Jose Valle Giler, MD

Media Releases

Get to know Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine  Dr. Jose Ruben Valle Giler, who serves patients in Naples, Florida.

Dr. Valle Giler, a highly-trained pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine physician, who practices at NCH Healthcare System – in Naples, Florida.

Locally, he is affiliated with NCH Baker Downtown Hospital and NCH North Naples Hospital in Naples Florida.

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Valle Giler graduated  from Universidad Catolica  Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil- Ecuador  as Summa Cum Laude. He worked as a teacher assistant of Pharmacology at the same university.  He then completed his internship and  residency in internal medicine at University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital / Miami-Florida, followed by a  fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston – Texas  followed by an additional fellowship in Sleep Medicine at University of Miami /Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami-Florida.

With over one decade of experience, he is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Among Dr. Valle Giler’s professional affiliations include the Collier County Medical Society,  American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society. Dr Valle Giler is also the Director of the Sleep Center at Naples Healthcare System since 2018. 

Pulmonology is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. A pulmonologist is an internal medicine physician who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions and diseases that affect the lungs, bronchial tubes, and the respiratory system. Sleep medicine is a subspecialty devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances and disorders.

Recommended Articles

• What to Eat When You're Sick

  When you are diagnosed with a chronic illness, or a temporary illness, you should eat properly and maintain a healthy diet. Difficulty in swallowing, nausea, bloating, lack of appetite, and many more symptoms add to the difficulties when you are sick. Eating the right type of food is very important,...

• Remaining Positive After a Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis

  After the onset of muscular dystrophy, you might profoundly feel depressed. Yet, as time goes by, people adjust to their new situation and re-evaluate their attitude towards their condition. In some cases, people may even be driven to greater achievements after learning their diagnosis. To begin...

• Digital Recording in Skills Lab Helps Nursing Students Learn

  According to a study, using a digital recording as a learning and teaching method improves learning in a skills laboratory.Ingebjørg Strand and colleagues studied how nursing students think about, react to and learn from the digital recording. The assessment was done on first-year level students...

• Alcohol and Other Factors that Affect Recovery from Mononucleosis

  What is Mononucleosis?Mononucleosis (also known as mono) is a disease that usually arises from the Epstein-Barr virus and is spread through a person's saliva and other bodily fluids. The length and severity of this illness both differ from one person to another. Most people suffering from from mono...

• 5 Warning Signs that Indicate Anemia

  Anaemia is a condition in which the amount of normal hemoglobin in the body is markedly reduced, or there is significant reduction in red blood cell count. The normal hemoglobin content in blood of males is 14-18g/dl (grams per metric decalitre of blood) and in females it is 12-16g/dl. It is not...

• Croup in Adults

  Croup in AdultsAlthough croup is commonly observed in children who are 6 months to 3 years old, it is also possible for adults to get the infection in rare cases. Croup is a viral respiratory infection caused by human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs). However, other causes of croup may include...