Dr. Melissa Ching

Ko’olauloa Health Center welcomes our new doctor, Melissa Ching , who will be providing women’s health services (obstetrical and gynecological) at our Kahuku office. She is a graduate of UH at Manoa and the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine in 2007. She completed her internship in Los Angeles and her residency at the University of New Mexico. She will be collaborating with the John Burns School of Medicine, so that deliveries and surgical procedures will be at Kapiolani Hospital. Dr. Ching is interested in women’s health, social issues and animals. This led her to pursue a variety of positions in different settings. While at UH, she worked as a veterinarian technician checking in animals, caring for them, and assisting the vet. She also worked for AmeriCorps as a domestic violence shelter advocate. After graduating from UH, she worked for a non-profit organization in San Diego at an HIV/AIDS clinic and later designed and implemented a high school volunteer program for Head Start. After completing medical school in Pittsburg, she participated in a medical mission to Honduras in 2007. This mission provided medical care in a remote mountain area. She did a second mission in Nepal in 2012 with Aloha Mission where they did surgeries to correct prolapsed uterus (where the uterus has “dropped”) in women. While in medical school, she did a study explaining the increase in the rate of females arrested for intimate partner violence. This led to a residency in OB/GYN. She worked in a private OB/GYN office on Oahu and with Maui Medical Group. Other interests include surfing, running, swimming, yoga, traveling and animals. For women’s health issues, call 293-9231 and make an appointment to see Dr. Melissa Ching. Ko‘olauloa Health Center 293-9231 We accept everyone regardless of ability to pay. Improving the quality for life for all. Imua!