Clinical Associate Professor Mathew Lim is a young clinical leader and clinician-scientist. He is one of only 30 registered specialists in special needs dentistry in Australia, specialising in the management of patients with complex health needs and disabilities. He currently practices in Melbourne in the hospital sector with appointments at Royal Melbourne Hospital, and The Alfred, where he is also the Director of Dental Services.

Mathew also has academic appointments at the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University and at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. These roles include Senior Lecturer in Special Needs Dentistry, Co-Coordinator of the final year of the Doctor of Dental Surgery program, and Convenor of the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Special Needs Dentistry) degree. He had a diverse research background that ranges from clinical research into the evidence-based management of complex medical patients, to improving oral health workforce capability to address the growing population of patients with complex medical needs and disabilities.

Mathew is Assistant Registrar of Specialist Dental Practice at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons and Past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Special Needs Dentistry. He contributes regularly to local and international advisory committees and working parties, including being on the expert panel the recently released Version 4 of the Oral and Dental Therapeutic Guidelines.