There is a thread that runs through Dr. Chua's career. From the hospital wards of Sydney to the frontlines with MSF, from the red dust of Broken Hill to the settled rhythm of life in Ulladulla. It is a quiet but persistent curiosity: about how people live, how they heal, and what it means to care for someone fully. 

She began her career in healthcare after earning a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy from Curtin University in 2001. Her time as a Physiotherapist at Singapore's National University Hospital sparked her desire to pursue medicine, leading her to move to Sydney, where she graduated with Honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 2007.

Dr. Chua's medical career in hospitals spans over a decade, during which she worked as a Junior Medical Officer in various NSW health districts, including Liverpool, Nepean, Ryde, Hornsby, and Wollongong, gaining experience across specialties such as Orthopaedics, General Surgery, General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, and Intensive Care.

A pivotal chapter of her career began in 2016 when she joined Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in the Middle East, providing medical care in conflict zones until 2018.

Inspired by this transformative experience, Dr. Chua pursued specialist training as a Rural Generalist and was awarded a Fellowship from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) in 2022. She is a Specialist General Practitioner and Rural Generalist, able to work across Australia, including in austere and remote environments.

In 2022, Dr. Chua returned to Médecins Sans Frontières to work in Poland and Ukraine, where she played a key role in establishing primary health and mental health programs for displaced persons in Vinnytsia.

That same year, she worked with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) providing healthcare to remote communities in Broken Hill, Menindee, Wilcannia, and Ivanhoe.

Committed to providing comprehensive care, Dr. Chua furthered her expertise in 2023 by becoming an AHPRA-endorsed Medical Acupuncturist through the Australian Medical Acupuncture College.

This breadth of clinical exposure, spanning trauma, emergency care, humanitarian medicine, and rural generalism, gives Dr. Chua a rare diagnostic versatility.

But at the heart of her approach to medicine is something less easily measured: an enduring curiosity about people, places, cultures, and the human condition itself.

This appetite for knowledge and experience has taken her from operating theatres to conflict zones, from the Middle East and Eastern Europe to the Australian Outback and it continues to shape the way she practises medicine today. She brings the same inquisitiveness to every consultation: asking questions, listening closely, and seeking to understand not just symptoms, but the whole person in front of her.

Today, Dr. Chua calls Ulladulla home, drawn by the tight-knit community and the coastal lifestyle of the Shoalhaven region. She has since become a familiar and trusted face in local general practice, bringing her breadth of hospital, humanitarian, and rural medicine experience to the everyday healthcare needs of the community.

Dr. Chua also serves her local community as a volunteer Rural Fire Fighter with the Shoalhaven Rural Fire Service (RFS). She is proud to be part of the Milton Brigade, where she serves as the elected Training Officer. She is also the current Secretary of the Milton Pony Club.

In her spare time, Dr. Chua enjoys spending time with her three dogs and pursuing equestrian activities with her horse, which provides her with balance in life and keeps her physically fit and grounded.

She also spends some time with her partner in life.