Samantha Truong, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Truong earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and then completed her training in Obstetrics & Gynecology through the Brigham and Women's Hospital - Massachusetts General Hospital Combined Residency Program.

She is an academic generalist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. She provides care at the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic and NeighborHealth, a Federally Qualified Health Center in East Boston. She is an Approved Bilingual Provider/Qualified Bilingual Staff for Spanish. Her research and clinical work in global health equity centers on respectful maternity care, refugee and (im)migrant health, and reproductive justice/family planning access. Through the Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship, she has been collaborating with Partners In Health since 2018 with a focus in Chiapas, México, where she has developed research and capacity-building initiatives with the Sexual and Reproductive Health team. As a member of Physicians for Human Rights, she performs asylum evaluations for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. She is deeply committed to serving marginalized populations.

Publications

  • Published 2/26/2024

    Patel SJ, Truong S, DeAndrade S, Jacober J, Medina M, Diouf K, Meadows A, Nour N, Schantz-Dunn J. Respectful Maternity Care in the United States-Characterizing Inequities Experienced by Birthing People. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Jul; 28(7):1133-1147. PMID: 38409453.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/1/2024

    Truong S, Doughty K, Greenwald M, Goodman AK. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Mistreatment during Childbirth: Impact on Maternal Outcomes and Importance of Provider Perspectives. 2024; 14:227-233.

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  • Published 9/7/2023

    Truong S, Foley OW, Fallah P, Lalla AT, Osterbur Badhey M, Boatin AA, Mitchell CM, Bryant AS, Molina RL. Transcending Language Barriers in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Critical Dimension for Health Equity. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 01; 142(4):809-817. PMID: 37678884.

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  • Published 12/1/2022

    Truong S, Burdette E, Murphy E. OBG Manag. Overturning Roe: Exacerbating inequities in abortion care and ObGyn training. 2022; 12(34):38-40.

  • Published 10/13/2022

    Truong S, Montaño M, Sullivan MM, Macias V, Flores H, Mata H, Molina RL. Trends in facility-based childbirth and barriers to care at a birth center and community hospital in rural Chiapas, Mexico: A mixed-methods study. Midwifery. 2023 Jan; 116:103507. PMID: 36288677.

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Duke University, BS

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