Dr Sylvia Lim-Tio (Endocrinologist)

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Name
Dr Sylvia Lim-Tio
Qualifications
MBBS Melbourne 1985
FRACP 1992
Occupation
Endocrinologist
Gender
Female
Medical Specialties
Endocrinology

Dr Lim-Tio graduated from Melbourne University, winning the Jamieson Prize for Clinical Medicine. She trained as a clinical endocrinologist in Melbourne, before completing a PhD /postdoctoral research in glucocorticoid (steroid) and estrogen receptor action, the latter in the UK. Aside from her clinical roles as an endocrinologist, she has served as supervisor for intern training at Monash Medical Centre and as the specialist representative on the Medical and Allied Health Advisory Committee for the Jean Hailes Centre for Womens Health.

She has now moved to Sydney and is currently a senior staff specialist in the Department of Endocrinology at Westmead Hospital where she is the lead clinician in the Inpatient Diabetes Service, and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. Her clinical interests include the management of endocrine diseases/diabetes in adolescents/young adults and in pregnancy, and endocrine cancers. Most importantly, Sylvia’s goal is to help to develop good patient care and understanding in conjunction with the rest of the treating team and the patient themselves, considering their current phase in life and future life goals.

Hospital Affiliations
Westmead Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
Doctors on Darling
Affiliated Organisations
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Medical Conditions
Endocrine disease
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Thyroid disease
Turner syndrome
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Topics
Diabetes

Practice Locations

NSW

Westmead Hospital
Endocrinology Cnr Hawkesbury and Darcy Roads
Westmead NSW 2145 
Australia
02 9845 6796
Doctors on Darling
3 Montague Street
Balmain NSW 2041 
Australia
02 8068 2490
02 9475 1477