Director of Clinic EHR Optimization and Women’s Health
Ana Ferwerda, MD, serves as the Director of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Optimization and Women’s Health for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Ferwerda oversees women’s health care services for the Health Care District’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics. Her areas of interest include disparities surrounding contraception and sterilization, improving access to prenatal care and patient-centered quality of care. Dr. Ferwerda joined the Health Care District in 2016, developing the OB/GYN program and was instrumental in increasing access to women’s health services for clinic patients. Dr. Ferwerda earned her Doctor of Medicine from Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She completed her residency at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA where she served as Chief Resident in her final year. Before moving to Florida, she practiced general OB/GYN at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH and was an instructor for Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Ferwerda is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Medical Association, the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and the Florida Medical Association.