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
• Global health
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

1. Qin J, Scarinci I, Lu E, Senkomago V, Ngoc Nguyen DT, Abonales L, Soin K, Edilyong J, Reichhardt M, Marfel M, Simms K, Canfell K, Maxwell K, Saraiya M, Palafox N. Building Capacity for Cervical Cancer Prevention in U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands: The Pacific Against Cervical Cancer Project. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul;33(7):839-847. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0284. Epub 2024 Jun 12. 
2. Tseng CW, Roh Y, DeJong C, Kanagusuku LN, Soin KS. Patients' Compliance With Quarantine Requirements for Exposure or Potential Symptoms of COVID-19. Kapiʻolani J Health Soc Welf. 2021 Nov;80(11):276-282. 
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Plumb E, Plumb J, Soin K. “Bidirectional Global Health Education: The RVCP-Jeff HEALTH Exchange Program.” Population Health Matters. 2015; 28(1): 2-3.
7. Soin K, Chambers C, Studdiford JS. Rash, diarrhea, and eosinophilia. J Fam Pract. 2015;64(10):655‐658.
8. 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 Kapiʻolani, 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