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                                    • How Valley’s Chaplain Donna Schreiber and Her Volunteers Support our Patients

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                                      |Date: October 17, 2016
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                                      How Valley’s Chaplain Donna Schreiber and Her Volunteers Support our Patients

                                      How Valley’s Chaplain Donna Schreiber and Her Volunteers Support our Patients

                                      In honor of Spiritual Care Week, October 16—22, we thought we’d share how Chaplain Donna Schreiber’s coll ...

                                      In honor of Spiritual Care Week, October 16—22, we thought we’d share how Chaplain Donna Schreiber’s colleagues view her supportive role with staff, patients and families. "I’ve had the pleasure of wo ...

                                      October 17, 2016
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                                    • #TopDocTuesday – Meet Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Dr. Edith Cheng

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                                      |Date: October 11, 2016
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                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Dr. Edith Cheng

                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Dr. Edith Cheng

                                      “I love genetics,” says Dr. Edith Cheng, MD, Medical Director of the Maternal and Infant Care Center and ...

                                      “I love genetics,” says Dr. Edith Cheng, MD, Medical Director of the Maternal and Infant Care Center and the Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Therapy Program here at Valley. “Genetics explains our life and ...

                                      October 11, 2016
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                                    • Valley’s Emergency Department Day of Service at Northwest Harvest

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                                      |Date: September 16, 2016
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                                      Valley’s Emergency Department Day of Service at Northwest Harvest

                                      Valley’s Emergency Department Day of Service at Northwest Harvest

                                      On September 15, twenty-one volunteers from Valley's Emergency Department scooped, bagged, and packed 2,8 ...

                                      On September 15, twenty-one volunteers from Valley's Emergency Department scooped, bagged, and packed 2,800 pounds of beans during a day of service at Northwest Harvest. The beans, which will be shipp ...

                                      September 16, 2016
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                                    • #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neuro/Spine Surgeon David Lundin, MD

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                                      |Date: September 13, 2016
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                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neuro/Spine Surgeon David Lundin, MD

                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neuro/Spine Surgeon David Lundin, MD

                                      “I know this sounds cliché,” says Neuro- and Spine-Surgeon Dr. David Lundin, “but when we get people back ...

                                      “I know this sounds cliché,” says Neuro- and Spine-Surgeon Dr. David Lundin, “but when we get people back to enjoying life, that feeling is really very exciting.” Lundin was recently recognized by Sea ...

                                      September 13, 2016
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                                    • #TopDocTuesday – Meet Midwife Laura Denman, CNM, ARNP

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                                      |Date: September 06, 2016
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                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Midwife Laura Denman, CNM, ARNP

                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Midwife Laura Denman, CNM, ARNP

                                      “I love the fact I get to participate in such an intimate way with such a universal human experience,” sa ...

                                      “I love the fact I get to participate in such an intimate way with such a universal human experience,” says Laura Denman, Medical Director of the Midwives Clinic. “After guiding over 2,000 babies into ...

                                      September 06, 2016
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                                    • Welcome Birth Center Residents!

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                                      |Date: September 01, 2016
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                                      Welcome Birth Center Residents!

                                      Welcome Birth Center Residents!

                                      We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new Birth Center resident nurses Nicole McCartney, Karin Rottma ...

                                      We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new Birth Center resident nurses Nicole McCartney, Karin Rottman, Jeunesse Calsado, and Lauren Perala (pictured, left to right). These ladies are all licensed ...

                                      September 01, 2016
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                                    • Patients Are First With Every Valley Med Team Member

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: August 31, 2016
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                                      Patients Are First With Every Valley Med Team Member

                                      Patients Are First With Every Valley Med Team Member

                                      Every staff member throughout this hospital and clinic network—from housekeeping to hospital administrato ...

                                      Every staff member throughout this hospital and clinic network—from housekeeping to hospital administrator—makes a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. This is the message that ...

                                      August 31, 2016
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                                    • #TopDocTuesday – Meet Nephrologist Andrew Brockenbrough, MD

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: August 31, 2016
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                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Nephrologist Andrew Brockenbrough, MD

                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Nephrologist Andrew Brockenbrough, MD

                                      “I love my job,” says Nephrologist Andrew Brockenbrough, MD, who is recognized by Seattle Met Magazine as ...

                                      “I love my job,” says Nephrologist Andrew Brockenbrough, MD, who is recognized by Seattle Met Magazine as a 2016 Top Doc*. The Valley Medical Center Nephrology Clinic physician continues, “It’s a priv ...

                                      August 31, 2016
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