Valerie has 17 years’ experience in healthcare- 10 of which have been spent in Family Practice and Urgent Care. She is comfortable with holistic medicine; and implements holistic or adjunctive medicine whenever possible. Her areas of special interest include stem cell therapies, the correction of type 2 diabetes, the correction of the gut microbiome (the basis of most diseases), holistic management of BV, and natural treatment of recluse spider bites- to name a few. She enjoys collaborating with patients to find treatment plans that work. In her spare time she stays current with medical research and enjoys home decorating and gardening.