorrhage as a complication of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with hyperleukocytosis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 64, 11-14. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2019.03.056
Scopus
  1. Fong C.Y., Low P., Ng K.H., Heng H.S., Chong A.S.L., Ong L.C., Yusof Y.L.M., Adnan A., Li L., Lim W.K. (2023). The effectiveness of epilepsy educational intervention using computer game-based epilepsy educational program (Epigame) among Malaysian children with epilepsy: A prospective cohort study, Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 149, 109536. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109536
  2. Ho J.H., Tan K.S., Lim W.K., Fong C.Y., Toh T.H., Lau K.F., Chan Z.S., Tai M.-L.S., Rahmat K., Thayaparan F.D.T., Murugesu S., Ng C.C. (2023). RNF213 p.R4810K variant in moyamoya disease in adults and children from a Malaysian tertiary center, Neurology Asia. 28(3), 605-613. doi:10.54029/2023jsj
  3. Li L., Fong C.Y., Lim W.K., Foo J.C., Azman R.R., Ahmad Bahuri N.F., Mun K.S. (2023). Paediatric gliomatosis cerebri presenting with deep gray matter lesions, Neurology Asia. 28(2), 469-473. doi:10.54029/2023hjd
  4. Ranai N.M., Chew K.S., Lim W.K., Fong C.Y., Li L., Ng R.T., Lee W.S. (2023). Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in young children with inflammatory bowel disease: A report of two cases, Neurology Asia. 28(3), 781-783. doi:10.54029/2023nnk
  5. Khalid F., Ng Voon S.I., Ong L.C., Lim W.K., Li L., Adnan A., Ganesan V., Teh C.M., Fong C.Y. (2022). Advance care plan discussion among parents of children with cerebral palsy, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 64(8), 1025-1033. doi:10.1111/dmcn.15184
  6. Lim W.K., Ong L.C., Tan K.A., Li L., Teh C.M., Heng H.S., Murugesu S., Fong C.Y. (2022). Clinical features and outcomes of paediatric moyamoya vasculopathy in Malaysia, Neurology Asia. 27(3), 617-627. doi:10.54029/2022pvt
  7. Fong, C. Y., Lim, W. K., Li, L., & Lai, N. M. (2021). Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(8). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011786.pub3
  8. Fong, C. Y., Saw, M. T., Li, L., Lim, W. K., Ong, L. C., & Gan, C. S. (2021). Malaysian outcome of acute necrotising encephalopathy of childhood. Brain and Development, 43(4), 538-547. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.12.003
Others
  1. Fong CY, Seet YH, Ong LC, Lim WK, Lua PL. (2019). Improving awareness, knowledge and attitude of Malaysian parents of children with epilepsy using an Interactive Animated Epilepsy Education Programme (IAEEP). Epilepsy & Behaviour, 94: 52-58.
  2. Fong CY, Khine MM, Peter AB, Lim WK, Rozalli FI, Rahmat K. 2017. Mild encephalitis / encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) due to dengue virus. J Clin Neurosci. 2017 Feb;36:73-75.
  3. Fong CY, Lim WK, Kong AN, Lua PL, Ong LC. (2017). Provision of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) information among Malaysian parents of children with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav; Oct; 75:6-12.
Chapter in Books
  1. W.K. Lim. (2020). Procedures . In W.S. Lee, C.H. Tay & S.H. Lum (Eds.), Textbook of Paediatrics and Child Health (pp. 607-614). Kuala Lumpur, K.L.: University of Malaya Press.
  2. W.K. Lim. (2020). Reference values of common laboratory tests. In W.S. Lee, C.H. Tay & S.H. Lum (Eds.), Textbook of Paediatrics and Child Health (pp. 615-619). Kuala Lumpur, K.L.: University of Malaya Press.
Article in Proceeding
  1. W.K. Lim, C.Y. Fong, Y.H. Seet, L. Li & L.C. Ong (2019). Epilepsy Educational Software Programme As A Tool To Improve The Awareness, Knowledge And Attitude Among Malaysian Parents Of Children With Epilepsy. 33rd International Epilepsy Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, Epilepsia Volume 60, Issue S2, 34. doi:10.1111/epi.16336

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2022 - 2024, University Grant
    Prevalence and Outcome of Critical Illness Polyneuropathy among Paediatric Intensive Care Patients ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2022 - 2025, NOVARTIS CORPORATION (M) SDN. BHD.
    A RANDOMIZED, SHAM-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTRATHECAL (IT) OAV101 IN PATIENTS WITH LATER ONSET TYPE 2 SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SMA) WHO ARE 2 TO < 18 YEARS OF AGE, TREATMENT NAIVE, SITTING, AND NEVER AMBULATORY ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Novel mutations in two cases of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) in children, The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology, The Japanese Society of Child Neurology (International) (02 Jun 2022 - 05 Jun 2022)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Presenting features, risk factors, outcomes and quality of life of paediatric stroke survivors - A single centre's experience, 30th Annual Scientific Meeting - Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (01 Oct 2022 - 03 Oct 2022)
PRESENTER
  1. Epilepsy educational software programme as a tool to improve the awareness, knowledge and attitude among Malaysian parents of children with epilepsy, 33rd International Epilepsy Congress, ILAE & IBE (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 26 Jun 2019)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Journal Article Review, National, (Reviewer)
  2. (2023) Journal Article Reviewer, International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2023) Journal Articles Reviewer, National, (Reviewer)
  4. (2022) Reviewed a Journal Article (Clinical Profile and Outcome of Children Who Underwent Micturating Cystourethrogram : a Tertiary Hospital Experience), National, (Reviewer)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2022) -, JASMIN SYUHADA BINTI MOHD JALIL
  2. (2022) -, SYAFIQAH BINTI MOHD SAFRI
  3. (2021) -, CHANG LI NING
  4. (2021) -, CHIN SUET YEE
  5. (2020) -, 'AFIFAH MOKHTAR
  6. (2020) -, YAU EE YUN
  7. (2019) -, HAIKAL AMBRI BIN ROSLE
  8. (2019) -, KOGILAVANEE SUBRAMANIAM
  9. (2019) -, PARANTHAMAN A/L S.S KANGATHARAN
  10. (2016) -, SEE JING KAI
Under Graduate Students
  1. (2022) University of Malaya Stage 3 Elective Posting
  2. (2022) Paediatric Clinical Elective
  3. (2022) Paediatric clinical attachment for Master of Family Medicine Candidate
  4. (2022) Paediatric Clinical Attachment for Master of Clinical Dentistry Student