1
Yale Digestive Diseases
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
1 of 2
- Yale Digestive DiseasesTemple Medical Center40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1ANew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale Digestive DiseasesYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
Joseph Lim, MD
Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Titles
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Hepatology, Digestive Diseases
- Vice-Chief, Section of Digestive Diseases, Digestive Diseases
- Director, Yale Viral Hepatitis Program
Education & Training
- FellowStanford University Medical Center (2005)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2002)
- InternYale-New Haven Hospital (2000)
- MDNorthwestern University Medical School (1999)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Howard M. Spiro Faculty Teaching Award: Yale University School of Medicine (2009)
Publications
- Tran AN, Lim JK. Care of the Patient With Abnormal Liver Test Results. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: ITC129-ITC144. PMID: 34516271, DOI: 10.7326/AITC202109210.
- Sultan S, Siddique SM, Altayar O, Caliendo AM, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Francis D, Inadomi J, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter Y, Mustafa RA. AGA Institute Rapid Review and Recommendations on the Role of Pre-Procedure SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Endoscopy. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 1935-1948.e5. PMID: 32735862, PMCID: PMC7386603, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.043.
- Hundt MA, Deng Y, Ciarleglio MM, Nathanson MH, Lim JK. Abnormal Liver Tests in COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 1,827 Patients in a Major U.S. Hospital Network. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020, 72: 1169-1176. PMID: 32725890, PMCID: PMC9258788, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31487.
- Lim JK, Nguyen MH, Kim WR, Gish R, Perumalswami P, Jacobson IM. Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2020, 115: 1429-1438. PMID: 32483003, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000651.
- Sultan S, Lim JK, Altayar O, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Siddique SM, Falck-Ytter Y, El-Serag HB. AGA Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 739-758.e4. PMID: 32247018, PMCID: PMC7118600, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.03.072.
- Sultan S, Altayar O, Siddique SM, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter Y, El-Serag HB. AGA Institute Rapid Review of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Manifestations of COVID-19, Meta-Analysis of International Data, and Recommendations for the Consultative Management of Patients with COVID-19. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 320-334.e27. PMID: 32407808, PMCID: PMC7212965, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.001.
- Nguyen MH, Ozbay AB, Liou I, Meyer N, Gordon SC, Dusheiko G, Lim JK. Healthcare resource utilization and costs by disease severity in an insured national sample of US patients with chronic hepatitis B. Journal Of Hepatology 2019, 70: 24-32. PMID: 30287341, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.021.
- Lim JK, Liapakis AM, Shiffman ML, Lok AS, Zeuzem S, Terrault NA, Park JS, Landis CS, Hassan M, Gallant J, Kuo A, Pockros PJ, Vainorius M, Akushevich L, Michael L, Fried MW, Nelson DR, Ben-Ari Z. Safety and Effectiveness of Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir, With or Without Ribavirin, in Treatment-Experienced Patients With Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology : The Official Clinical Practice Journal Of The American Gastroenterological Association 2018, 16: 1811-1819.e4. PMID: 29306043, PMCID: PMC6034985, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.12.037.
- Tong MJ, Pan CQ, Han SB, Lu DS, Raman S, Hu KQ, Lim JK, Hann HW, Min AD. An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2018, 47: 1181-1200. PMID: 29479728, PMCID: PMC5900913, DOI: 10.1111/apt.14577.
- Kwak YE, Stein SM, Lim JK. Practice Patterns in Hepatitis B Virus Screening Before Cancer Chemotherapy in a Major US Hospital Network. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2018, 63: 61-71. PMID: 29177849, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-017-4850-1.
- Wong CR, Njei B, Nguyen MH, Nguyen A, Lim JK. Survival after treatment with curative intent for hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with vs without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2017, 46: 1061-1069. PMID: 28960360, DOI: 10.1111/apt.14342.
- Ooka K, Connolly JJ, Lim JK. Medicaid Reimbursement for Oral Direct Antiviral Agents for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2017, 112: 828-832. PMID: 28374816, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.87.
- Lim JK, Flamm SL, Singh S, Falck-Ytter YT. American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Role of Elastography in the Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis. Gastroenterology 2017, 152: 1536-1543. PMID: 28442119, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.03.017.
- Kwo PY, Cohen SM, Lim JK. ACG Clinical Guideline: Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2017, 112: 18-35. PMID: 27995906, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.517.
- Njei B, McCarty TR, Fortune BE, Lim JK. Optimal timing for hepatitis C therapy in US patients eligible for liver transplantation: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2016, 44: 1090-1101. PMID: 27640785, DOI: 10.1111/apt.13798.
- Sarkar S, Esserman DA, Skanderson M, Levin FL, Justice AC, Lim JK. Disparities in hepatitis C testing in U.S. veterans born 1945-1965. Journal Of Hepatology 2016, 65: 259-65. PMID: 27130843, PMCID: PMC4955712, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.04.012.
- Ahn J, Lee HM, Lim JK, Pan CQ, Nguyen MH, Ray Kim W, Mannalithara A, Trinh H, Chu D, Tran T, Min A, Do S, Te H, Reddy KR, Lok AS. Entecavir safety and effectiveness in a national cohort of treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients in the US - the ENUMERATE study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2016, 43: 134-44. PMID: 26510638, PMCID: PMC4926997, DOI: 10.1111/apt.13440.
- Reddy KR, Beavers KL, Hammond SP, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter YT. American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline on the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus reactivation during immunosuppressive drug therapy. Gastroenterology 2015, 148: 215-9; quiz e16-7. PMID: 25447850, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.039.
- Njei B, Rotman Y, Ditah I, Lim JK. Emerging trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015, 61: 191-9. PMID: 25142309, PMCID: PMC4823645, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27388.
- Do A, Mittal Y, Liapakis A, Cohen E, Chau H, Bertuccio C, Sapir D, Wright J, Eggers C, Drozd K, Ciarleglio M, Deng Y, Lim JK. Drug Authorization for Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir (Harvoni) for Chronic HCV Infection in a Real-World Cohort: A New Barrier in the HCV Care Cascade. PloS One 2015, 10: e0135645. PMID: 26312999, PMCID: PMC4552165, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135645.
- Lawitz E, Sulkowski MS, Ghalib R, Rodriguez-Torres M, Younossi ZM, Corregidor A, DeJesus E, Pearlman B, Rabinovitz M, Gitlin N, Lim JK, Pockros PJ, Scott JD, Fevery B, Lambrecht T, Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan S, Callewaert K, Symonds WT, Picchio G, Lindsay KL, Beumont M, Jacobson IM. Simeprevir plus sofosbuvir, with or without ribavirin, to treat chronic infection with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in non-responders to pegylated interferon and ribavirin and treatment-naive patients: the COSMOS randomised study. Lancet 2014, 384: 1756-65. PMID: 25078309, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61036-9.
- Lim JK, Tate JP, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, Conigliaro J, Bryant KJ, Gordon AJ, Gibert C, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Klein MB, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Lo Re V. Relationship between alcohol use categories and noninvasive markers of advanced hepatic fibrosis in HIV-infected, chronic hepatitis C virus-infected, and uninfected patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2014, 58: 1449-58. PMID: 24569533, PMCID: PMC4001286, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu097.
Departments and Programs
Locations
1
Yale Digestive Diseases
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
1 of 2
- Yale Digestive DiseasesTemple Medical Center40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1ANew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale Digestive DiseasesYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
Titles
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Hepatology, Digestive Diseases
- Vice-Chief, Section of Digestive Diseases, Digestive Diseases
- Director, Yale Viral Hepatitis Program
Education & Training
- FellowStanford University Medical Center (2005)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2002)
- InternYale-New Haven Hospital (2000)
- MDNorthwestern University Medical School (1999)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Howard M. Spiro Faculty Teaching Award: Yale University School of Medicine (2009)
Publications
- Tran AN, Lim JK. Care of the Patient With Abnormal Liver Test Results. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: ITC129-ITC144. PMID: 34516271, DOI: 10.7326/AITC202109210.
- Sultan S, Siddique SM, Altayar O, Caliendo AM, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Francis D, Inadomi J, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter Y, Mustafa RA. AGA Institute Rapid Review and Recommendations on the Role of Pre-Procedure SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Endoscopy. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 1935-1948.e5. PMID: 32735862, PMCID: PMC7386603, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.043.
- Hundt MA, Deng Y, Ciarleglio MM, Nathanson MH, Lim JK. Abnormal Liver Tests in COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 1,827 Patients in a Major U.S. Hospital Network. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020, 72: 1169-1176. PMID: 32725890, PMCID: PMC9258788, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31487.
- Lim JK, Nguyen MH, Kim WR, Gish R, Perumalswami P, Jacobson IM. Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2020, 115: 1429-1438. PMID: 32483003, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000651.
- Sultan S, Lim JK, Altayar O, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Siddique SM, Falck-Ytter Y, El-Serag HB. AGA Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 739-758.e4. PMID: 32247018, PMCID: PMC7118600, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.03.072.
- Sultan S, Altayar O, Siddique SM, Davitkov P, Feuerstein JD, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter Y, El-Serag HB. AGA Institute Rapid Review of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Manifestations of COVID-19, Meta-Analysis of International Data, and Recommendations for the Consultative Management of Patients with COVID-19. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 320-334.e27. PMID: 32407808, PMCID: PMC7212965, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.001.
- Nguyen MH, Ozbay AB, Liou I, Meyer N, Gordon SC, Dusheiko G, Lim JK. Healthcare resource utilization and costs by disease severity in an insured national sample of US patients with chronic hepatitis B. Journal Of Hepatology 2019, 70: 24-32. PMID: 30287341, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.021.
- Lim JK, Liapakis AM, Shiffman ML, Lok AS, Zeuzem S, Terrault NA, Park JS, Landis CS, Hassan M, Gallant J, Kuo A, Pockros PJ, Vainorius M, Akushevich L, Michael L, Fried MW, Nelson DR, Ben-Ari Z. Safety and Effectiveness of Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir, With or Without Ribavirin, in Treatment-Experienced Patients With Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology : The Official Clinical Practice Journal Of The American Gastroenterological Association 2018, 16: 1811-1819.e4. PMID: 29306043, PMCID: PMC6034985, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.12.037.
- Tong MJ, Pan CQ, Han SB, Lu DS, Raman S, Hu KQ, Lim JK, Hann HW, Min AD. An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2018, 47: 1181-1200. PMID: 29479728, PMCID: PMC5900913, DOI: 10.1111/apt.14577.
- Kwak YE, Stein SM, Lim JK. Practice Patterns in Hepatitis B Virus Screening Before Cancer Chemotherapy in a Major US Hospital Network. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2018, 63: 61-71. PMID: 29177849, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-017-4850-1.
- Wong CR, Njei B, Nguyen MH, Nguyen A, Lim JK. Survival after treatment with curative intent for hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with vs without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2017, 46: 1061-1069. PMID: 28960360, DOI: 10.1111/apt.14342.
- Ooka K, Connolly JJ, Lim JK. Medicaid Reimbursement for Oral Direct Antiviral Agents for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2017, 112: 828-832. PMID: 28374816, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.87.
- Lim JK, Flamm SL, Singh S, Falck-Ytter YT. American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Role of Elastography in the Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis. Gastroenterology 2017, 152: 1536-1543. PMID: 28442119, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.03.017.
- Kwo PY, Cohen SM, Lim JK. ACG Clinical Guideline: Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2017, 112: 18-35. PMID: 27995906, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.517.
- Njei B, McCarty TR, Fortune BE, Lim JK. Optimal timing for hepatitis C therapy in US patients eligible for liver transplantation: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2016, 44: 1090-1101. PMID: 27640785, DOI: 10.1111/apt.13798.
- Sarkar S, Esserman DA, Skanderson M, Levin FL, Justice AC, Lim JK. Disparities in hepatitis C testing in U.S. veterans born 1945-1965. Journal Of Hepatology 2016, 65: 259-65. PMID: 27130843, PMCID: PMC4955712, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.04.012.
- Ahn J, Lee HM, Lim JK, Pan CQ, Nguyen MH, Ray Kim W, Mannalithara A, Trinh H, Chu D, Tran T, Min A, Do S, Te H, Reddy KR, Lok AS. Entecavir safety and effectiveness in a national cohort of treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients in the US - the ENUMERATE study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2016, 43: 134-44. PMID: 26510638, PMCID: PMC4926997, DOI: 10.1111/apt.13440.
- Reddy KR, Beavers KL, Hammond SP, Lim JK, Falck-Ytter YT. American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline on the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus reactivation during immunosuppressive drug therapy. Gastroenterology 2015, 148: 215-9; quiz e16-7. PMID: 25447850, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.039.
- Njei B, Rotman Y, Ditah I, Lim JK. Emerging trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015, 61: 191-9. PMID: 25142309, PMCID: PMC4823645, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27388.
- Do A, Mittal Y, Liapakis A, Cohen E, Chau H, Bertuccio C, Sapir D, Wright J, Eggers C, Drozd K, Ciarleglio M, Deng Y, Lim JK. Drug Authorization for Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir (Harvoni) for Chronic HCV Infection in a Real-World Cohort: A New Barrier in the HCV Care Cascade. PloS One 2015, 10: e0135645. PMID: 26312999, PMCID: PMC4552165, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135645.
- Lawitz E, Sulkowski MS, Ghalib R, Rodriguez-Torres M, Younossi ZM, Corregidor A, DeJesus E, Pearlman B, Rabinovitz M, Gitlin N, Lim JK, Pockros PJ, Scott JD, Fevery B, Lambrecht T, Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan S, Callewaert K, Symonds WT, Picchio G, Lindsay KL, Beumont M, Jacobson IM. Simeprevir plus sofosbuvir, with or without ribavirin, to treat chronic infection with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in non-responders to pegylated interferon and ribavirin and treatment-naive patients: the COSMOS randomised study. Lancet 2014, 384: 1756-65. PMID: 25078309, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61036-9.
- Lim JK, Tate JP, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, Conigliaro J, Bryant KJ, Gordon AJ, Gibert C, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Klein MB, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Lo Re V. Relationship between alcohol use categories and noninvasive markers of advanced hepatic fibrosis in HIV-infected, chronic hepatitis C virus-infected, and uninfected patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2014, 58: 1449-58. PMID: 24569533, PMCID: PMC4001286, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu097.
Departments and Programs
Locations
1
Yale Digestive Diseases
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
1 of 2
- Yale Digestive DiseasesTemple Medical Center40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1ANew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale Digestive DiseasesYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
1
Yale Digestive Diseases
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
1 of 2
- Yale Digestive DiseasesTemple Medical Center40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1ANew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale Digestive DiseasesYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510