As a true detective at heart, Petra integrates the most current scientific understanding of metabolism into her personalized approach to preventing and reversing disease.
Dr. Petra is a naturopathic doctor certified in functional medicine. She practices Deutenomic medicine, which is the science of water movement in a body. She was born and raised in the Netherlands and moved to New York in her 20s. She has spent eight years in California where she graduated from Bastyr University in 2016. After four years of seeing patients in Santa Monica, she currently only consults patients via telemedicine. Since 2021, her credentials have also been recognized and certified in Hungary, which extends to most other European countries.
She is known for her in-depth research and detailed follow through on each and every one of her patients. Her passion for seeking truth guides her to understand how we can do better in restoring patients’ health.
Learn about my approach and what to expect from a naturopathic doctor who practices deutenomic and functional medicine here.
POST-GRADUATE COURSEWORK
In 2017, Dr. Petra completed the Dale Bredesen’s ReCODE program, Reversing Cognitive Decline Advanced Clinical Training by the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), now offered and managed by Apollo Health.
In 2019, she successfully completed the Root Cause Protocol Practitioner training.
In 2020 she became a Terrain Based Treatment™ Certified Practitioner and completed the Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology Course 2020 organized by the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophic Medicine (PAAM)
In 2022 she was Certified Mold-Literate after completing the practitioner program by Dr. Jill Crista.
Association
Petra has professional relationships with the following: Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians, or OncANP and completed certification in educational programs by Dr. Nasha, Dr. Jill Crista, and the RCP.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Reviewer for Scientific Reports, a Nature Research Journal –– invited July 2019
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Petra is a long-time passionate cook. In 2020, her daughter, Sophia, self-published a cookbook, P’s Cookbook. The book contains forty-six meals and dishes Petra made and recorded while Sophia was growing up. Copies are available for sale on pscookbook.club.
