Physician Executive, Speaker & Author

Develop stronger physician leaders. Lead change with greater trust.

Peter helps healthcare leaders strengthen collaboration and turn strategy into practical action through speaking, workshops, and advisory work.

Dr. Peter Valenzuela speaking on stage

Selected publications & media

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Speaking & consulting

Practical help for healthcare leaders

Peter brings a physician executive’s experience to the leadership, collaboration, and change work facing healthcare organizations.

Keynotes and workshops

Practical sessions on physician leadership, collaboration, culture and change, informed by executive experience and a sense of humor.

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Consulting and advisory

Focused support for leadership development, strategic planning, and physician–administrator collaboration.

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“Peter was invaluable, leading a critical strategic planning process. His command of complex issues allowed him to successfully facilitate our meeting, eliciting insightful comments and engaging our members throughout the process. He is a consummate physician leader and professional.”

Tom Banning

CEO · Texas Academy of Family Physicians

Books

Books by Peter Valenzuela

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A City Without Accidents book cover by Peter Valenzuela

Forthcoming novel

A City Without Accidents

The perfect city was built on a lie.

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Amazon Bestseller

Doc-Related

Healthcare comics, stories, and insights that expose the frustrations of modern medicine and explore how to improve it.

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Amazon Bestseller

Masterful Mingling

A guide to better conversations, drawing on history, culture, trivia, riddles, and ways to navigate small talk.

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Dr. Peter Valenzuela

About Peter

A physician who understands the work of leadership

Peter is a family physician and current physician enterprise president with more than 20 years of leadership across integrated health systems and multispecialty medical groups. Through his books and Doc-Related comic, he also uses storytelling and humor to examine the human side of healthcare.

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For organizations

Speaking and consulting

Start a conversation about your audience, objective, and timing. Please do not include patient or confidential organizational information.

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For readers

Novel news and early updates

Request launch news about A City Without Accidents. Reader-update requests are sent to Peter for manual follow-up.