Michelle McCaslin APRN
Michelle McCaslin earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Clarkson College in Omaha, Nebraska. Following graduation, she provided nursing care at Lakeside Alegent hospital in a variety of areas: medical/surgical care, post-intensive care, and telemetry. Later she worked for Dr. William Ingram at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, while pursuing her Master's degree in nursing at Clarkson.
Dr. Ingram is a board certified ENT (ear, nose, and throat) physician, a head and neck surgeon, as well as the current president of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Under his guidance, Michelle began to experience and learn about the importance of environmental influences on health and nutrition and diet as an adjunct/alternative to prescriptions in the practice of medicine.
In 2009, Michelle began work with Dr. Patricia Ryan, the founder of Alternatives: A Center for Conscious Health. Michelle worked for Dr. Ryan first as a nurse, and then subsequently as a nurse practitioner seeing her own patients. In February 2015, Dr. Ryan took a sabbatical from Alternatives, and Michelle was appointed Medical Director. Alternatives was re-branded as Whole Health Omaha and eventually sold as a practice to Kholl's EPC in Fall of 2015.
Heartland Functional Medicine is located in Papillion, NE, and shares clinic space within Heartland Women's Healthcare, the practice of Kristi Peterson MD, OB/GYN. Dr. Peterson recognized the growing demand in the surrounding community for comprehensive and medically sound healthcare options like Functional Medicine Practitioners. In sharing her available office space, as well as her staff's knowledge and expertise of managing a growing practice, Dr. Peterson continues a tradition of kindness and service to the community which her mentor taught her by helping her build her own practice after graduation from medical school.
Michelle has had her own journey in learning proper nutrition and functional medicine, and has personally benefited by keeping eczema and asthma at bay without the use of inhalers or medication such as steroids that she was previously inundated with most of her life. The well established Center for Functional Medicine at Cleveland Clinic is a great example of the effectiveness and demand for this comprehensive approach to medicine. Michelle is a certified Functional Medicine Practitioner through the Institute of Functional Medicine, and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and has been in practice since 2016 . With these certifications and continuous learning Michelle continues helping both women and men achieve optimal health by educating and supporting them with proper nutrition, lifestyle changes, and prescriptions when needed.
Barbara Holmes APRN
Barbara earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Following graduation, she worked in a variety of settings gaining experience in Allergy and Immunology, Medical Surgical Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Cardiac Nursing, Long-Term Care and Behavioral Health.
Barbara worked with Dr. Ingram in Otolaryngic (ENT) Allergy at UNMC Physicians from 2003 to 2010. After a brief break to care for her father Barbara returned with Dr. Ingram helping him set up his private practice clinic which opened in January of 2011. During her time with Dr. Ingram she completed the Basic Otolaryngic Allergy Course in 2003 and the Advanced Course in Allergy and Immunology in 2007. She attended the A4M BHRT symposium in 2009, the Advanced HRT Course in 2016 and the Nutritional Supplement Workshop in 2021.
Barbara returned to Clarkson College in 2008 to earn her Master of Science degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She completed her program in August 2012. She received the Clarkson College Alumni Association Award for her research on “Education on Probiotics and Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Its Effects on Quality of Life”. Barbara started seeing patients in January of 2013 focusing on Otolaryngic Allergy, Migraines, and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Barbara is passionate about helping others achieve a better quality of life through discovering what’s triggering their symptoms. Barbara is a lifelong migraine sufferer and has tried many medications and treatments without success. Barbara has learned to control her symptoms by avoiding her triggers and balancing hormones.