Anne Cunanan Ford

Wellness, Wisdom, and Resilience from Perimenopause through Menopause - Duke Women's Weekend 2026 · February 20, 2026 - February 20, 2026 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke AlumniEngagement and Development, Penn Pavilion, Durham, NC Interactive panel presentation/discussion with Duke faculty engaged in research and caring for midlife women

Hormone Therapy History Is Associated with Improved Ambulatory Recovery After Hip Fracture - 2026 Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting · 2026 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Nashville, TN Fox BQ, Kocher SD, Brown C, Ford AC, Wittstein JR, DeBaun MR, Pean CA. Surgery. , (Poster Presentation)

Menopause Treatment Options from Over-the-Counter Lotions and Potions to Hormones - AUGS Annual Meeting PFD Week 2025 · October 2025 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium American Urogynecologic Society, Vancouver, Canada Workshop : Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: A Comprehensive Approach to Menopause Transitions
Interdisciplinary workshop with 4 speakers addressing menopausal treatment options, the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause, the genitourinary microbiome, and sexual function and care during menopause and beyond.

Menopause Tips and Tricks · October 20, 2023 Lecture Harris and Smith OB/Gyn Annual Retreat, JB Duke Hotel

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated with REduced Risk of Adhesive Capsulitis in Menopausal Women? A Single Center Analysis - Poster presentation · October 12, 2022 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society, Atlanta GA

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated with Reduced Risk of Adhesive Capsulitis in Menopausal Women? A Single Center Analysis - Poster presentation · October 2022 National Scientific Meeting North American Menopause Society National Meeting, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, GA Poster presentation

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Update, and The Well Woman Visit - Do Asymptomatic Women Need Annual Gyn Exams? - 6th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Winter Conference · February 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Contining Education Company, Naples, FL

HPV Vaccine (Gardasil)/Zoster Vaccine (Zostavax) Update and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening- An Update, and The Well Woman Visit- Do Asymptomatic Women Need Annual Gyn Exams? - Medical Dilemmas in Patient Care Conference · December 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Southern Medical Association, NYC, NY

Examining & Providing Gynecologic Care in the Older Patient - 100th Annual Conference Primary Care Update · October 2016 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium IPMA, San Antonio, Tx

Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Atrophy: Breaking Down Barriers to Identification and Treatment - 25th North American Menopause Society National Meeting · October 2014 National Scientific Meeting NAMS, Orlando, FL Poster presentation

Menopausal Treatment – balancing risks/ benefits 10 years after WHI · July 2014 Lecture Southern Obstetric and Gynecologic Seminar Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC

Hormone Therapy: Good,Bad or In between? - 8th Annual Joining FORCEs Against Hereditary Cancer Conference · June 2014 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium FORCE, Philadelphia, PA

Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Atrophy: Breaking Down Barriers to Identificatio and Treatment - North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting · 2014 - 2014 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Marriott Gaylord Convention Center, Orlando FL Poster presentation

Menopausal Treatment Options - 55th Annual USC- Greenville Postgraduate Internal Medicine Seminar · April 2011 Lecture University of SC School of Medicine, Greenville, SC

Service to the Profession

Abstract Review Committee, Menopause Society National Meeting · September 2025 Committee Service Menopause Society, Orlando, FL Reviewed /graded abstracts submitted for presentation at Menopause Society National Meeting.

Committee member, Maternal and Infant Mortality Workgroup, Wake County · 2025 Other Wake County Board of Commissioners in collaboration with Wake County Health and Human Services, Raleigh NC The Maternal and Infant Mortality Workgroup works to address the growing disparity between ethnic groups through systematic review of County data and collaboratively makes recommendations for improvements that helps guide the work in Wake County. The main purpose of the Maternal and Infant Mortality Workgroup is to provide professional insight and expertise from community stakeholders presently invested in these efforts by assessing the current state of infant and maternal mortality, explore barriers to care while building upon our strengths, provide expert recommendations on county-wide improvements, and contribute to the development of the next infant mortality workgroup report.

Abstract Review Committee, Menopause Society National Meeting · September 2024 Committee Service Menopause Society, Chicago, IL Served as abstract reviewer for abstracts submitted to be presented at Menopause Society National Meeting.

Abstract reviewer, Annual Meeting · September 2023 Other North American Menopause Society, Philadelphia, PA

Judge, Poster session awards, North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting 2022 · October 20, 2022 Other NAMS, Atlanta, GA

Committee Member, Wake County Preterm Birth Prevention Task Force · September 2019 - January 2020 Community Outreach

Work group member, Wake County Infant Mortality Work Group · September 2019 - January 2020 Committee Service Wake County Board of Commissioners, Wake Co Health Department --Multi-disciplinary work group set up by Wake Co BOC to explore the root causes of the infant mortality gap.
-- Identify research-based practices that work to close the gap, agree on specific actions to reduce the gap, and address root causes.
-- Produce a 3 year plan to achieve the desired outcomes which will include implementation of the identified strategies, resources needed and leadership.

Gynecology advisor · 2019 - 2022 Committee Service NC BCCCP Medical Advisory Committee, Raleigh, NC CDC expects grantees to actively solicit and incorporate medical advice from a group of medical advisors in the area of breast and cervical cancer. This group also can assist grantees by approving practice guidelines and providing oversight for the quality of the services delivered.
Grantees should consult with providers who have appropriate experience and expertise with the processes of screening, diagnosis, and initiation of treatment. Since many providers work together to offer a complete referral network for screening and diagnostic services, it is optimal for grantees to convene a multidisciplinary team composed of members who can each bring insight, evidence, and experience from his or her unique perspectives and involvement with clients.
The potential functions of the medical advisors will vary, depending on program priorities and resources, but they may include the following:
• Approve practice guidelines for screening and diagnostic services—This function, mandated by CDC, ensures that regional peers and colleagues familiar with the provider networks establish practice guidelines that are consistent with CDC’s requirements, yet adapted to regional standards and resources. Protocols should be reviewed periodically to ensure that they remain current with evidence-basis, as well as meet CDC requirements.
• Provide clinical consultation—Although programs have established general clinical guidelines, appropriate exceptions to the guidelines should be considered. A program should rely on its medical advisory board to provide clinical consultation and advice in problematic or unforeseen circumstances.
• Provide professional development recommendations—Medical advisory boards are in a key position to identify professional development strategies that address concerns related to quality, and they also have insights about the professional development design and method that most suit their colleagues.

Gyn Medical Director, Biweekly GYN clinic · 2009 - December 2017 Community Outreach CAARE, Inc, Durham NC Developed and staffed biweekly screening GYN clinic for under and uninsured women in Durham. Located at CAARE, Inc, a local non profit community center in downtown Durham, the clinic served as a teaching site for Duke second year medical students and Duke nurse practitioner students.,

Gynecology Medical Director, CAARE Inc · 2008 - 2017 Other same, Durham, NC Developed Gyn prevention clinic at CAARE, Inc, a local community non- profit service organization in Durham. I was the women's health clinic director, as well supervisor and mentor to second year Duke medical students and Duke nurse practitioner students, who rotated through the clinic, and under my guidance served as the primary care takers for the uninsured and underinsured clinic patients. We developed breast and cervical cancer screening protocols, relationships with Duke Radiology for breast screening in high risk women, and a collaboration with the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention ( BCCP) program in Durham. This national program, organized through the CDC and run through the Durham Health Department, works to provide prevention services as well as coverage for cancer treatment services to women who have their cancer diagnosed while enrolled in the program. The CAARE Gyn clinic became a BCCP certified clinic, allowing us to enroll the women we served into this program.

Service to Duke

Clinical Sciences Faculty Council (School) · 2008 Committee Service Duke University School of Medicine, Duke

ICGME (School) · 2002 - 2004 Committee Service Duke University School of Medicine

Clinical Ethics Service (School) · 2000 - 2002 Committee Service Duke University School of Medicine, Duke

Leadership & Clinical Positions

Division Chief Duke Women's Health Wake County 2020-present
Departmental Clinical Leadership Team 2020 - present
Division Chief, Duke Women's Health- Heritage, 2018 - 2020
Division Chief, Duke Women's Health Associates 2004 -2008
Vice Division Chief, Duke Women's Health Associates 2000 -2004
Division Chief, Duke Women's Health Specialist 1999-2000

Academic & Administrative Activities

Duke Ob/Gyn Departmental Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee 11/2023 - present

Duke Ob/Gyn Departmental Clinical Leadership Team - 8/2020 - present

WakeMed North Hospital Surgical Services Executive Committee, 2/2019 - present

Duke OB/Gyn Quality, Safety, and Peer Review Committee, 2018 -- present

Clinical Sciences Faculty Council 6/2008 -- 2024

ICGME Committee 7/02 - 7/04

Clinical Ethics Service 6/00 - 6/02

Clinical Summary

Full time physician with Duke Women's Health Heritage, an academic generalist Ob/Gyn practice in Wake County in the Duke Health System.

Duke Initiatives

Faculty Mentor Professional Student Mentor Resident Mentor Undergraduate Student Mentor