Dr Nicholas Chew serves as the Chairman Medical Board, Woodlands Health.

He obtained his MBBS in 1995, Masters of Medicine in Psychiatry in 2001, a Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy in 2000 from the National University of Singapore. He obtained Master of Science in Health Professions Education from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in 2013.

Dr Chew served as deputy head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital from 2006-10 and was promoted to senior consultant in 2011. During this time he started a post stroke depression management program, "Effective Mood Management After Stroke", in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Medicine Department, and the "HIV Psychiatry Program" with the Communicable Disease Center at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Program Award in 2005 to pursue further education in consultation liaison psychiatry and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy at Montreal General Hospital and McGill University. He also served as Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Medical Manpower Development) from 2013-2015.

Dr Chew was appointed as Designated Institutional Official of the NHG Residency from 2011 to 2018 and Education Director, NHG Pre-Professional Education Office from 2015 to 2017 and Group Chief Education Officer, NHG from 2015 to 2020.

Dr Chew speaks English and Mandarin.