Dr. Pedtke joined the Born Preventive Health Care Clinic in August 2002. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and holds a Doctor of Osteopathy from Michigan State University. She recently completed her residency at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids and is a Board Certified Family Practice Physician. Her alternative medicine interests stem from an international upbringing where preventive and complimentary therapies are assumed components of traditional treatment. She has special interests and additional training in prolotherapy, weight loss, and natural hormone replacement therapy.