Dr. Angeles Alvarez Secord, M.D., M.H.Sc., is a Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University Heath System. She graduated AOA with Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Secord completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and her fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Upon completing her fellowship in 2001, she joined the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Duke. She is currently the Director of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Trials, the Associate Director of Clinical Research, Gynecology Oncology, and one of the Principal Investigators for NRG Oncology at the Duke Cancer Institute. Dr. Secord has served as a board member for several professional organizations including Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), GOG Foundation, and American Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics Foundation (AAOGF). She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of investigators and previously served as the AAOGF Scholar Committee Chair, and currently serves as the NRG Oncology New Investigator Committee Vice-Chair and the GOG Foundation Education and Mentoring Co-Chair. Her experience with these associations inspired the SGO theme for the year, “The Power of Shared Purpose: Transforming Gynecologic Cancer Care” and represents the goal to maximally leverage opportunities for synergistic collaboration to further our collective missions and vision where everyone has the power to impact, prevent; overcome, and eradicate gynecologic cancer.