The VALIA Executive Physical is not a one-day promise of instant answers.
It is a physician-led evaluation that begins with an extended assessment at VALIA, continues through additional data collection, and concludes approximately three to four weeks later with a 90-minute results conference and a written plan built specifically for you.
You do not need to be a VALIA member.
Many physicals end with a portal full of numbers.
VALIA begins there.
Dr. Camilla Petersen reviews your history, examination, laboratory findings, metabolic data, fitness, body composition, and any appropriate advanced diagnostics together.
You leave the process with a physician’s interpretation, not simply test results.
At your results conference, you receive your personalized Book About You. It is not a laboratory printout. It is written to explain what the findings mean for you.
Everything below this point is how the Book gets made.
The report opens with a concise summary designed to answer:
It should be understandable to you, and to the person you go home and discuss your health with.
The deeper report explains the relevant measurements and how Camilla interprets them together.
Not every abnormal number deserves equal attention. Camilla identifies what she believes matters most.
Clear recommendations.
The goal is clarity.
Approximately 7:30 AM–2:30 PM
The day begins fasting so we can complete your laboratory work and any appropriate send-out testing.
The exact panel is selected around the evaluation rather than used as a one-size-fits-all list.
This is intentionally long. Camilla takes a true medical history.
Often, they do.
Camilla performs a complete physical examination and uses the findings together with your history to determine what else deserves attention.
After fasting testing is complete, you eat before the performance portion of the evaluation. Food and nutrition are part of the conversation rather than a separate appointment.
Measure cardiorespiratory fitness and establish a baseline that can be reassessed over time.
Understand more than body weight alone by establishing objective measurements of body composition.
Before you leave, a CGM is placed for approximately two weeks of real-world data collection.
The purpose is not to turn food into a pass or fail test. It is to help make your individual metabolic response visible.
Imaging is arranged at an outside center when Camilla believes it answers a question in your evaluation. It is scheduled around your day rather than assumed to be part of it.
You leave the assessment day with data collection still underway. That is intentional.
A physical that hands you conclusions at 2:30 PM is telling you what it knew before you arrived. Several of the most useful measurements in your evaluation have not finished yet.
It measures roughly two weeks of ordinary life. There is nothing to read on the day it is placed.
Some panels are processed outside and return later than the rest of your bloodwork.
Testing such as Galleri is not a same-day result.
Tools such as TruAge are not a same-day result.
The interpretation cannot be written until the information it interprets exists.
Good interpretation requires the information to exist first.
Approximately 3–4 weeks after your assessment
This is the second major physician encounter in the Executive Physical.
You return for approximately 90 minutes with Camilla, in person.
By then, she has had time to review the history, examination, laboratory results, CGM data, fitness assessment, body composition, and any selected additional studies.
The purpose is not simply to tell you which numbers are red.
The purpose is to make the information useful.
Every Executive Physical is built on the same evaluation. What changes is which additional questions Camilla decides are worth asking about you.
Certain patients benefit from additional evaluation based on age, history, family history, existing findings, or the clinical question Camilla is trying to answer. Not every patient needs every test.
Markers that describe risk more precisely than a standard lipid panel, such as ApoB, Lp(a) and hsCRP.
For selected patients, CaRi-Heart® may add further cardiovascular-risk information. It requires coronary CT imaging and is completed separately at an outside imaging center. VALIA does not have a CT scanner in the office, and no single tool determines treatment on its own.
Fasting insulin and related metabolic markers, read alongside the continuous glucose monitor.
The monitor is used as feedback on how your body responds to ordinary life, not as a screening test for disease.
Thyroid evaluation where symptoms, history or prior results make it a useful question to ask.
Multi-cancer early detection testing such as Galleri may be discussed with selected patients as an additional option.
It does not replace guideline-recommended screening such as mammography, colonoscopy, or appropriate lung-cancer screening. Camilla discusses both potential benefits and limitations before testing.
Epigenetic tools such as TruAge may be used as a motivational or tracking measure for selected patients.
They are not treated as a diagnosis or a definitive measure of individual health. The science continues to evolve.
Microbiome testing may inform a conversation about symptoms, diet and digestive health.
It is not used to predict disease or to direct treatment on its own.
Additional diagnostics may be discussed when they serve a defined purpose. The decision is Camilla’s, made with you, and it is made because a question needs answering.
It may be a strong fit if:
It is not designed simply to accumulate impressive tests.
No. The Executive Physical is a standalone service. You may complete the entire evaluation without becoming a member.
Some patients decide after their results conference that they want Camilla to remain involved in executing and adjusting the plan. If so, you can discuss VALIA membership at that time. There is no requirement to join.
No, and that is deliberate. The assessment day gathers the evidence. It does not conclude the assessment.
The continuous glucose monitor runs for roughly two weeks, send-out laboratory testing returns later, and any selected advanced testing is not a same-day result.
At your results conference, approximately three to four weeks after your assessment day, once the relevant information has returned and Camilla has interpreted it.
It is in person and runs approximately 90 minutes.
It is Camilla's written synthesis of your evaluation, given to you at the results conference. It opens with a summary of what is going well, what concerns exist, what the priorities are and what to do next, then explains the findings behind that summary.
It is not a laboratory printout, and it is written to be understood by you rather than by another clinician.
No. The assessment foundation is the same for everyone. Advanced tools are selected individually, based on age, history, family history, existing findings, or the clinical question Camilla is trying to answer.
Not every patient needs every test, and VALIA would rather explain why one is unnecessary than perform it because it appears on a list.
At an outside imaging center. CaRi-Heart® requires coronary CT imaging and is completed separately.
VALIA does not have a CT scanner in the office.
No. Multi-cancer early detection testing such as Galleri does not replace guideline-recommended screening such as mammography, colonoscopy, or appropriate lung-cancer screening.
Camilla discusses both the potential benefits and the limitations of any such testing before it is performed.
No. The Executive Physical is a one-time assessment rather than ongoing care.
If you want a physician who stays involved after the plan is written, that is what a VALIA membership provides.
Arrive fasting. The day begins at approximately 7:30 AM with laboratory collection and generally finishes around 2:30 PM, so plan for a full day.
You eat at midday, once the fasting testing is complete and before the performance portion of the evaluation.
The Executive Physical is structured around a core physician-led evaluation. Certain advanced diagnostics have substantial outside costs and are not automatically appropriate for every patient.
For that reason, final pricing depends in part on the testing selected for your evaluation.
Use the request button on this page. We will follow up with current pricing and availability.
The Executive Physical is complete on its own. If you decide you want Camilla involved in carrying out and adjusting the plan, a membership is how that continues.
It should help you understand what deserves your attention, and what to do next.
