Rate My Professor Lisa Shim

Dr. Lisa Shim is a Clinical Lecturer in the Macquarie Medical School at Macquarie University. A gastroenterologist, she holds a special interest in functional gastrointestinal disorders, including functional dyspepsia, reflux hypersensitivity, chronic constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome. Shim earned her BSc (Med) and MBBS from the University of New South Wales, graduating in 2002. She completed physician and gastroenterology training at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Nepean Hospital in New South Wales. Subsequently, as a motility fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital, she pursued a Masters of Philosophy through the University of Sydney, researching anorectal dysfunction in chronic constipation. She received Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2009.

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.