Adj A/Prof Lionel Hon Wai Lum

Designations:

Senior Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

Qualifications:

MBBS (S'pore), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Glas)

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Medicine

Special Interests:

Infections in immunocompromised hosts, Transplant Infectious Diseases, General Infectious Diseases, Medical Education

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Biosketch

Adj A/Prof Lionel Lum joined the Division of Infectious Diseases in 2012. He served as the chief registrar from 2013-2014, following which he exited from the advanced specialty training in May 2015. His interest lies in infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts. He was awarded the Academic Medicine Development award 2016/2017 for fellowship in infectious diseases in transplant patients in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He is currently the programme director for the immunocompromised Host Service in National University Hospital and works closely with the solid organ transplant, haemopoietic stem cell transplant and haematology-oncology services. Other interests include nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, tropical diseases and emerging infections.

He is passionate about medical education and serves in various leadership roles both in the undergraduate and postgraduate program. He seeks to mentor and nurture students as well as residents and was awarded several teaching awards.

Awards

Chan Heng Leong Best Teacher Award 2023/24
NUS Special Recognition Award 2024
Dean’s award for Teaching Excellence 2023/2024
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award (Individual) 2024
NUHS Teaching Excellence Award Sept 2023
Department of Medicine NUH Best Interactive/Didactic Teaching award 2022
NUS Special Recognition Award 2021
NUS Medicine Fortitude Award 2020
NUHS Teaching Excellence Award 2019
Academic Medicine Development Award 2016/2017: Fellowship in Transplant Infections

Journals & Publications

Lionel HW Lum, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Sharon Salmon, Jeffery Cutter, Aymeric YT Lim, Dale Fisher. Pandemic Preparedness: Nationally Led Simulation to Test Hospital Systems. Annals, Academy of Medicine Aug 2016;45(8): 332-337
Lionel HW Lum, FW Chen, Louise Jackett, Simone I Strasser, Rebecca J Davis. Fever and Pancytopenia in a Liver Transplant Recipient: Going against the rules of Occam’s Razor. Transplant Direct 2017 Jun 6;3(7): e169
LHW Lum, KK Poh, PA Tambyah. Winds of change in medical education in Singapore: what does the future hold? Singapore Med Journal 2018; Dec 59(12):614-615
LHW Lum, PA Tambyah. Outbreak of COVID-19- an urgent need for good science to silence our fears? Singapore Med Journal 2020;61(2):55-57
Lionel Lum, Andie Lee, Monica Vu, Simone Strasser, Rebecca Davis. Epidemiology and risk factors for invasive fungal disease in liver transplant recipients in a tertiary transplant center. Transplant Infect Dis 2020 Dec;22(6):e13361)
R Alagha, SM Tham, KL Chew, JWS Cheng, DWQ Lian, A Vathsala, LHW Lum. Volvariella volvacea brain abscess in an immunocompromised host- An emerging fungal pathogen in Asia. Journal of Med Mycology. 2022;32:101272
Lum HW Lionel, Paul Tambyah. Emerging infectious diseases and the role of frontline physicians. Family Medicine in 2023 and beyond. SFP 2023;49(2): 5-9
Matthew CY Koh, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Lionel Hon-Wai Lum. ChatGPT may help in counseling on strategies for safe living following solid organ transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024 Jan 5:e14222
Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Chelsea Chia, Yihui Goh, Amy Quek, Lin Cui, Nancy Tee, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Lionel HW Lum. Hantavirus haemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome, caused by the Hantaan virus in Singapore- a case report. Annals Acad Med 2024; 53(2):121-123
Matthew CY Koh, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Lionel Hon Wai Lum. Elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase aids prediction of mortality in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia without underlying human immunodeficiency virus infection – derivation of a clinical risk score. Journal of Infection and Public Health 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2024.04.023

Professional Memberships

Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, FRCP (Glasg)

2025/02/14

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