Overview

Dr. Javier Valle received his MD from Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico and his MPH in Epidemiology from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. He recently completed his residency training in Preventive Medicine at Emory, where he has worked to develop a lifestyle medicine clinic in an academic, primary care setting. Dr. Valle has experience in developing patient curricula in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, and healthy mindset for change. He has also integrated medical students, residents, and physician assistant students in the Lifestyle Clinic at Emory as part of an immersive educational experience in the practice of lifestyle medicine. His academic interests include lifestyle medicine curriculum evaluation for learners and healthcare quality improvement and innovation. Following residency, Dr. Valle completed a fellowship in healthcare quality improvement at the VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program, where he applied quality improvement methods toward the implementation of lifestyle medicine interventions for Veterans.

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