Biographical summary
Pei-Wen Lim, M.D., MS-HPEd, is a board-certified surgeon who has completed advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive upper foregut and gastrointestinal surgery. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson University as a medical doctor and completed general surgery residency at University of Massachusetts. She then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at University of Massachusetts before joining their staff as a Clinical Instructor of Surgery. She was then recruited to join Boston Medical Center and Boston University staff as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. While at Boston Medical Center, she also provided surgical services at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center, co-leading their robotic foregut and bariatric surgery program.
Dr. Lim works in close collaboration with a Multidisciplinary Team of physicians to build a comprehensive and individualized plan of care for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia, paraesophageal hernias, abdominal wall and inguinal hernias. 
Dr. Lim also obtained a Masters in Health Professional Education from Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute of Health Professions. She has extensive experience in teaching and training medical students as well as general surgery residents. Her focus in these regards are on advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Additionally, Dr. Lim serves as an examination consultant to the American Board of Surgery. She is also a committee member on numerous national societies including the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract (SSAT).
        Conditions treated
        Procedures performed
        Interests
- Advanced laparoscopic surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Anti-reflux surgery (GERD)
- Paraesophageal hernia
- Metabolic and bariatric surgery
- Treatment of gastrointestinal and biliary tract diseases
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
Mayo Clinic locations
        Education
- 2020MS - MS-HPEDMassachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions 
- 2018Fellow - Advanced	Minimally	Invasive	and	Bariatric	SurgeryUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School 
- 2017Residency - General SurgeryUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School 
- 2012MDJefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 
- 2006Undergraduate StudiesTemasek Junior College 
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2017General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery 
Awards and honors
- 2024Academy for Surgical Coaching (A4SC) Scholarship $2500Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 
- 2011First PlaceJohn H. Gibbon Jr. Surgical Society Surgical Olympics 
- 2011Hobart Armory Hare Medical Honor SocietyJefferson Medical College 
- 2005Scholarship AwardSingapore’s Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)  
Professional memberships
- 2024 - presentCertifying ExaminerAmerican Board of Surgery 
- 2023 - presentMemberCommunications Committee, Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) 
- 2019 - presentMemberSurgery Qualifying Examination, Examination Consultant Committee, American Board of Surgery 
- 2018 - 2022Committee MemberFundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES), Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 
- 2018 - 2022Committee MemberFundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 
- 2018 - presentCommittee MemberFundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Test Center Review Committee, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 
- 2018 - presentMemberSociety of Asian Academic Surgeons 
- 2016 - 2018MemberMedication Safety Committee, UMass Medical Center 
- 2015 - 2017MemberResident Education Committee, General Residency Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School 
- 2015 - 2016MemberGraduate Medical Education Committee, University of Massachusetts Medical School 
- 2015 - presentMemberAssociation of Women Surgeons 
- 2013 - presentMemberMassachusetts Medical Society 
- 2011 - 2012MemberBoard Committee, American Medical Women's Association, Jefferson Medical College 
- 2010 - presentMemberAmerican College of Surgeons 
Publications