MIchael Lim's Online Review Report Card

Dr Lim was my surgeon for an awake craniotomy in 2018 at John Hopkins. He is a highly skilled, confident surgeon with an amazing bedside manner. May have to fly to the West Coast to use him again!

Got my tumour removed at Johns Hopkins in late 2015. Left side was totally paralysed, but Dr Lim gave me a second life. He was very kind and respectful. The best and most competent doctor I have met. Lucky to have been his patient.

I had surgery with Dr.Lim at John Hopkins in 2017,Something that still bothers me is he was very hesitant about shaking my hand,actually he didn’t want to.I’m a POC,he would never explain the results of a mri during follow ups would just say everything looks good and that’s it.I asked a question one time and he responded in a very condescending way.I am now having issues that two different doctors think is the result of my surgery.Dr. Lim really made me feel like I wasn’t important.In fact I don’t think my health was a priority for Dr.Lim at all.I think I was just a number towards career accomplishments or something.I remember having someone sitting in on a follow up that wasn’t a student and I’m really thinking now that that person was checking on him and I really believe John Hopkins was aware of his attitude towards certain people. And he spoke as if everything was just great with us and the surgery,that’s was more then he ever spoke with me.If you are a POC do not use DR.Lim

I’m 54 and for the past 3 months I’ve been in excruciating, constant pain. Talking was impossible. As a last ditch effort I emailed a few doctors m. Dr. Lim was the only doctor who responded. And that was within 2 hours. We flew to Stanford and he did an MVD. I woke up with 0 pain. He’s very passionate about helping his patients find relief. I really can’t say enough about him!

i had a total hip surgery done by dr lim initially i was scared really scared not knowing nothing of dr lim , I asked around one ,i was fortunate enough to meet a former pt just by chance .She raved about him.So i went ahead with the surgery.The truth the surgery went well ,I fully recovered in eight weeks. He is kind and really good .I'm looking forward for him to work on my bad knee. I feel really confident that will turn out well too.Thank you dr lim and your kind staff.You have a gift .Thank you for helping me , larry escoto

I had a total knee replacement done by Dr. Lim in august. He was very kind, patient and a great communicator. I was so pleased with the outcome of my surgery I scheduled my other knee replacement in November. I am now 5 weeks post surgery and am thrilled with the outcome. Dr. Lim is a great surgeon and a very compassionate person. I highly recommend him and the Sutter Health team. I received 5 star care for both of my surgeries.

Dr. Lim gave me my life back. The open surgery he recommended & performed completely eliminated all signs of my Trigeminal Neuralgia. I felt blessed to have Dr. Lim as my physician as he is as humble as he is talented.

Dr Michael Lim is so kind and compassionate, not to mention an amazing neurosurgeon. My son had seen other neurosurgeons in our area and beyond who said his brain tumor was inoperable and at best a biopsy and chemo/radiation was his only option. Dr Lim said he thought he could remove it!!! He gave us hope that no one else had. After many tests, MRIs, evaluations and consultations, Dr Lim felt like he could remove the tumor. He performed an awake craniotomy and remove 90% of the tumor!!! My son is doing well and goes for follow up MRI every three months to observe the remaining piece of tumor. No chemo or radiation needed at this time. We are so grateful for Dr Lim and his amazing expertise in this field. He was an answer to our many, many prayers.

I met with several neurosurgeons who stated that surgery to remove my brain tumor was not an option. By contrast, almost the first words out of Dr. Lim's mouth were, "I want to take it out." After my fMRI performed by a neuroradiologist, he informed Dr. Lim that he didn't see a way to the tumor. So, Dr. Lim studied the images himself and asked the neuroradiologist to examine what he found. The neuroradiologist concluded that Dr. Lim had found a way to the tumor. Since the tumor was located near my speech/language center, to take one more measure of caution, he performed an awake craniotomy. While he was not able to remove all of the tumor due to the fact that part of it was too entangled with my speech/language center, he was able to remove about 90%, which left such a small section that I do not yet even qualify for further treatment.

For over 10 years I suffered with facial pain not knowing exactly what was going on I 1st visit my dentist. He thought it was just a nerve in my mouth. After taking several medications for almost 7 years the pay never went away but the dosage of medicine went up. I heard about Doctor Michael Lim through a family member. After visiting Doctor Lim on the 1st visit he asked a few questions as he addressed my concerns. He determined that is was Trigeminal Neuralgia. I was very skeptical about the procedure and of course as the pain increased. I continued to take the medication with not results. My facial pain never went away but the medication doses kept going up. Finally I made a brave decision to go along with the procedure and I'm so glad I did. The procedure itself was wonderful and the results were excellent. The post-surgery was even better with the care of his medical staff Samantha Hartley, Carla Scott and John Hopkins Nursing staff. My life has resumed back to normal without the pain and medication. Without a doubt Dr. Michael Lim is absolutely the best. Elizabeth W. Smith, Bowie MD