Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr. Chua Sze Ming
Helping teenagers, adults, and elderly patients navigate mental health with compassionate and professional care.
20+
3
Years of experience
Languages Spoken
About Dr. Chua
Dr. Chua Sze Ming is a Singaporean senior consultant psychiatrist who speaks English, Mandarin and Hokkien. She has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in treating patients with psychiatric disorders of different age groups.
Her experience in geriatric psychiatry includes training at Vancouver General Hospital (Canada) in 2013 and volunteering at St. Joseph's Home (Singapore) in 2019. During her practice at the Institute of Mental Health, she treated adult and elderly inpatients, outpatients, and led community adult and geriatric mental health teams.
Dr. Chua also has significant experience with younger individuals. She has served as a psychiatrist at the National University of Singapore's University Health Service (2021-2023), providing care to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Dr. Chua prefers a responsible and judicious approach to medication use. She was the deputy chairperson of the IMH's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee prior to her departure to private practice. She was also a trainer and an examiner for the training of collaborative prescribing by allied health care professionals.
Dr. Chua looks forward to serving the broader community in future. She accepts referrals by appointment for teenagers aged 16 and above, adults and the elderly.