Rate My Professor Lisa Shim

Shim serves as a visiting medical officer and honorary clinical lecturer at Macquarie University Hospital, where she performs gastroscopy and colonoscopy. She is also a visiting medical officer at Concord Repatriation General Hospital, managing an oesophageal function clinic and conducting high-resolution oesophageal manometry and 24-hour pH studies. Her research focuses on the pathophysiological processes of functional gastrointestinal disorders and their psychological manifestations, with ongoing trials in laryngopharyngeal reflux and functional dyspepsia. Key publications include 'Reflux scintigraphy in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a comparison study with 24 hour pH-impedance monitoring' (2022, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, with M.C. Ngu, Y. Yau, R. Russo); 'Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in South America: a systematic review' (2019, World Journal of Gastroenterology, with S. Selvaratnam et al.); 'Gastrointestinal: severe ineffective esophageal motility presenting as rumination syndrome' (2019, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology); and 'Efficacy of a Chinese herbal medicine in providing adequate relief of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial' (2015, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, with A. Bensoussan et al.). She belongs to the Gastroenterology Society of Australia, Australian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association, Australian Medical Association, and American Gastroenterological Association.