4.75

Dr Aik Guan Lim is a consultant gastroenterologist based in Surrey. He specialises in general gastroenterology, hepatology, and all aspects of endoscopy. He also has a clinical interest in therapeutic, diagnostic and open access gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and Fibroscan. He typically sees patients with symptoms such as pain, bloating, heartburn, bowel habit changes, rectal bleeding, and nausea, and he also treats patients with liver problems symptoms such as jaundice and abnormal liver scans or liver function tests. Dr Lim is able to diagnose a wide range of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, gastric ulcer, hiatus hernia, hepatitis, fatty liver, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr Lim qualified in 1987 from Bristol University before undertaking specialist training at St George's Hospital and The Royal London Hospital. He then completed a research degree where he looked into primary biliary cirrhosis and achieved the Young Investigator Prize from the Mayo Clinic for his work. He has also published his work on helicobacter pylori infection and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr Lim's NHS practice is at Epsom and St Helier University NHS Trust where he is a consultant gastroenterologist as well as clinical director for medicine. His private clinics are at Ramsay Ashtead Hospital and Epsom Hospital.