Dr. Walmer’s contributions to the Duke Fertility Center have been molded by the various roles that he has played during his 23 years of service at Duke. As a physician scientist, director of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) program, father of five children, and founder and chairman of a global health organization called Family Health Ministries, Dr. Walmer has helped the Duke Fertility Center (DFC) become a center of science, family, and ministry. Dr. Walmer's interests include preconception counseling, all aspects of assisted reproduction (including donor sperm, donor oocytes and gestational surrogacy), making faith-based decisions with regard to assisted reproduction, age-related decline in fertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome and repetitive pregnancy loss.