Michael R. Soules MD

Welcome to my little slice of the internet. I will be adding content as time and interest permits.

I had a wonderful medical career as a Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility (REI) specialist. The first in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy in 1978 occurred while I was doing a REI fellowship at Duke University, but it took about 30 years to develop and mature IVF to the standard treatment it is today. I was on that international team where we all learned from each other.

I was fortunate to be in the forefront of the IVF maturation process while spending the bulk of my career in academic medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. My work led to roughly 9,000 new pregnancies over 35 years, which was incredibly gratifying. I retired in 2014 at age 68 when I was simply too tired at the end of the work day. Interacting with infertility patients is intense.

The impetus for making a web site in my old age was to chronicle my current medical journey with a new diagnosis of lymphoma which began on December 10, 2024. I thought I would expand this site just a little by also including some material and photos about my hobbies in retirement: strength training, photography, and golf. Cheers.