Komal Soin, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Komal Soin, MD, MPH, FAAFP
DFMCH Associate Professor, Director of Maternal Child Health and Women's Health
Email: ksoin@hawaii.edu

Education
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania, BA – Fine Arts
Graduate School: John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, MD
Residency Training: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Family and Community Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Faculty Development, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Clinical & Academic Roles

• MS3 Clerkship Continuity Clinic Preceptor
• Mentorship & Career Advising

• Prenatal/Postpartum Clinic Preceptor (Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children)
• Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine (RHEDI) Grant Related Lectures & Workshops
• Resident Continuity Clinic Preceptor

Research

• Sexual and reproductive health
• Family planning
• Immigrant and refugee care
• Global health

1. Spandorfer J, Pohl C, Rattner S, Nasca T. Professionalism in Medicine, A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Cover Photography by Komal Soin
2. Litman RS, Soin K, Salam A. Chloral hydrate sedation in term and preterm infants: an analysis of efficacy and complications. Anesth Analg. 2010;110(3):739‐746. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181ca12a8
3. Plumb E, Roe K, Plumb J, et al. The use of international service learning initiatives for global health education: case studies from Rwanda and Mexico. Health Promot Pract. 2013;14(3):334‐342. doi:10.1177/1524839913476516
4. Plumb E, Plumb J, Soin K. “Bidirectional Global Health Education: The RVCP-Jeff HEALTH Exchange Program.” Population Health Matters. 2015; 28(1): 2-3.
5. Soin K, Chambers C, Studdiford JS. Rash, diarrhea, and eosinophilia. J Fam Pract. 2015;64(10):655‐658.
6. Soin K. “Ensuring healthier sexual and reproductive lives for our refugee patients.” Devex, March 14, 2016. https://www.devex.com/news/ensuring-healthier-sexual-and-reproductive- lives-for-our-refugee-patients-87849.

• 2018 – Center For Reproductive Health Education In Family Medicine, Department of Family and Social Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center, Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine (RHEDI) Grant
• 2019 – State of Hawaii, Department of Health, Long Acting Reversible Contraception Grant

• Photography
• Ceramics
• Painting
• Salsa dancing
• Swimming
• Surfing

• Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
• Choice One Urgent Care
• International Medical Corps
• Founder and Chair of the JEFF HEALTH: THE RWANDA MEDICAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM
• Resident Preceptor at Refugee Health Partners