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. Functional Medicine is similar to Environmental and Holistic approaches. 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 a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Wtih these certifications and contiuosly 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.