Samantha Truong, MD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology

MD, Harvard Medical School
BS, Duke University

Pronouns: she/ella



Dr. Truong is an academic generalist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center, an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, and Affiliate Faculty for the BU Center on Forced Displacement.

She 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, where she served as DEI Chief Resident and Advocacy Committee Chair. She is a Physicians for Reproductive Health Fellow, completing the Leadership Training Academy program in 2026.

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. She currently leads research and asylum medicine initiatives out of the Refugee Women's Health Clinic, studying birth outcomes and abortion navigation for newcomer populations. As a member of Physicians for Human Rights, she performs asylum evaluations for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and mentors the medical student Refugee Wellness group's Medical Affidavits Program.

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. She has additionally worked globally in Chile, Uganda, Rwanda, and at the US-Mexico border. She is deeply committed to serving marginalized populations.



Exploring Patient Navigation to Promote Equitable Abortion Care for Migrant and Refugee Patients
09/01/2025 - 03/01/2027 (PI)
Society of Family Planning


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  1. Fachon K, Narayan S, Truong S, Duzyj C, Kruczynski KV, Lalla AT, Cohen A, Barbosa P, Flynn A, Goodman A. "You feel like you come up short over and over again": a qualitative study of provider perspectives of barriers to respectful maternity care in Boston. Reprod Health. 2025 Jun 11; 22(1):100. PMID: 40500749; PMCID: PMC12160462; DOI: 10.1186/s12978-025-02053-7;
     
  2. 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; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-023-03893-0;
     
  3. 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. View Publication
  4. 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; PMCID: PMC10510840; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005334;
     
  5. Truong S, Burdette E, Murphy E. OBG Manag. Overturning Roe: Exacerbating inequities in abortion care and ObGyn training. 2022; 12(34):38-40.
  6. 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; DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103507;
     
  7. Molina RL, Adams E, Aguayo R, Truong S, Hacker MR. Disparities in Comprehension of the Obstetric Consent According to Language Preference Among Hispanic/Latinx Pregnant Patients. Cureus. 2022 Jul; 14(7):e27100. PMID: 36000127; PMCID: PMC9391616; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.27100;
     
  8. Truong S, Villar de Onis J, Lindley A, Bazúa R, Reyes A, Montaño M, Marcotrigiano L, Molina RL. Gender-Informed Family Planning Perceptions and Decision-Making in Rural Chiapas, Mexico: A Mixed-Methods Study. Int J Reprod Med. 2020; 2020:1929143. PMID: 32099840; PMCID: PMC7014558; DOI: 10.1155/2020/1929143;
     
  9. Gerson KD, Truong S, Haviland MJ, O'Brien BM, Hacker MR, Spiel MH. Low fetal fraction of cell-free DNA predicts placental dysfunction and hypertensive disease in pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2019 Apr; 16:148-153. PMID: 31056151; PMCID: PMC10066927; DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2019.04.002;
     
  10. Bolton JL, Wiley MG, Ryan B, Truong S, Strait M, Baker DC, Yang NY, Ilkayeva O, O'Connell TM, Wroth SW, Sánchez CL, Swamy G, Newgard C, Kuhn C, Bilbo SD, Simmons LA. Perinatal western-type diet and associated gestational weight gain alter postpartum maternal mood. Brain Behav. 2017 Oct; 7(10):e00828. PMID: 29075574; PMCID: PMC5651398; DOI: 10.1002/brb3.828;
     

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2025-2027 Society of Family Planning : Changemakers Award
2025-2026 Physicians for Reproductive Health: Leadership Training Academy
2023 Excellence in Family Planning: Mass General Brigham Ryan Program Resident Award
2023 Resident Excellence in Health Policy and Advocacy: Mass General Brigham Award
2020 Massachusetts General Hospital Resident Teaching Award
2018-2019 Harvard University Sinclair Kennedy Traveling Fellow
2018-2019 Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellow
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