Gail Freeman, WHNP

  • Retired
Patient Testimonial
With Dr. Mitchell, I felt like I actually had options and was an active participant in my treatment plan. One of the things that sets her apart is how communicative she is. She personally handled most of my appointments, and when she didn’t, she always made a point to call or send a message.

From the very first consultation, Dr. Mitchell made my husband and I feel at ease and reassured. Having a infertility diagnosis felt so scary and left us with so many questions about the future, but she helped ease our fears.

This has been far an experience for my family, and I however doctor Mitchell has been amazing and very straight forward from the very beginning. I’m so thankful for her and the wonderful staff that made me feel as family everytime I arrived there.

I am so grateful to have found myself at SGF Carolinas. In this clinic I received an extremely thorough fertility workup, an individualized treatment plan, and always felt heard by my care team.

I would highly recommend Dr. Selter due to her knowledge, attention to detail, empathy/care for patients, and ability to explain things patiently during a time of high stress for patients. She explained things to me every step of the way so that I would feel comfortable and informed.

I wish I could give them more stars! Everyone here was so sweet and kind along my entire journey. My nurse Mya has been SO responsive with my billion questions! Dr. Swelstad is just amazing! Every single person in this facility made me feel so special and so well taken care of!

Biography

Gail Freeman, WHNP has spent most of her 30 plus years of nursing in Women’s Health. She received her Masters of Nursing (Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program) in 1989 from the Medical College of Virginia. Gail maintains Board Certification through the Virginia Board of Nursing and the National Certification Corporation.

Gail spent many years working as a nurse in Labor and Delivery at hospitals in Washington, D.C. Her own infertility changed her career path, and she has been working in the field of infertility for nearly 20 years. She joined Shady Grove Fertility in 2012 working as a Nurse Practitioner in the Virginia offices.

At Shady Grove Fertility, Gail works with the physicians in the evaluation and management of patients. She performs diagnostic procedures, treatment procedures, monitoring patients as well as calling patients with results.

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Education

  • Masters of Nursing- Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program: Medical College of Virginia
  • Performing ultrasounds – baseline, monitoring and obstetric
  • Performing intrauterine inseminations (IUI)
  • Performing saline sonograms/mock embryo transfers
  • Reviewing labs and outside medical records
  • Counseling patients with abnormal genetic screening results and next steps
  • Performing urgent care evaluations – such as bleeding or pain
  • American Society of Reproductive Medicine

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Q&A

I spent my early nursing career working in women’s health. While pursuing my master’s degree as a NP I worked in the fertility office where I had been a patient (a successful one). I found my new calling. I felt that I could bring a perspective to the job of a previous patient. I have never looked back on that decision.

Watching just about any sport on TV or in person, especially baseball, reading, needlepoint and traveling.

Probably nothing, since I’m a pretty open book.

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Singles Family Building Support Group (MD, VA, D.C., FL and TX patients)
December 13, 2025

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General Infertility Support Group (MD, D.C., VA, FL & TX patients)
December 15, 2025

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