Weill Medical College

Valerye Miller, DNP, AGACNP-BC, is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with a robust background in medical-surgical and critical care nursing. She began her career at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she cared for complex surgical patients, including those with urologic oncology conditions under the guidance of Dr. Douglas Scherr.Valerye earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Long Island University and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Columbia University. Following her doctoral training, she was accepted into the highly competitive Advanced Practice Provider Critical Care Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Upon completing the fellowship, she joined MSKCC’s Critical Care team as a full-time Nurse Practitioner, managing a wide range of high-acuity conditions and postoperative complications.With years of experience in acute care settings, Valerye now specializes in the treatment of urologic oncology patients, including those with prostate, bladder and renal cancers. She also manages associated urologic conditions such as hematuria, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels.Valerye is deeply committed to delivering informed, compassionate and patient-centered care. Her approach is grounded in a comprehensive understanding of both complex medical and surgical management, ensuring the highest standards of care for every patient.

Dr. Michelle Pelcovitz completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Barnard College at Columbia University and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University, where she received research and clinical training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Pelcovitz has contributed multiple publications and presentations on clinical research. She completed her clinical internship training at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Pelcovitz has trained in multiple clinical settings, including inpatient units, emergency rooms, partial hospitalization, day treatment, and outpatient psychotherapy, and additionally has trained in a number of specialized treatments, such as trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). Following her internship year, she completed a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she joined the Youth Anxiety Center to work with emerging adults in addition to children and adolescents. She continues to work with the Youth Anxiety Center.