Dr Lim Poi Giok received her primary education in SRK Main Convent , Ipoh and secondary education in Bukit Bintang Girls School, Kuala Lumpur. She graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical school, London in 1996 and obtained her MRCPCH from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2001. She completed her fellowship in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Royal Children's Hospital , Brisbane after 2 years as a trainee in University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC) and Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM). She is currently a Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Endocrinologist in Hospital Tunku Azizah (Woman and Children’s Hospital Kuala Lumpur) . She is involved in training future Paediatric Endocrinologists in Malaysia. Her research interest is in diabetes , growth and adrenal disorders in children.