Valeska Balderas MD

Today my good friend since the 6th grade had her screening colonoscopy at 45! Friends… it’s time! Get it ✅, get it done!

💪 Serving the community in which we were raised

Look who I ran into this morning at Day Surgery! Great seeing you Dr. Balderas.

Little known fact: When I was a medical student, I rotated through the GI service at UT Southwestern Medical Center when Dr. Balderas was a third year GI fellow 🙂 Just a couple of valley kids doing their thing! 💪🏽

Texas Gastroenterology Institute is a proud sponsor of St John’s annual spaghetti supper! It’s a great place for my little girl to grow!

Happy Easter!

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Kirstie Alley died from colon cancer. Here are the risk factors and signs of the disease.

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Grateful, thankful, and appreciative for our TGI work family!

Colonoscopy saves lives!!

Rob & Ryan Lead From Behind I made a bet. I lost. But it still paid off. https://leadfrombehind.org/LEAD FROM BEHIND is on a mission to make colon cancer famous. We're raising awareness...

Born and Raised in the Valley and proud to provide care to the people of the Valley 💪

This Valley native and first-generation college graduate knew from a young age that she wanted to go into medicine. On this week’s Made in the 956, meet Dr. Valeska Balderas. Our Trey Serna will be sharing her story of how she’s practicing medicine here in the Valley, how it was during the height of the pandemic, and her biggest motivation for doing what she does. Catch the story tomorrow on CHANNEL 5 NEWS THIS MORNING and CHANNEL 5 NEWS AT 5.

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Advanced Endoscopic Procedure Performed at RGRH

Rio Grande Regional Hospital (RGRH) is committed to providing the residents of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) with the medical care they need close to home. For many years, residents of the RGV who required specialized care or procedures related to the pancreas or biliary disorders had to travel outside the area to find the necessary medical professionals and/or equipment. Fortunately, as the Valley continues to grow, so has the expansion of healthcare services and physicians.

Board Certified Gastroenterologist Dr. Valeska Balderas, born and raised in the RGV, completed an additional year of training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio dedicated to advanced endoscopic techniques. As a highly trained endoscopist, Dr. Balderas is one of only a few physicians in the Rio Grande Valley who can perform complex and detailed procedures, including Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and diagnostic interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS).

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure used to visualize and produce images of the digestive system by inserting an endoscope (a long, flexible tube with a camera on the tip) through the mouth or re**um. The probe produces detailed images of the lining and walls of the digestive tract, chest, and nearby organs such as the pancreas, liver, and gall bladder. These detailed images allow the physician to diagnose certain conditions that may cause abdominal pain or abnormal weight loss. In addition, physicians can also diagnose diseases of the pancreas, bile duct, and gallbladder when other tests are inconclusive or conflicting. EUS identifies different gastrointestinal (GI) disorders instead of using more invasive approaches like surgery. A EUS procedure takes approximately one hour, and patients can return home shortly after the procedure.

Since 2011, Dr. Balderas and the highly skilled team at RGRH have been using this innovative diagnostic tool.

Pictured (L-R): Jennifer Zmuda, RN, Dr. Valeska Balderas & Soila Chavez, RN

The wonderful staff at Knapp surprised me with a birthday 🎂!! Super sweet! Thank you guys for your amazing work!

Humbled and grateful to my amazing staff! They sure know how to make me feel special on my birthday. I especially loved the cards and their little heartfelt messages to me. It meant a lot, so thank you TGI staff!

TGI supporting JLM ( junior league mcallen ) Fantastic, fun event for women of the RGV!

Happy Easter to you and your loved ones from me and TGI! GOD bless! ⛪️🌅❤️🙏

Need help convincing patients to schedule their colonoscopy? Check out the Colon Cancer Coalition amazing resources here! https://bit.ly/3CuhSuE

Thank you to for the beautiful flowers and well wishes for the birth of my Isabella Grace! 🥰

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With young people getting colon cancer at high rates, doctors highlight importance of screening A new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection and screening.

Happy New Year! Start the new year by taking Metamucil or benefiber daily for Overall colon wellness!!

Re-certified for another 10years! ✅ 💪

Carrying extra lbs of lead to protect 👶🏻 from mommy duties on the daily 💪

Join me as I discuss the importance of Colon Cancer Screening and prevention!

This is what we call c.diff colitis.
Clostridioides difficile (c.diff) is a spore-forming, toxin-producing, gram-positive anaerobic bacterium that causes antibiotic-associated colitis. It colonizes the human intestinal tract after the normal gut flora has been disrupted (frequently in association with antibiotic therapy). C. difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common health care-related infectious colitis. It can lead to prolonged hospital stay, sepsis, and in extreme cases lead to total colectomy or even death. There are only a few antibiotics that can treat this and when those fail, a f***l transplant is completed which helps restore good normal gut flora.