Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD

Clinical Expertise

Gastrointestinal oncology, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary cancer, novel therapeutics, clinical trial.

Research Interest

Understanding the signaling interplay between the inflammatory and oncogenic pathways, how they affect tumor initiation, progression and response to treatments, and translating these findings into novel treatments for patients. Clinical interest in gastrointestinal such as colorectal, pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers.

Education

• 1999: MD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2006: PhD, molecular cancer biology program, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Training

• 1998 - 1999: Intern, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1999 - 2002: Resident, internal medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2007 - 2009: Resident, internal medicine, Washington University, St. Louis
• 2009 - 2010: Fellow, hematology and oncology, Washington University, St. Louis
• 2010 - 2013: Fellow, medical oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Board Certification

• 2011: American Board of Internal Medicine

Selected Research Publications