Julieta Valenzona, NP-C

As a member of the Piedmont Cancer Institute team, Julieta Valenzona plays a pivotal role in the delivery of cancer treatments.

As a nurse practitioner, Julieta worked in primary care serving a primarily indigent population and interventional pain management before pursuing a specialty change to Hematology-Oncology in 2020. Before returning to school to earn her master's degree, she worked for eight years as a nurse specializing in women's health. She has been a nurse since 2003, and a nurse practitioner since 2012.

When not caring for her patients, Julieta spends time with her blended family who love the outdoors, adventure sports, and volunteering in the community. They have two have two rescue dogs, Maverick and Espada.

About Me: Q&A

Why Oncology?

My mother was a pediatric oncology nurse while I was growing up and she used to take me to her patients' memorial and funerals. I volunteered as a candy striper at the hospital where she worked. Later on in my nursing career, the woman who actually raised me, my yaya, and my aunt who was also instrumental in my upbringing both had GYN cancers.

What is the best part of your job?

The best part of my job is getting to know my patients and helping them achieve their bucket lists, and reframing their lives for the legacy building season, and watching them focus on what is important to them.

What is it like working with your PCI doctors?

My physicians are the most dedicated, caring, and honest people I know. It is easy to follow them down rabbit holes because I know that we are all doing this for the good of the patient. I bring family and friends to them when they are in need of a Hematologist or an Oncologist.

If you could spend the day with anyone dead or alive (no relatives), who would it be and what would you do?

If I can spend a day with anyone who I do not have access to at this time, it would probably be Dr. Paul Kalinithi. I want to know if he can do life all over again, would he make the same decisions.