About Us
OccuHub is more than just a medical clinic. It’s where clinical precision meets real-world workforce care.
We Take a Great Amount of Pride in What We Do
Born out of decades of hands-on medical experience and visionary leadership, OccuHub brings a fresh, connected approach to occupational medicine in South Africa.
Dr. Mike Nicholas | Founder
At the helm is Dr. Mike Nicholas, a seasoned General Practitioner with advanced qualifications in both Occupational and Travel Medicine. With over 40 years in private practice and a career steeped in ethical, evidence-based care, Dr. Nicholas has built a reputation for doing things properly. No shortcuts. No guesswork. Just thorough, science-driven health care that puts people first.
OccuHub was created to solve a very real problem: Most occupational health services are either too generic to be useful or too clinical to be practical. Dr. Nicholas saw the gap and filled it with something better. A fully credentialed Occupational Health Clinic that understands business, understands medicine, and knows how to bridge the two with integrity.
OccuHub provides a wide range of job-specific, regulatory, and role-sensitive medicals for industries such as maritime, mining, construction, transport, and executive services. But we don’t stop at compliance. We dig deeper, using prospective health evaluation methods to flag issues before they become problems, and to support early intervention when it matters most.
This is OccuHub — where care meets compliance.
Medical Education & Early Practice
1980
1981
1982
1983 – 1984
1985 – present
Graduated with MBChB, Stellenbosch University
Completed internship at Conradie Hospital
Appointed Medical Officer at Tygerberg Hospital
Medical Officer in the South African Defence Force (SADF)
Established and continues private medical practice in Sea Point
Global Experience & Surgical Work
2006 – 2009
Part-time surgical assistant in the NHS (UK), Royal Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth
(Specializing in hip and knee replacement theatre work)
Advanced Qualifications
2005
2012 – present
Awarded Certificate in Travel Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
Founded Fit@Work: Occupational Health Practice in Paarden Eiland
Certified Occupational Medicine Practitioner, South Africa
Organisational Leadership & Advocacy
2006
2006 – present
2013 – present
2014 – present
2020 – present
Co-founded ASAIPA (Alliance of South African Private Practitioner Associations)
Chairman, ASAIPA Western Cape
Executive Committee Member, ASAIPA National
Director, IPAF (Independent Practitioners Foundation of South Africa)
Chairman, Medscheme IPA Forum
Policy Influence & Ethical Advocacy
Actively engaged in national medical policy shaping
Advocate for the sustainability and ethical independence of private family practitioners in South Africa
Vocal supporter of equitable free-market healthcare models with a strong social conscience