Dr Cornelia Chee graduated from the National University of Singapore, and subsequently obtained her Masters of Medicine in Psychiatry in 2001, obtaining the Book Prize in Psychiatry. She qualified as a specialist in Psychiatry in 2004. She did her clinical fellowship in Women’s Mental Health at the University of Toronto from 2006 to 2007.
In 2008, she came back to set up the Women’s Emotional Health Service at the National University Hospital. She is also the Senior Consultant Psychiatrist of the Department of Psychological Medicine, NUS, and Consultant in the Community Psychiatry team. Additionally, Dr Chee is a longstanding member of the Adult Protection Team taskforce (MSF).
Her special interests include women’s mental health, in particular, perinatal psychiatry, general adult psychiatry and community psychiatry.
Apart from the clinical interests, she is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry education. She has been recognized as an excellent teacher in undergraduate education at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine as well.
Dr Chee currently holds position as the Head, Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
