RichardKoaLimMDSFHM

Summary

• Dr. Richard Lim is Hospitalist in Rhode Island & Massachusetts, affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area including Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Hospital, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Cape Cod Hospital, Kent County Memorial Hospital, South County Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center, Newport Hospital, Landmark Medical Center & Providence VA Medical Center.
  
  He received his medical degree from University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and has been in medical practice since 2005. He also speaks multiple languages, including Tagalog, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Fookien) and Spanish . He specializes in hospital medicine and works mainly as a nocturnist (night medicine).
  
  Dr. Lim had received several awards for his commitment in the practice of medicine. During his residency, he was the Resident of the Year at Roger Williams Medical Center. As a practicing hospitalist at Rhode Island Hospital, he was the hospital's first Hospitalist Physician of the Year in 2014. In 2019, Providence Business News recognized Dr. Lim as one of their 40 Under 40 awardee. Aside from these hospitals where Dr. Lim works at, he also volunteers at Rhode Island Free Clinic as a primary care provider for the uninsured population of Rhode Island since 2012.
  
  His specialization in Hospital Medicine has garnered him a title of Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine. He is currently the secretary for the Night Medicine Special Interest Group of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is one of the founding members since 2019. Lastly, he was one of the founding members of the Rhode Island Chapter of Society of Hospital Medicine and currently chairs the Education/Meeting division of the chapter since 2021.