Dr. Wai Lim is the Head of Renal Medicine, consultant nephrologist and the Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He is also a Professor of Renal Medicine at Edith Cowan University and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia. He is the Co-Chair of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand Scientific Program Education Committee.

He holds a PhD in transplant immunology focussing on dendritic cells and chronic kidney disease and his current research interests focus on the role of HLA and epitope matching in kidney allocation for transplantation, novel immunological risk profile, and identifying novel risk factors and intervention to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications in kidney transplant patients. He is the Associate Editor for Transplant International, Nephrology, and Frontiers Immunology and Alloimmunity journals and is on the editorial board for Kidney International.