Dr. Julie Valenzuela is dual board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Emory University and Doctor of Medicine degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her internship at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center followed by completion of the Military Medical Tropical Course at Bethesda. Dr. Valenzuela subsequently became a Naval Flight Surgeon deploying to Afghanistan. Upon return from deployment, she completed a general surgery residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a two-year Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She specializes in the management of patients with severe injury, emergency general surgery conditions, and surgical critical care with particular interest in global health, trauma systems development, and provision of trauma care in low resourced settings. Dr. Valenzuela is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and International College of Surgeons. and an active member of Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Surgical Infection Society.
