Peter Valenzuela on 'A Physician's Guide to Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System'

Our guest today is Peter Valenzuela. Peter is chief medical officer of Mercy Medical Group, an affiliate of Dignity Health. He is also an author and cartoonist who created the popular Doc-Related comic strip. He recently published the book "Doc-Related: A Physician's Guide to Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System."

Resources for this episode:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petervalenzuela/

https://www.dignityhealth.org/sacramento/medical-group/mercy-medical-group

https://www.doc-related.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Doc-Related-Physicians-Fixing-Ailing-Health/dp/0578258048/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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