Meet Our Team

Dr. Grace Couchman

Grace received her M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1985. She completed an OB/GYN residency at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina in 1989. She was a member of the general OB/GYN practice at Duke for two years before entering advanced training in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Program at Duke from1991-94. During her fellowship, Dr. Couchman spent one year at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) as a visiting researcher. She is the only board certified female in both OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) in the triangle.

Until co-founding Carolina Conceptions in 2006, she served as director of Duke’s IVF Program. While at Duke, she developed special expertise in several aspects of infertility treatment including: in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), ovulation induction, general infertility, reproductive endocrinology, endometriosis, andrology, therapeutic donor insemination, uterine fibroids, endoscopic surgery and infertility microsurgery (reversal of tubal ligation). She developed the ICSI program at Duke which assists couples who suffer from male factor infertility.

This year, Dr. Couchman received the honor of being selected as one of the "Best Doctors in America" for 2008.

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