Nationally Recognized Cardiac Expert Joins Hackensack University Medical Center as New Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Lab
October 27, 2021
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is proud to welcome Michael Joseph Lim, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, as chief of the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
As a seasoned cardiac expert with 20 years of experience, Dr. Lim has earned national recognition for his expertise in treating complex coronary patients, his excellent technical skills, his extensive research, publications and presentations at conferences nationally and internationally.
Dr. Lim most recently served as the Jack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor in Cardiology and Professor of Internal Medicine and an attending physician at SSM St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Heearned his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and completed his residency in internal medicine at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Lim completed a cardiology fellowship, followed by an interventional cardiology fellowship, at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
“On behalf of the entire team at Hackensack University Medical Center, I warmly welcome Dr. Michael Lim and share in everyone’s excitement of having him as a leader in our Heart and Vascular Hospital,” said Mark D. Sparta, FACHE, president and chief hospital executive, Hackensack University Medical Center and executive vice president of Population Health, Hackensack Meridian Health. “Dr. Lim’s experience and fellowship training will allow him to serve in a leadership role and perform advanced interventional cardiology procedures in the cardiac catheterization lab that will be invaluable to, not only our fellow practitioners, but our patients as well.”
“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Lim, who will complement and expand our capability to treat the most complex, challenging coronary artery disease patients with cutting-edge techniques and technology,” said Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, chair of the Heart and Vascular Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Dr. Lim has served as a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials for conditions including mitral valve disease, cardiogenic shock and coronary artery disease. Since 1990, he has contributed more than 100 publications to medical literature, including more than 30 book chapters. He has also served as an invited faculty member at numerous national conferences.
“We are proud to have Dr. Lim as a member of our leadership team and look forward to his contributions to patient care and cardiovascular clinical research,” said Lisa Tank, MD, chief medical officer, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center.
A member of several professional societies, including the American Heart Association, Dr. Lim has been recognized as a “Best Doctor in America” annually since 2014, and has earned the annual “Best Doctors Distinction” for the St. Louis region since 2005.
“I am pleased to join the nationally recognized cardiovascular care team at Hackensack University Medical Center and provide the highest-quality cardiac care to members of the surrounding communities,” said Dr. Lim.