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Grace OBGYN would like to formally announce the retirement of Dr. R. Bruce Councell. Dr. Councell has been a practicing OBGYN Physician in the Asheville area since 1988. He will continue to see patients until the end of December 2020. If you would like to schedule your final visit with Dr. Councell, please call the office and we will be happy to arrange your appointment in a timely manner. We are very grateful for the time Dr. Councell has dedicated to our practice over the years and we wish him a happy, healthy retirement.

Brittany Henson‎Grace OBGYN, PA March 20 at 5:08 PM · I love Grace OBGYN. I have been going to Grace for several years now and have always had a great experience. I recently delivered a baby boy and the whole obstetrics care was wonderful! From first appointment to the follow up appointment was great. I am so thankful for Dr. Pestoff for delivering my son.

I love Grace OBGYN. I have been going to Grace for several years now and have always had a great experience. I recently delivered a baby boy and the whole obstetrics care was wonderful! From first appointment to the follow up appointment was great. I am so thankful for Dr. Pestoff for delivering my son.

We hope all our Grace OBGYN patients and families are staying well. We all have heightened awareness regarding COVID-19 virus. We want to continue to encourage our patients to practice social distancing and exceptional hygiene with regular hand washing. Our office continues to be open and available for routine in-office visits (with applicable screeing for symptoms and fever). However, for those patients that are in high risk category or are interested in greater social distancing we are excited to now offer Telehealth visit. These Telehealth appointments are available to those existing patients in need of general consultation, medication management, hormonal management consultations, or other acute issues. If you are in need of an appointment or are interested in a telehealth visit, please call the office to schedule.

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The providers at Grace OBGYN want to again keep you updated during the ever-changing events of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Our office is open and have no plans of closure. Due to the nature of our specialty, we want to again stress that we will be seeing only patients that are symptom free with no history of travel, exposure or fever. All patients will be screened over the phone prior to their appointment and then screened again in person at the front door. As of Wednesday, March 18, we are limiting patients to only one support person or visitor and ask that children stay at home for their safety. Visitors will go through the same screening process as the patient. Our goal is to minimize any risk of spreading this virus to our staff, providers and fellow patients. Per CDC recommendation please respect any symptoms you may be experiencing (cough, fever, aches, or cold-like symptoms) and exercise social distancing and self-quarantine. Our office protocol is to call us first if you are experiencing an obstetric/gynecologic problem and exhibit any of those symptoms. Please note, if you call after hours for an emergency, the call center may have a slight delay in routing your call due to increase of call volume system wide. If you have any questions about your upcoming appointment, please feel free to call the office during regular business hours. We will notify all patients if any unforeseen closures occur with our practice. From all the physicians and staff at Grace, we appreciate every one of our patients and are praying for the health and safety of our city, state, country, and world.

The providers at Grace OBGYN want to communicate with our patients concerning the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and how it effects our patient care. We are so grateful that you have entrusted you and your family’s care to our practice, and we take that responsibility seriously. As we are caring for a large obstetric population, whose immune systems are by definition “compromised”, we want to maintain a healthy environment while in our office. Therefore we are asking any patient (obstetric or gynecologic) who exhibits symptoms of the flu (fever, cough, shortness of breath, runny nose) as well as those who have been in close proximity to family members with these symptoms to call and speak with our nursing staff before coming to our office or making any appointments. We will be referring ALL patients with those complaints to their family practice physicians, urgent care, or emergency departments in order to ensure the health of all those moms and babies we are seeing for routine exams. We appreciate your understanding and assistance with our request. Below are links to relevant health information concerning COVID-19 as well as Influenza. https://www.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Practice-Advisories/Practice-Advisory-Novel-Coronavirus2019 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html https://www.buncombecounty.org/countycenter/news-detail.aspx?id=18491 ACOG.ORG Practice Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) - ACOG