Isabel Valdez

Isabel Valdez is a Physician Assistant practicing in primary care in Texas. She promotes wellness with preventive medicine while helping patients manage the challenges of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity and more. When she is not seeing patients, she can be found teaching physician assistants students or jogging in 5-, 10- or 21-kilometer increments. She can be reached on Twitter and Instagram @ivaldezpa1

Episodes posted by Isabel Valdez

November 10, 2025 – The Curbsiders podcast

#504: Adult Eating Disorders in the GLP-1 Era

Transcript available via YouTube Explore how GLP-1 meds can help or harm eating disorders with Dr. Laura Bridge Show description: ...

May 19, 2025 – The Curbsiders podcast

#483: Diabetic Dilemmas in Older Adults, Pregnancy and Corticosteroid Use with Jeff Colburn, MD

Transcript available via YouTube This episode doesn't sugarcoat the truth about tricky diabetes management! Wrangle wild blood sugars among older...

November 11, 2024 – The Curbsiders podcast

#461: Facial Nerve Follies: Understanding Bell’s Palsy

Transcript available via YouTube A Bell-Ringer of a Presentation Is it a stroke or is it botox? No, it’s Bell’s...

April 8, 2024 – The Curbsiders podcast

#434: Ur-INe for Recurrent UTI?! with Dr. Kellen Choi, DO AKA The Bladder Teacher

Transcript available via YouTube Sounds like another UTI but it could be more than that! Time to explore the entire...

October 23, 2023 – The Curbsiders podcast

#413: Common Ear Complaints, Ear Exam 101, Cerumen Remedies, and more!  Get an EARful with Dr. Angela Peng!

Transcripts available via YouTube Common Ear Complaints, Tips and (Keratin) Pearls in Primary Care Get an earful from ENT expert...

May 29, 2023 – The Curbsiders podcast

#397: Insulin, Type 2 Diabetes, Fanny Packs, and Hypoglycemia with Dr. Jeff Colburn

Managing the Ups and Downs of Insulin from Start to Finish in Patients Living with Type 2 Diabetes Don’t be...

March 27, 2023 – The Curbsiders podcast

#387: Diabetes Updates with Dr. Marie McDonnell: New Tools for the New Rules

Drop the pounds and the sugar with new guidelines New rules to manage diabetes means using new tools. Leverage GLP-1...