Andrew S. Lim, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology

Director of Brachytherapy

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Overview

Andrew Lim, MD, is a radiation oncologist at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, who specializes in today’s most advanced forms of radiation therapy, including interstitial and surface brachytherapy, volumetric modulated arc therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy.

At USC Norris, he serves as director of brachytherapy, a form of internal radiation therapy in which the radiation source is placed close to the cancer. Dr. Lim routinely treats prostate cancer, gynecologic cancers, sarcomas, skin cancer and metastatic cancers anywhere in the body.

His research interests focus on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms capable of integrating clinical, biochemical, genomics and radiologic data, with a goal of making personalized, probabilistic medical predictions. Dr. Lim has received several awards for his outstanding research and cancer care.

Away from work, he enjoys creating software tools that help people save time.

Awards

  • University of Alberta: The RJS and Ada Maude Wright Memorial Prize in Radiation Oncology, 2019
     – 2020
  • St. Francis Xavier University: Yogi Joshi Prize For Excellence in Physics, 2008
     – 2009
  • St. Francis Xavier University: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award, 2008
     – 2009

Education and Training

  • Western University, London, Ontario — MD — 06/2013 — Medicine
  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta — FRCPC — 06/2020 — Radiation Oncology
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles — 06/2021 — Brachytherapy

Research Keywords

  • Informatics
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Brachytherapy
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cervix Cancer

Publications

  • Framework for Radiation Oncology Department-wide Evaluation and Implementation of Commercial Artificial Intelligence Autocontouring. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar-Apr; 14(2):e150-e158.. View in PubMed
  • Race and sex differences in the longitudinal changes in multidimensional self-reported sleep health characteristics in aging older adults. Sleep Health. 2023 12; 9(6):947-958.. View in PubMed
  • Dosimetric Validation for Prospective Clinical Trial of GRID Collimator-Based Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy: Dose Metrics Consistency and Heterogeneous Pattern Reproducibility. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 02 01; 118(2):565-573.. View in PubMed
  • Continuous positive airway pressure increases CSF flow and glymphatic transport. JCI Insight. 2023 06 22; 8(12).. View in PubMed
  • Examining temporal features of BOLD-based cerebrovascular reactivity in clinical populations. Front Neurol. 2023; 14:1199805.. View in PubMed
  • Vegetation as a key driver of the distribution of microbial generalists that in turn shapes the overall microbial community structure in the low Arctic tundra. Environ Microbiome. 2023 May 10; 18(1):41.. View in PubMed
  • Correlates of Person-Specific Rates of Change in Sensor-Derived Physical Activity Metrics of Daily Living in the Rush Memory and Aging Project. Sensors (Basel). 2023 Apr 21; 23(8).. View in PubMed
  • Sex differences in associations between APOE ε2 and longitudinal cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 10; 19(10):4651-4661.. View in PubMed
  • Investigating changes in cognition associated with the use of CPAP in cognitive impairment and dementia: A retrospective study. Sleep Med. 2023 01; 101:437-444.. View in PubMed
  • A single-arm, open-label, multicenter, and comparative study of the ANNE sleep system vs polysomnography to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 12 01; 18(12):2703-2712.. View in PubMed