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SIMON K. CHANG, MD
Dr. Chang was born in Utah and has lived throughout the United States including New Jersey and a 67 acre farm in West Virginia. He obtained a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and has worked for the Navy as well as the Marshall Space Center, NASA. After earning his medical degree from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, he completed his Ob/Gyn residency training at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dr. Chang moved to Hawaii and began practice at Fronk Clinic and then Straub Clinic. He later transitioned into private practice in 2004 and has had a very successful practice taking care of women for their obstetrical and gynecological needs.
In addition, he holds a clinical faculty position at the University of Hawaii Ob/Gyn Residency Program to help educate new and upcoming physicians. He also holds hospital leadership positions and participates in many committees at Kapiolani Medical Center to improve the quality of patient care and the safety of patients in the hospital. He has been chairman of the Department of Ob/Gyn and currently the vice chairman.
He is also very active in volunteer community service and is chairman of the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank. This organization is dedicated to collecting and public banking of stems cells for transplantation for patients with leukemia and other cancers.
Dr. Chang’s abounding spirit for embarking on new adventures and places include climbing to the Base Camp of the elusive Mount Everest and voyaging to the rarely seen and experienced continent of Antarctica. His other hobbies include photography which has received numerous accolades, cooking for friends and family, hiking and rock climbing unexplored terrain and traveling the world.
Dr. Chang’s zest for life and adventure is still waiting to be discovered.
