Physician · Author · Podcast Host
Jeff Deaton, MD
Helping women and couples turn waiting into purpose, and hope into life.

Medicine.
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Dr. Jeff Deaton, author of When Waiting Becomes Life, is a fertility expert who directs the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Center for Fertility and Reproductive Surgery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
A pioneer in the field of infertility, Jeff has published multiple scientific papers and spent his career helping women and couples pursue their goal of building a family.
He grew up in a small Tennessee town before attending medical school at Vanderbilt University. He completed his OB/GYN residency at the University of Connecticut and his fellowship in reproductive medicine and infertility at the University of Vermont.

Decades In
Reproductive
Medicine.
Jeff's career spans clinical care, research, education, writing and decades spent alongside patients navigating infertility and reproductive medicine.
Curiosity
Doesn't Stop
At Medicine.
North Carolina is now home, where Jeff raised his two sons and lives with his wife. Away from work, he enjoys traveling, golfing, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
His curiosity extends well beyond reproductive medicine. Alongside his clinical work, Jeff continues to write and explore ideas about relationships, science, culture and even science fiction.
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