Professor
Co-director of Complex Family Planning Fellowship Program
Research/Education Interests:
Pregnancy Intention and Contraception Use among Native Hawaiian Women
Community Engaged/ Community Based Participatory Research
Reproductive Health Disparities in Hawaii
Reproductive Health Access and Education among Adolescents/Young People in Hawaii
Reproductive Health Advocacy
Reproductive Justice
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology, 1995
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Doctor of Medicine, 2001
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
Honolulu, HI
OB/GYN Internship and Residency, 2005
Hawai’i Residency Program
Honolulu, HI
Research Fellowship, 2007
Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
Honolulu, HI
Master of Public Health, 2012
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
Honolulu, HI
Family Planning Fellowship, 2014
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
Honolulu, HI
CLINICAL FOCUS
Family Planning
CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
HONORS AND AWARDS
Top Doctors in Hawaii, 2015-2020
Honolulu Magazine
Leadership Award, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, 2019
Mentor of the Year Award, ACOG District 8, 2018
Excellence in Medical Education Award for Populational & Community Health, JABSOM, 2018
Inductee, 2015
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai’i
OB/GYN Chief Resident Teaching Award, 2011
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
Department of OB/GYN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Soon R., Tschann, M., Salcedo, J., Stevens, K., Ahn, H.J., & Kaneshiro, B. (2017). Paracervical Block for Laminaria Insertion Before Second-Trimester Abortion: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol, 130(2), 387-392. doi:10.1007/AOG.00000000000002149.
Soon, R., Sung, S., Cruz, M.R., Chen, J.J., & Hiraoka, M. (2017). Improving Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination in the Postpartum Setting. J Community Health, 42(1), 66-71. doi:10.1007/s10900-016-0230-6.
Melo, J., Tschann, M., Soon, R., Kuwahara, M., & Kaneshiro, B. (2017). Women’s willingness and ability to feel the strings of their intrauterine device. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12130.
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