Cindy A. Stein PhD, MPH, CNM

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Clinical Experience

Sahela Wellness, Inc                                                                                                                                       4/21-current

Monterey County, California  

Kaiser Permanente Santa Cruz and San Jose                                                                                    8/22-current

Certified Nurse-Midwife

Pebble Parenting                                                                                                                                               6/20-3/21

Certified Nurse- Midwife, telehealth postpartum care                                                                              

Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center                                        8/16-6/19                    Certified Nurse- Midwife, full-scope midwifery, primary care, Surgical First Assist

Kalihi-Palama Health Center Honolulu, Hi                                                                                              8/02-7/16

Certified Nurse-Midwife, full-scope midwifery, primary care

Kaiser Permanente-Honolulu, Hi                                                                                                                11/09-10/14

Certified Nurse- Midwife, full-scope midwifery, primary care, Surgical First Assist    

Ko’olau Women’s Healthcare                                                                                                                          6/04-3/05

Certified Nurse-Midwife, full-scope midwifery, primary care in the hospital setting

Private Midwifery Practice                                                                                                                              6/95-4/98

Direct Entry Midwife, homebirth

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Global Health, Education and Technical Experience

Independent Consulting                                                                                                                                  2/10-current

Provide strategic planning for projects in Haiti, Indonesia, South Sudan, Sudan (Darfur), Kenya, Uganda, Bhutan, and Brazil, program design and implementation in Africa and Asia, research projects, stakeholder reporting, and grant writing services

Sample of Projects include:

• Global Birth Environment Design Network (GEBDN)

• Sunrise Center/ Grace Medical (Kisoga, Uganda)

• MAMA Africa (East Pokot, Kenya)

• Maternity Neighborhood (Electronic Health Record-South Sudan)

• Health eVillages (Cameroon and South Sudan)

• Merck for Mothers (Maternal Health Initiative-India, Kenya)

• Pamela Kato Consulting (Kenya)

• Center for Migration and Health (Geneva, Switzerland and Bosnia-Hercegovina)

• The Baby Hui (Hawai’i)

• Hapai Hawai’i

 

California State University Monterey Bay                                                                                                 1/19-8/24

Program Director (BSN Nursing) and Professor                                                                                                                         

Health Human Services, and Public Policy and Nursing Departments: Courses include Global Health, Community Health, Research Methods (Qualitative and Quantitative), Women’s Health in the Global Setting, Capstone (Community Health), and Leadership

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Real Medicine Foundation                                                                                                                                 5/13-6/15

Director of Global Programs/Coordinator of Maternal Child Health Programs

Strategic and developmental support for RMF's projects, program design, and overseeing implementation and M&E of programs throughout 14 countries including Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Haiti, Philippines, and Kenya. Specific  highlights include:                                                                                      

South Sudan:

• Program Manager for Respectful Maternity Care training program: creation of training materials, implementation and training of Master Trainers, facility staff, and midwifery students, coordination with the Ministry of Health and health facility administration, outcome analysis, stakeholder reporting

• Secure funding, lead efforts for procurement, transportation, security and distribution logistics of emergency medical supply project, and establish media events to promote blood drive during recent active conflict

• Team member implementing malnutrition eradication program in Jonglei and Pibor for UNICEF

Uganda:

• MCNH initiatives, immunization promotion, and HIV education in Kiriyandango Settlement

Nepal:

• Coordination of emergency disaster earthquake relief in Kathmandu, Sindupalchuk, and Kavre

• Identification of mid-range and long-term development project sites: Bal Mandir Orphanage, Karuna Women’s College, Model Village Project with local partners

 

Hawaii Permanente Medical Group-Honolulu, Hi                                                                                    2/12-12/14

Social Media and Technology Liaison

 

The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh                                                                                                     11/09-5/10

Clinical Nursing Preceptor-Distance Learning BSN Program                        

Project coordinator and clinical supervisor for undergraduate nursing students​

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Education

California Institute of Integral Science (CIIS)                                                                                                    2022

-Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Research (CPTR)

University of Hawai’i at Manoa                                                                                                                                  2019

-Doctorate in Nursing (Ph.D.) Dissertation Topic: Respectful Maternity Care

Columbia University                                                                                                                                                        2001

-Master of Public Health (MPH) in Forced Migration/Humanitarian Development                                                    --Master of Science in Nursing (MSN): Midwifery                                                                                                                   -----Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

University of Oregon                                                                                                                                                       1998

-Bachelor of Science: Anthropology with departmental honors (BS)

Oregon School of Midwifery                                                                                                                                        1994

-Traditional Midwifery (certificate)

                                       

Licenses, Certifications, Awards, and Professional Activities

American Midwifery Certification: Board Certified

California RN, Nurse Midwife, and Furnishing Licenses

DEA license

Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Provider certified

Neonatal Rescucitaiton (NRP) certified

Polaris Insight Center: Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training

Certificate: Advanced Evaluation & Management of Psychiatric Illness

Certified Surgical First Assist- University of Philadelphia

Certified: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 

Certificate: Advanced Evaluation & Management of Psychiatric Illness in Reproductive-Age Women

Certificate: International Planned Parenthood Federation Medical Abortion Management for Providers

Certificate: Home-Based Lifesaving Skills for Obstetrics, Division of Global Outreach, ACNM

Certificate: Centering Healthcare Institute: Basic and Advanced/Level II Training 

Certificate: Advanced Fetal Monitoring

Certificate: Psychedelics in Psychiatry

Certificate: 5-MEO-DMT Training

Certificate: Pan-American Health Organization Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care Program

Certificate: American Society for Reproductive Medicine REI Nurse Training

Certificate: Stanford University School of Medicine Addiction and Substance Misuse Training

Board Member/Secretary for Global Force for Healing (2016-present)

Member Global Respectful Maternity Care Global Advisory Group

Member International Association of Forensic Nursing

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)-Hawaii Affiliate: Chapter president 2008-2010, Treasurer 2011-2014

Presenter: ACNM Hawaii Affiliate Meeting 2011

Presenter: Mid Pacific Conference on Primal Health Honolulu, Hawaii 2012

Presenter: Hawaii Physicians Medical Group Research Day Honolulu, Hawaii 2013

Presenter: 12th International Conference on Nursing Informatics Taiwan July 2014

University of Hawaii School of Nursing Department Scholarship 2013

Advancing Science in America Research Scholar Award 2015

Wiley Award: Top Downloaded Article 2022

Basic Medical Spanish

Hebrew (intermediate)