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About
The procedures on a fertility calendar run through Ashley Urben: transvaginal monitoring sonograms during stimulation, hysterosalpingograms to check the uterine cavity, intrauterine inseminations, endometrial biopsies, first-trimester obstetric ultrasounds, and the intake physical exams and FDA screening and counseling step that open a cycle. She also interprets cycle labs and coordinates ovulation induction and medicated cycles, which is most of what a patient experiences between physician visits.
She came into that role from the coordination side rather than the other way round. Before her master’s degree she worked as an IVF nurse coordinator at a regional fertility clinic — the job that tracks every appointment, medication start and monitoring window for a full panel of patients — then moved into the nurse practitioner role. Her earlier nursing work was in postpartum units and the NICU, so she has spent time on both ends of a pregnancy.
Her route into nursing was indirect. Urben studied English and cultural anthropology at the University of Michigan and worked briefly in publishing before earning her nursing degree at Marymount University and completing the Family Nurse Practitioner master’s program at George Mason University. She holds board certification as an FNP through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. She joined CCRM in 2023 and works at the Vienna main center, listed as accepting new patients.
Clinical Expertise
- Cycle monitoring: transvaginal ultrasound for follicle tracking, with lab results interpreted and relayed to the prescribing reproductive endocrinologist
- Intrauterine insemination: performs IUI procedures in treatment cycles
- Uterine cavity assessment: hysterosalpingograms and endometrial biopsies, plus the cavity evaluations that precede a transfer
- Medicated cycle coordination: ovulation induction scheduling, lab interpretation and management of IVF and other medicated cycles
- Obstetric follow-up: management of obstetrical patients and first-trimester OB ultrasound after a positive pregnancy test
- Intake and screening: physical examinations, the FDA screening and counseling documentation required before treatment, and fertility counseling at the start of care
Why Choose Ashley Urben
Ten years inside reproductive medicine. Longer than most clinic nursing staff, and split across two roles — IVF nurse coordinator first, nurse practitioner after — which means she has run cycle calendars from both sides.
Procedures plus interpretation. She performs the ultrasounds, HSGs, inseminations and biopsies and reads the labs around them, so the same clinician can explain a follicle count and schedule the next scan.
A credential built for continuity. ANCC board certification as a family nurse practitioner, with licenses in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia — three jurisdictions, useful for patients living across the Potomac.
Comfort with what happens after a positive test. Postpartum and NICU nursing background, plus first-trimester OB ultrasound and obstetrical patient management at CCRM.
Professional Affiliations
Advanced practice registered nurse: board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, licensed in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Practices at CCRM Fertility of Northern Virginia’s Vienna main center, within the SART registration for CCRM Virginia, LLC, working alongside the office’s reproductive endocrinologists. Education: George Mason University (MSN, family nurse practitioner); Marymount University (BSN); University of Michigan (BA, English and cultural anthropology). Note that her credential is nursing board certification in family practice, not physician certification in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Suitable For
- Patients in IVF or medicated cycles whose frequent monitoring visits are handled by a nurse practitioner
- IUI patients who want one clinician through scanning, trigger timing and the insemination itself
- Anyone needing an HSG or endometrial biopsy as part of a fertility workup
- Early pregnancy patients after a positive test, including first-trimester ultrasound
- Patients who want counseling and cycle teaching in plain language before medications start