Komkwuan “Kwuan” Paruchabutr, DNP, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CNM, FACNM, FNAP, FAAN (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing, Army Nurse Corps combat veteran, and nationally recognized leader in women’s health, advanced practice nursing, and health policy. Triple board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Nurse-Midwife, she has practiced as an advanced practice clinician since 2010 across primary care, reproductive health, and maternal–child settings.
Dr. Paruchabutr serves as the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH), where she was the first Asian American to hold the presidency. Her leadership has advanced national policy and advocacy efforts to protect advanced practice nurses' scope of practice, expand equitable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and strengthen the women’s health workforce. She has led and contributed to multiple amicus briefs, testified before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in support of over-the-counter oral contraception access, and served on the National Institutes of Health and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Women’s Health Research and Development Innovation Equity Forum.
A Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), National Academies of Practice (FNAP), and American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM), Dr. Paruchabutr is widely recognized for integrating clinical excellence, policy leadership, and education to advance holistic, equitable care. At Georgetown, she teaches and mentors future nurse practitioners and midwives while leading curricular innovations and advocacy training that prepare clinicians to influence systems of care.
Her work centers on improving outcomes for women and families through evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public health impact.