Dr. Amy L Couch MD

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Get to know Family Practitioner and Urgent Care Physician Dr. Amy L. Couch, who serves the population of Eureka, Missouri. Dr. Amy L. Couch has been in practice for over a decade, and in that time has become renowned as one of Missouri’s top family practitioners. Her career in medicine began in 2007 when she graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Couch followed this with an internship and then residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Couch is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, and treats a wide variety of conditions for patients young and old. Conditions treated by her include asthma and bronchitis, high blood pressure, anxiety, allergies and skin conditions. She also performs a comprehensive range of medical examinations, and is especially renowned as an expert in urgent care. Dr. Couch is known not only for her excellence as a physician, but also for her caring and compassionate approach to medicine. She is always happy to discuss conditions with patients, and takes time to find the course of treatment that’s ideally suited to them. Amy L. Couch, MD, Urgent Care and Family Medicine Physician at Mercy Clinic. Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity.

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