Women-Owned, Provider-Directed Care in Fort Collins

Cindy Dean, CNM, APN, is a dedicated medical provider at Peak Medical Wellness in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she sees patients for hormone optimization, medically supervised weight management, peptide therapy, and broader wellness care.

Cindy Dean earned her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Her clinical career spans more than three decades of women's health — including over two decades as a Certified Nurse Midwife providing full-scope obstetric, gynecological, and primary care for patients across Northern Colorado. She also brings extensive experience in wellness and weight-loss medicine — including hormone therapy, GLP-1 weight loss programs, peptide therapy, and thyroid management — from earlier clinical practice in the Fort Collins area.

Cindy Dean's foundation in midwifery and women's health informs her current practice — a careful, evidence-based approach grounded in preventative care and the co-management of chronic conditions. She believes effective wellness care begins with listening to each patient's goals, history, and lifestyle before recommending any treatment.

At Peak Medical Wellness, Cindy Dean sees patients in-person and works closely with each one from initial evaluation through ongoing monitoring, providing the hands-on clinical evaluation she considers essential for safe and effective care.

Carolyn Bottone-Post, CNM, DNP, FACNM, is a certified nurse-midwife and advanced practice provider at Peak Medical Wellness in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she sees patients for hormone optimization, medically supervised weight management, peptide therapy, and broader wellness care alongside Cindy Dean.

With nearly four decades of clinical experience in women's health, Carolyn Bottone-Post earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Regis University and her Master of Science in Nursing — Nurse-Midwifery from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked across Colorado in full-scope midwifery, ambulatory OB-GYN, family planning, and women's wellness throughout her career.

Carolyn Bottone-Post has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) — a national honor recognizing sustained, meaningful contributions to the profession — and has been recognized as a Colorado Pioneer Nurse Midwife. Alongside her clinical practice, she serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern Colorado, training the next generation of nurse practitioners.

At Peak Medical Wellness, Carolyn Bottone-Post brings the same depth of listening and individualized care that has defined her career — meeting each patient where they are, designing treatment plans grounded in their goals, history, and lifestyle, and providing the in-person clinical evaluation she considers essential for safe and effective care.