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National Police Cadet Corps background, which I faredpretty well in. I even received a double promotion at onepoint,” lets on Dr Yim, who graduated with the rankof Station Inspector (Staff Sergeant II), the highest rankachievable as a student member.Fortunately, he was accepted into medical school, andwhen the time came, he decided to take the untestedroute by becoming one of the first few trainees at thenewly set up Gastroenterology Unit at Tan Tock SengHospital (TTSH). There, Dr Yim eventually became theDeputy Head of the Department.Dr Yim underwent a full one year advanced endoscopyfellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, HarvardMedical School, Boston, USA. Subsequently, he wasawarded a second fellowship to learn ESD (endoscopicsubmucosal dissection) at the National Cancer Centre,Tokyo. This is an advanced endoscopic technique for theremoval of early gastric cancer, which allows for maximaltissue preservation as it does not involve removal of largepart of the stomach.Besides the procedures mentioned above, theinterventional gastroenterologist also perform a widerange of other therapeutic procedures such as doubleballoon enteroscopy for small bowel intervention as wellas intra-gastric balloon for weight loss. He also managesliver diseases including chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis,liver failure and fatty liver.“My interest and enthusiasm are constantly stimulatedin this field. Any new drugs that are developed, I needto know how it’s going to affect the gut or the liver. Theendoscopic procedures are not without challenge either.No matter how many times I may have done a particularprocedure, each patient is unique, and each case is a newand rewarding experience. But you have to put in thetime and effort to do many cases; the experience you gaincannot be gotten from any textbook,” he asserts.That is a mantra the father of two teenage daughters anda son tries to impart to his children on a daily basis.“I’ve said this to them many times: ‘I became a doctorthrough 99 per cent hard work and one per centintelligence.’ I hope that’s something they take from me.”Profiles 23