JoAnn V. Pinkerton, MD

Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton is Medical Director of Midlife Health Center and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her MD from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Dr. Pinkerton completed her obstetrics/gynecology residency training serving as Chief Resident at the University of Virginia. She is active in research with a current focus on decision-making about hormone replacement therapy. Her clinical research focus includes sexual dysfunction, hormone replacement, selective estrogen receptor modulators, and osteoporosis prevention and treatment options.

Dr. Pinkerton is a long-term member of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and serves on the NAMS Board of Trustees. She is past-President of its professional education committee. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the Virginia Obstetrics and Gynecology Society and the American Medical Women's Association. Dr. Pinkerton is active in the school of medicine and university committees; she serves as a planning member for the Virginia Government Women's Health Initiative annual conference. Dr. Pinkerton has developed and moderated the highly popular annual Women's Health Festival. She is frequently asked to speak throughout the country as well as internationally on hormone therapy, osteoporosis, novel technologies, abnormal uterine bleeding, and alternatives to estrogen. She is a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Patient Management Working Group for the Council on Hormone Education. She is also actively involved in Web-based education for NAMS, The Endocrine Society, and the National Women's Health Resource Center.

Dr. Pinkerton received the American Library Association Award for her book Understanding Midlife Health. The Midlife Health Center has also been recognized as a top center for clinical trials and as one of the top 10 women's centers in the country by Self magazine.