Dr. Melissa Lim founded her private practice in Redwood City, California, in 2000, initially as a solo pulmonary physician. Over the following year, the practice grew into Redwood Pulmonary Medical Associates (also known as Somnology Medical Group), a multidisciplinary practice providing pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine services. Today, Redwood Pulmonary cares for patients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and, through its affiliation with the digital health company Somnology, Inc., extends technology-enabled sleep care to patients around the world.
Recognizing that the growing demand for sleep medicine far exceeded the availability of specialists, Dr. Lim founded MobileSleepDoc, LLC in 2012 to pioneer the integration of mobile technology and virtual care into sleep medicine. In 2015, the company evolved into Somnology, Inc., reflecting its broader vision of transforming specialty care through technology.
Originally from near Akron, Ohio, Dr. Lim brings a down-to-earth Midwestern perspective to her relationships with patients, colleagues, and collaborators. She earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine, completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center), and went on to complete fellowship and research training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Lim’s clinical interests span the full spectrum of sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care, with particular expertise in sleep-disordered breathing, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, lung cancer, and respiratory infections. She enjoys bringing people together to solve complex problems, believes deeply in collaboration and innovation, and is passionate about teaching, mentoring, and lifelong learning.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Lim enjoys hiking, traveling, listening to music, cooking—especially family recipes passed down from her mother—and cheering on the Golden State Valkyries.
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