Workshop Focus: Rheumatology
Date: 10 January 2023
The Association of Podiatric Medicine (Singapore) conducted its first workshop of the year on 10 Jan 2023 with Dr. Eugene Lim as the speaker. Dr. Lim is a rheumatologist, with accreditations as a EULAR musculoskeletal ultrasound trainer as well as a WIP certified interventional pain sonologist. He was invited to share about rheumatology in the foot and ankle.
The workshop covered the method for assessing a patient’s foot and ankle pain to identify systemic inflammatory conditions, with an emphasis on history taking, physical examination, and the usefulness of point-of-care ultrasound in aiding diagnosis and even intervention.





Dr. Eugene Lim obtained his basic medical degree and his postgraduate qualification in Internal Medicine in 1990 and 1996 respectively from NUS. After undergoing Rheumatology training at TTSH leading to specialty accreditation in 2000, he left for private practice. He pursued further training leading to accreditations as a EULAR musculoskeletal ultrasound trainer as well as a WIP certified interventional pain sonologist.