JAE Y. LIM, M.D., FAANS

Board Certified Neurological Surgeon

Jae Y. Lim, M.D., FAANS currently serves as the Chief of Neurosurgery Trauma at Reston Hospital Center. He also serves on the clinical faculty of Neurosurgery at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Northern Virginia Campus.

Prior to his arrival in Northern Virginia, Dr. Lim practiced at Inland Neurosurgery and Spine in Spokane, Washington from 2001 to 2006, and also held the position of Head of Neurovascular Surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, the first nationally certified comprehensive stroke center in the United States.

Following his graduation from Stanford with dual degrees in both economics and biological sciences, Dr. Lim attended Yale Medical School for the purpose of obtaining his medical degree. Dr. Lim then went on to complete a surgical internship, neurosurgery residency, and fellowship all at the UCLA Medical Center, in addition to completing a fellowship in complex spinal surgery at the Cedar-Sinai institute of Spinal Disorder.

Dr. Lim is a past president of the Korean American Spine Society and continues to lecture nationally and internationally as an invited speaker.

Dr. Lim is the only member of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) in Northern Virginia, and has been honored as a Northern Virginia Top Neurosurgeon in 2017, 2015 and 2010, a Washington top doctor in 2019, in addition to being named one of America's Top Doctors from 2004 to 2006.

Dr. Lim is a credentialed spine surgeon at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA, Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA, and the Reston Hospital Center in Reston, VA.

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CERTIFICATIONS

  • Board certified in Neurological Surgery in 2004

  • Recertified in Neurological Surgery 2014

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

"Dr. Lim is not just superbly competent in the science of neurosurgery, he is kind, courteous, warm, professional, empathetic, and sympathetic. He is very easy to talk to and he listens with respect and concern. When I'm in his office, he makes me feel like the most important person in the world to him."

— NICOLE G., ASHBURN VA


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DR. LIM PERFORMS THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES

Motion preservation spine surgery is a surgical technique that allows patients to avoid spinal fusions.

By minimizing tissue trauma during a spinal surgery, patients experience shorter hospital stays, and faster, less painful recovery periods.

Robotic spine surgery allows our surgeons to exercise an incredible level of precision, well beyond standard capabilities.