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Susan Lim
Susan Lim was born in Singapore and was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and the Raffles Institution. In 1974 she was awarded a scholarship under the Colombo Plan to study medicine at Monash University in Australia. From 1977, during her studies, she was resident at Trinity College attached to the University of Melbourne.

She graduated from Monash University (MBBS (Hons) 1979).

Academic Career
In 1984, she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and she received a Gold Medal for being the most distinguished candidate in General Surgery in that year.

In 1985 she was awarded the Gulbenkian Scholarship to undertake a PhD at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1988.

In 1990, she performed Singapore’s first successful liver transplant, and was the second female doctor in the world to perform such a transplant. The patient celebrated her 50th birthday in 2015.

In 2004, she was made a Fellow, Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

In 2005, she was mentioned in the House of Representatives, Official Hansard, No.17, 2005 Monday 10 October 2005, for her care of the Australian victims of the Bali Bombing incident.

In 2006, She was awarded the Monash University Distinguished Alumnus Award

In 2007, the University of Newcastle awarded her an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine.

AI, Robotics and the Future of Companionship
Dr Susan Lim communicates her vision for a Future of Companionship, based on loneliness and disruptive new technologies, which gives rise to a whole new breed of companions.

In 2017, she gave an INK talk in Hyderabad, India, in the session “Giant leaps; thrilling potential of AI and Robotics, on the topic of the “Future of Companionship”.

She co-created the Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Pianist Tedd Joselson, at Abbey Road Studios, 19th November 2019.

This orchestral recording was released on 23rd April 2021 on the signum records label


 * Classical Explorer
 * Churchill College Cambridge
 * Planet Hugill 29th April 2021
 * Planet Hugil 22nd February 2021
 * Colins Column

She has interviewed on the topic of the “future of companionship”, and her music, the Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra on radio stations in London and UK.


 * SOAS Radio A World in London 3rd April 2020
 * BBC Radio 3 In Tune with Sean Rafferty 23 April 2021
 * BBC Radio London Late Show with Salma El-Wardany 21st April 2021
 * BBC Radio Ulster - Through the medium of short, fictional animated films, she has communicated her vision of a Fantasy of Companionship, which have received recognition at film festivals. IMDB page