We Are Valley Podcast

September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month and according to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 44,000 in the US will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2024. In honor of this important recognition month, we sat down with Valley endocrine surgeon, Nicole Zern, MD to discuss how thyroid cancer is found, diagnosed, and treated.

If you are curious about what the thyroid does, when you might need to consult a specialist, and what treatment options are, this episode is for you!

More Resources:

Endocrine surgery at Valley

American Thyroid Association

Day-to-day lifestyle components like movement and food are important for preventing injury and illness, but knowing how to start can be overwhelming. We sat down with Thomas Hammett, DPT, Director of Operations for Valley's Lifestyle Medicine & Fitness clinics to talk about the Lifestyle Medicine approach. This episode covers:

Ready to learn ways to incorporate Lifestyle Medicine into your routine? Join us for an upcoming HealthyCares session.

Learn more about services and see contact information for our Lifestyle Medicine & Fitness locations by visiting our services page and locations page.

Hernias don't have to be mysterious or scary, in this episode we sit down with Dr. Wayne Lau to review: what a hernia is, how to know if you have one, and what your options are for treatment.

Whether you may know someone who has had a hernia, or suspect you might have one yourself, this conversation is for you!

In celebration of Pride Month we recently sat down with Valley's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) managers Ada Cohen and Priyanka Choudhury to talk about initiatives and projects happening at Valley to make sure both our patients and workforce feel cared for.

In this episode we talk about:

As Ada states in this episode, "At first, talking about equity, diversity and inclusion can be uncomfortable, and that's not a bad thing! We're all on this journey together."

We couldn't agree more! If you are interested in seeing more examples of the equity diversity and inclusion work here at Valley, we encourage you to sign up for our monthly Community Cares newsletter for news and resources, and follow us on our social media:

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Your social media pages may be telling you how important it is to prioritize "self care," but is it possible to achieve a sense of well-being when it feels like one more thing on an unmanageable to-do list? We sit down with Valley's

Topics we tackle include the value of radical acceptance, identifying burnout, and how to know when someone’s self-care “quick fix” may be too good to be true, plus how

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your

Preventive healthcare is all about catching things early before they become concerning. For this episode, we talked with Dr. Kial Wiley about how you can partner with your primary care provider to monitor your health at regular intervals and make sure your health factors are on the right track.

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your health.

In honor of American Heart Month, we interview Dr. Kenneth Igbalode, an interventional cardiologist with Valley's Cardiology Clinic. We discuss some of the reasons patients visit him for care, symptoms to be aware of, and more, we hope you enjoy.

For more details about Cardiology Care at Valley, visit valleymed.org/heart

Want to learn more about Valley? Read our 2023 Gratitude Report.

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your health.

In this inaugural episode, we interview Jeannine Erickson Grinnell, the CEO of Valley Medical Center. We discuss the state of Valley today, and how we have “reignited” since emerging from the COVID pandemic. Listen for a glimpse into what's come for our organization in 2024 and beyond.

Read the episode transcript for this episode here.

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We Are Valley is a production of Valley Medical Center, in Renton, WA. This podcast is dedicated to providing you bite-sized advice to improve your health and well-being and keep you updated on the latest medical guidance. Our content is for informational purposes only and isn’t intended to be taken as medical advice, so please talk to your provider before making changes that will affect your health.